Real estate taxes are paid to the county, and stay in the county. Nothing goes to the state from them, unless CA is different from anywhere else I've lived.
Sales taxes are collected by the seller and remitted directly to the state via Sales Tax returns. The county is not involved in any way. Unless there are county/local taxes collected. Then those should be paid directly to the county/municipality.
Why are the Special Districts “broke?”
The state grabbed their reserves.