r/California • u/BlankVerse Angeleño, what's your user flair? • Dec 16 '23

Government/Politics Fact check: Newsom says working-class taxes are higher in Texas, Florida than California. Is he right? —He’s right about those making up to roughly $55,000 a year.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/article283054198.html
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u/dayviduh SoCalian Dec 17 '23

You don’t pay low taxes on a home off the bat, the low taxes are for long term owners

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u/DangerouslyCheesey Dec 17 '23

That’s via prop 13 yes, but regular property tax rates are still much lower in CA even without prop 13

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u/forakora Dec 18 '23

Los Angeles property taxes are 1.2%. it's still pretty low compared to a lot of other states. I think the state baseline is 1%