https://www.siliconvalley.com/2023/04/27/walters-is-it-time-for-california-to-raise-alcohol-taxes/ > By any measure, California is a high-tax state, right up there with New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts. > Our personal income and sales tax rates are near the top and despite Proposition 13, California’s iconic property tax rate limit, Californians’ property tax bills are relatively high, thanks to our extremely high housing and commercial real estate values.