To go into any form of retail business in California, you need to get a resale license and business license(s)..
Given that, the state requires periodic reports on sales, and payment of tax receipts to the state. The bigger you are, the more often you have to feed the vultures.
Sales taxs are bureaucratic, anti-business, anti-human, bottomless pit cesspools that need to be stopped ...
The initiative process is the way to do it.
Good luck!!!!
That doesn't stop the "Fair Tax" people from pushing that federal sales tax down everybody's throat. It not likely to every pass. The politicians are addicted to screwing us with the income tax. You can bet they are looking for anything to raise taxes. They can never make do with less.