Gosh. I’m trying to remember the last time I had a layover in SFO or LAX. At the rate it’s sliding into bedlam, Cali will probably try to tax my total income prorated for the length of my stay. With an added environmental impact fee for breathing Cali air.
I’m pretty sure they won’t be able to nail me for flushing the toilet in the restrooms, because I don’t think the surveillance systems were up to capturing that yet. I’ll just tell them that I held it until we got off the ground and were out of Cali airspace.
Back in the 1980's California decided to tax retirement income for anybody who ever worked, even for a short period of time, in California. That included military people who were stationed there as well as those who were Temporary Duty (TDY). I had been TDY to California for a total of 30 weeks over three different times, but they were going to make me pay once I retired.
I think it went through the courts but it was shot down.