Commentary If you look at California tax increases by the state legislature, they almost always occur in even years, when there are no elections except for vacant seats. However, the $5 billion yearly gas tax increase was imposed in 2017. And Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s record $13 billion tax increase hit in 2009. That’s why this year there likely won’t be any tax increases, except maybe some really small increases imposed by the legislature. Although $190 billion in tax boosts have been proposed, according to a recent tally by CalTax. Its annual Tax and Fee Report noted, “The tax and fee proposals were introduced despite the state’s reserves of more than $34.6 billion, a windfall of unexpected tax revenue (nearly $16 billion above projections during the first seven months of the 202122 fiscal year alone), and a projected surplus of $45.7 billion.” The biggest tax increase idea was $162.8 billion for …