California has a surplus now. What budget year are you talking about, where an actual surplus was evident when the budget year closed? Projections are just pr

California has a surplus now. What budget year are you talking about, where an actual surplus was evident when the budget year closed? Projections are just projections and can be seriously wrong. A projected $2.8 billion surplus[0] quickly changed to being a $1.6 billion deficit[1]. [0] https://www.scpr.org/news/2016/11/17/66216/california-analyst-projects-2-8-billion-budget-sur/ https://www.scpr.org/news/2016/11/17/66216/california-analys... [1] http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-jerry-brown-budget-trump-risks-20170110-story.html http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-jerry-brown-budge...