I will spend Thanksgiving in
Carpinteria, California. It is home to some of the world's most pleasant beaches. Below I present two photos of our own "private beach". We walk for about a mile along this beach and only occasionally see other people and horses. In the top photo you get a sense of the sandy beach and the blue sky and the absence of other people and the rugged terrain.. In the bottom photo, you see some horses and their riders taking a peaceful ride and you see how the coastline evolves. The calm ocean invites even an old guy like me to go out there and paddle around.
Economists understand that these are unique amenities and unfortunately Gov. Jerry Brown also knows this. He can tax and many people do not run away to Texas because of the unique attributes that California offers. Read Jan Brueckner's and David Neumark's
insightful paper about this topic.