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A Californian law that is inefficient and restrictive? No surprise there.

California has been extremely fortunate with major economic forces driving their economy for decades, but paired with ineffective governance to this beautiful state, is incredibly disappointing. No pity for CA though, a lot of their voters over the years enabled this

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But to make some things clear for those that might be reading and aren't familiar with California politics, Prop 13 is not the result of some politicians voting against the public interest or being populist or our out of touch any of those things, it's the result of direct democracy[1]. "The People" thought this is in their best interest, so they are now going to deal with the consequences.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_California_Proposition_13

The Legislature could have changed it with a Legislative Constitutional Amendment at any time. After that, it only needs a simple majority of the voters to take effect.

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