I don't have a subscription, so I can't read the story. I will say that at the income tax agency's last board meeting on December 6, 2023, the Board was panicking over how to generate more revenue. One of the board members asked how we could get people without social security numbers to start filing tax returns.

At the end of the meeting, members of the public could make requests for changes in income tax policies and procedures. One of the ladies who spoke railed on them for driving businesses out of the state with their unfriendly policies and was emphatic that the lost revenue is not coming back.

https://www.ftb.ca.gov/about-ftb/meetings/board-meetings/2023/december-2023/index.html