There is more to the housing crisis in California than wages. One of the biggest obstacles is California has strict zoning laws against building multi-family homes. California is also highly desirable. The best weather in the country is in Southern California. It's basic economics. Supply and demand. Bumblescum Mississippi is cheap because no one wants to live there. California is a high income state. Not in the fact it pays higher wages, but it has industries such as the tech industry that have higher income jobs regardless of profession. California has more millionaires and billionaires than any other state. California also has strict building codes due to threats of earthquakes. Buildable land is also at a premium. California has lots of mountains, particularly along it's coasts, that makes building sprawling cities challenging. There's a lot of pieces to California's housing crisis but keep in mind California has more people than the entire country of Canada and only 4% the land area Canada has.