Well assuming that you lived in your home for awhile, you must have a very nice home indeed, if you pay 7K in property taxes (worth at least a million dollars). I pay around 4.5K myself, but then I have lived in my home since 1988.
We moved into this home in 1996, fixed it up, and its value has appreciated to a ridiculous amount since then. Prices are unbelievable. I know people who have moved to other states, and couldn't afford to move back to California because of the home and rent prices.
I do feel sorry for young couples who are trying to buy their first home here in southern Cal, and many of them can't, so they buy inland and have very long drives to their workplace on our crowded freeways. I'm glad I'm old.