Taxes went up by 33% from 2008 through 2011? Doesn't seem credible to me. Can yo...

wmil · on July 8, 2013

I have one possible explanation.

Proposition 13 limits property tax increases to 2% per year in California. As a result, many homes are taxed at far below their market value.

If a lot of long term residents with dirt cheap property tax sold during that period you could see a dramatic bump in average tax per household.

dmix · on July 8, 2013

It was linked from the article posted in Tom Dale's blog post.

jusben1369 · on July 8, 2013

Probably referring to state taxes which are a smaller % of your total tax burden.