Because you don't own your home, you are renting it from the state. The state has just discovered that it has a higher market value and can use the money to fun

Because you don't own your home, you are renting it from the state. The state has just discovered that it has a higher market value and can use the money to fund all sorts of cool CA government projects. Maybe one day Jerry Brown will find enough money to adopt Narendra Modi style initiatives to end open defecation.