Did Gavin Newsom totally lie? Was there never, ever a surplus?
California's massive budget surplus has Governor Gavin Newsom demanding a huge spending spree.
Objected. Operating surplus for the state of California in the May revisions just shy of $100 billion, simply without precedent. No other state in American history has ever experienced a surplus as large as this.
California is facing a $27 billion budget deficit and today the governor released his plan for trying to deal with it. Spoiler alert, it is brutal.
The second year in a row California is facing a multi-billion dollar shortfall and that, according to the governor, will lead to the loss of both money that was going towards according to the governor, will lead to the loss of both money that was going towards programs and jobs.
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