[JoeJonathan]

Agreed on all counts, but that doesn't make the problem of politics any less real. People problems are always the hardest to solve, especially when deeply problematic policies like Prop 13 are written into the state constitution.

[TulliusCicero]

You could say that it's technically simple but politically complex, sure.

But what that amounts to is, "we could do it, but collectively don't feel like it."