“I know a family from California who have a two bedroom, one bath house and their r.e. tax is more than $17,000 a year. Affordable? “
California uses Liberal Logic of half-truths.
In Kali in the LA area, a home like that goes for $750/ft, or about $900,000. The taxes as a percentage are low but the dollar amount against that $990k is $6,500 average.
Their 2 bed, 1 bath cottage is worth about 1.6M, maybe more.
They’re paying for the schools.