This doesn’t account for California’s regulatory impoverishment. Housing is cheaper in Texas.
What's the rate you'll get from PG&E again?
Gas is ~$3.45/gal around me. Looks like gas around LA is ~$4.79/gal. $1.34/gal difference at the moment. A 25mpg car going an average 13,500 miles in a year, that's $723 more expensive in CA than TX right now. According to their data, the difference tax rate between the two is like 2.5% for the lowest group. 2.5% of $20,900 is $522.50. So congrats, you paid less in taxes but ended up paying $200 more in the end just factoring in fuel cost differences.
There are many things that cause housing in California to be expensive (proposition 13, rent control, the excessively bureaucratic processes for building additional housing, single use zoning, etc.), and all of them need to be addressed.