Three years later, surplus spending casts a shadow over Newsom’s new state budget

by Dan Walters, CalMatters
January 10, 2025

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Fashioning a budget for a state as large and diverse as California is a fraught process under the best of circumstances, involving not only strictly financial aspects but demands from countless interest groups and the internal politics of the Capitol.

That said, what happened three years ago, as…