Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing a nearly 9% increase in total state spending for the upcoming fiscal year – that’s a $350 ...

Three major factors contribute to the state's recurring crises. Some are easier to solve than others.

The governor is banking on being able to continue to collect a special tax that is set to expire in June.

California's budgets have been susceptible to the ways wealthy taxpayers derive their income, particularly during periods of ...

The governor and the California Legislature should heed LAO’s chilling conclusion: “Taken together, these trends raise serious concerns about the state’s fiscal sustainability.” ...

California lawmakers and finance officials on Wednesday talked over how best to resolve a budget deficit totaling billions of ...

As both governor and a likely presidential candidate, Gavin Newsom's final state budget faces a political trap of his own ...

Despite a proposed a 7% funding increase for California's public universities, officials remain anxious over whether it will ...

MAKES A RULING. AFTER TODAY’S HEARING, GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM IS FACING PUSHBACK AT THE STATE CAPITOL OVER HIS PROPOSED BUDGET. THE STATE’S INDEPENDENT LEGISLATIVE ANALYST RESPONDED TO THAT PROPOSAL ...

Officials with the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association are concerned about efforts to raise property taxes on California’s ...

"It's simply an irresponsible position to be putting ourselves in," one senator said of potential future deficits.

Newsom has made California smaller, poorer and less politically powerful. His many failings should be taken seriously; his ...