Strangely, it seems that the Democrats have decided to balance the state budget on the backs of lower-income families, while leaving those of us who they routinely deride as "the rich" unaffected for the most part.  If you're the typical San Franciscan (median household income in the $70k range, one car or no cars, and one kid or no kids), the new budget tax calculator at the Sacramento Bee website shows that your "share" of the tax increase will be far less than 1% of your annual take-home pay.  But the same can't be said for those in other parts of the state, who tend to have half the income, more cars, and more kids.  From Richard Rider of the San Diego Tax Fighters:

Try this example of a struggling young working family: $35,000 total salary, $15,000 worth of cars, use 30 gallons of gas a week and have two kids at home. This is a family living paycheck-to-paycheck, getting by as best they can.

Total tax increase? A crushing $831 a year. That's well over a week's gross wages.

Bottom line: The top priority of the Democrat[ic] Party is the public employee unions - NOT the poor, the working class, or young families.

Since the above example was published, the gas tax increase was removed from the budget proposal, but the vehicle licensing fee increase remained.  The example family would still pay an extra $660 per year, over $100 more than a hypothetical San Francisco couple making four times as much but with no cars and no kids.  In "progressive" terms, this is even worse when you consider that the tax increase will be nearly 2% of the example family's annual income, but only 4/10 of one percent of the annual income of the hypothetical San Francisco couple.