This seems like a purposely obtuse hit on California by someone with a political axe to grind. Before the pandemic and global recession which has blown up State and Federal budgets everywhere, California was running a huge budget surplus and saving up billions of dollars in a rainy-day fund.
Deeply red Georgia is also facing a major budget shortfall but you don't see article like this from right-wing commentors lamenting the series of tax cuts passed in recent years.
Deeply red Georgia is also facing a major budget shortfall but you don't see article like this from right-wing commentors lamenting the series of tax cuts passed in recent years.