You have to understand that these people don't care about anything, and the government people are overworked and will not follow up with all the small cases. 

Then in 2020 it turned out cashflow wasn’t guaranteed, the government could burn your cashflow to the ground and you could lose everything.

Is the option government supplied insurance where taxes supplement the insurance?  

I feel like in today’s day in age there are so many tools for STR operations and I cannot believe there is no integration for a merchant of sale transaction or some kind of financial app/ software that can take the remitted taxes and pay them to the government automatically.

You’re just throwing money at the government. 

I had constant issues with the local government and the taxes were absurd.

Requiring a copy of a government-issued ID is a good extra layer of security.

The California government will deal with the damage the same way all governments do , they will find a way to raise taxes or get the Feds to pay for it ( that will be difficult with the new administration ) Here is what I find ironic , California has C.A.R.B. to pass regulations on vehicle emissions .

Yes, the government pays the Section 8 rent timely, but more and more tenants are having to pay a portion of their rent.

I'm sure over time more laws will be created to force the government to give that information in a more timely manner but for now they often obstruct the public by withholding it for a time.