"Sorta a pain"? Are you shitting me? I have to make 400k/yr to buy a house here. The area is beyond approachable. Just because your parents paid their utility bill for 30 years doesn't mean they should be entitled to paying 15% of the tax rate of a new home owner. That's obscene and only increases the issue here. Prop 13 gives great incentive for you to fight any kind of increase in density or affordability.

If real estate is where all your net worth is: SELL AND DIVERSIFY