Aren't they required by the California constitution to maintain certain percentages of spending for education? Among other things? You have to weigh reduced sp

Aren't they required by the California constitution to maintain certain percentages of spending for education? Among other things? You have to weigh reduced spending with the consequences of that, and sometimes maybe running a deficit is better. That's not to paint too rosy a picture- California is doing plenty of absurd things with its money, but much of that is mandated by the propositions, not a choice by the legislature (Three strikes means more, unavoidable, prison expenses, the high speed rail bond fiasco, the extravagant research bonds that inevitably get approved and squandered).