But, you're right, when someone suggests that we poor are just envious of the ultra-rich and that is why we want to tax them, I assume that they think we ought to look elsewhere than the wealthy for taxes. Which kind of suggests tilting toward a more regressive, less progressive tax system.
Introduce a ballot measure that removes the allowances of Prop 13 on retail real-estate and I suspect you'll find it's not political suicide at all.
There are plenty of other taxation schemes that are progressive and more durable and effective than a wealth tax.
The main reason we're here is because talking about reforming Prop 13 is political suicide, even if that's the best way to fix CA's budget.