"massive chunk of our income to the Federal government" So does every other resident of every other state, you act like this is some problem unique to CA. Not

"massive chunk of our income to the Federal government" So does every other resident of every other state, you act like this is some problem unique to CA. Not to mention that if the sate did raise it's income tax that would help it's residents pay a lower amount of federal tax because don't you normally subtract your state tax liability from your earnings to determine your federal taxable income? Sounds like you need to write your legislature and beg for an income tax increase.