I've lived in California most of my life and up until a few years ago we had 7.75% (in riverside/san diego counties)
Now it's just 8.75%, at least everywhere in San Diego county that I've been.
I'm in Los Angeles County. I try to buy things from Orange County when I'm over there (of course, it's not worth making a special trip), because LA County is taxed so much.
LA County has a 1% higher sales tax compared to most other counties. There was a sales tax hike for public transportation that voters approved to make it .5% higher. In Pico Rivera and South Gate, there was a measure passed by voters that bumped up sales taxes "by a penny" as those cities advertised (of course, that's on every dollar, so 1% sales tax increase).
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