> it is instead a subsidy that regressively targets property owners (including landlords and commercial properties) at the expense of recent buyers and non-property owners (including widows and single moms who do not own an appreciating property).

Just because the rich also benefit from X doesn't make X bad. The rich are not automatically evil.

The loss in tax revenue due to prop 13 is roughly $17bn per year. (https://web.archive.org/web/20120920093924/http://hjta.org/a...)

California lost a similar amount just to EDD fraud $31bn (probably every year).

https://abc7news.com/california-edd-unemployment-fraud-ca-sc...

Worker's comp fraud comes out to a few billions

http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0300-fraud/0100-fraud-division-o...

Why did the writer ignore that?

Let us fix fraud and corruption before raising taxes.

Would you pour water into a leaky bucket before fixing it when there is a water crisis?

> the state’s largest entitlement program

The state's largest entitlement program is fraud and corruption by public officials.

I will happily pay more taxes if there is 100% visibility and near zero waste (or at least honest attempts towards zero waste).