Welcome to TechIMO, Skot!
Hope you're sitting down, I got some news for ya...
California real estate is some of the most costly in the world (and there is a reason for that...

) and the cost in San Jose is among the highest, if not THE highest. This is owing to the tech explosion in "The Silicon Valley" and the resultant run on land there.
Even though that boom is largely over, the prices (for buying and rental) remain very high. Good luck.