Here’s how Newsom’s spending binge outstripped revenues, creating California’s chronic deficit

By Dan Walters, CalMatters

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An array of charts buried in the fine print of the state budget, unknown to all but a few fiscal nerds, details what California has collected in revenues and spent over the last half-century.

The current charts in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2026-27 budgetreveal how spending has exploded during his governorship, far outstripping stagnant population growth, inflation and…