The article doesn't really explain the overall budget, for scale it looks like in the 2025-2026 budget year CA planned to spend about $228B compared to $216B re

The article doesn't really explain the overall budget, for scale it looks like in the 2025-2026 budget year CA planned to spend about $228B compared to $216B revenue ($227B in the previous year). https://ebudget.ca.gov/2025-26/pdf/Enacted/BudgetSummary/SummaryCharts.pdf https://ebudget.ca.gov/2025-26/pdf/Enacted/BudgetSummary/Sum...