Taxes are not the problem, the astronomical cost of housing is. The problem is arguably that property taxes are comically low, and thus there is no penalty for

Taxes are not the problem, the astronomical cost of housing is. The problem is arguably that property taxes are comically low, and thus there is no penalty for the older anti-growth population that has worked so hard to pull the ladder up behind them, and instead they become rich by destroying the poor and leeching off the tech industry via its workers rents.