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California Budget’s Hidden Numbers | San Jose News
California’s budget is more myth than master plan—once hailed as a $97 billion surplus, it turned out to be a $165 billion fantasy, sparking spending booms that now fuel deficits. Key missteps? A costly healthcare expansion for undocumented immigrants ballooned the tab by $6.2 billion, forcing painful cuts. But the real story’s buried in the addenda: 482,088 state workers, $73 billion in debt, and $328.4 billion in revenue. Since 1975, budgets stayed balanced with population and income—until Newsom’s tenure. His successor inherits a forecasted deficit for years. For the nerds: the 372-page…
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