Psharp California Taxman. The state has a budget deficit where politicians are trying to be narrow. Local laws make it difficult to increase taxes that require two thirds. The worst is once, once the sources of trust are dry. The drivers are projected to fall sharply in the fuel and tax revenues as the electric vehicles switched. Revenues from smoking taxes fell to $ 500 million or 29% since 2017; Now those of alcohol taxes also fall. This is a concern: Currently, it comes from the Tax Trinity to about half the state spends in higher education.