There is a book that examined this over a century ago, Progress and Poverty (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_and_Poverty https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik

There is a book that examined this over a century ago, Progress and Poverty (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_and_Poverty https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_and_Poverty), which was hugely influential in it's day. It seems as though it could have been written today. Yet, it's interesting that the solution proposed is nearly the exact opposite of what was enacted in California.