Despite the Rhetoric, Newsom’s Revised Budget Confirms That California’s Budget Troubles Are Just Getting Startedby Wayne Winegarden Newsom’s Final Budget Defers the Difficult Budget Decisions to California’s Next Governorby Wayne Winegarden Spending Watch: The Taxing Wealth Taxby Wayne Winegarden Californians Will Pay a High Price for Tom Steyer’s “Split-Role” Proposalby Wayne Winegarden Stock Market Volatility Is a Growing Threat to California’s Upcoming Budget by Wayne Winegarden Budget Gimmicks Will Not Solve The State’s Fiscal Crisisby Wayne Winegarden Lacking Fundamental Reforms, California’s Fiscal Outlook Is Still Dismal by Wayne Winegarden andNikhil Agarwal Spending Watch: California’s Budget Delusion by Wayne Winegarden SB 222 Will Weaken California’s Economy and Reduce State Revenuesby Wayne Winegarden and Nikhil Agarwal The May Revision Should Assume A Weaker Fiscal Position for FY2025-26by Wayne Winegarden AB 4: A Bad Idea That Costs Too Muchby Wayne Winegarden and Nikhil Agarwal The Governor’s Special Session Will Worsen Gasoline Affordabilityby Wayne Winegarden and Kerry Jackson While National Economic Performance Has Supported State Revenue Growth, Greater Spending Restraint Is Still Requiredby Wayne Winegarden and Nikhil Agarwal Backfilling Lost Federal Education Funding Will Cost California Dearlyby Wayne Winegarden Expanding Unemployment Insurance Benefits – All Pain for No Gainby Wayne Winegarden Californians Have Little to Show for All That Government Spendingby Wayne Winegarden California’s Expensive but Ineffective Income Support Spendingby Wayne Winegarden Reparations: A Financially Unrealistic Proposal That Will Bankrupt Californiaby Wayne Winegarden Too Much Government Spending and Volatile Tax Revenues Drive State’s Budget Problemby Wayne Winegarden Single Payer Will Worsen California’s Healthcare System and Reduce Economic Growthby Wayne Winegarden