On housing anyway; the state legislature is barely held in check by the two-thirds requirement for tax increases, and still some new taxes slip through. God help us if the number of Republicans ever drop below a third.
Even housing taxes are changing somewha. The pro-taxers have discovered the "divide and conquer" approach is working. They put together special assessments like pest abatement, beautification, etc. and since they don't involve a lot of money, voters go for them. They never seem to notice that they're getting charged for stuff that government ought to be doing with the money they already get. It frees that money up so that government can blow it on something else. Classical frog-boiling technique.
True - but at least in California a tax increase requires a 2/3 vote in the legislature. Also, the taxraisers are forced to put property tax increases to a vote. In most states, you find out about the tax increase when you get your yearly property tax bill.
For more info on California tax laws, check out www.hjta.org. It has a calculator that shows you how much you've saved in property taxes thanks to Prop 13.