K-12 tax & Spending Growth: California $pending
When Gov. Jerry Brown was elected in 2011, the state budget was $98 billion. The state’s population was a little over 38 million. Brown doubled the budget to $199.3 billion – with no measurable increase in population. Gov. Newsom inherited Brown’s $199.3 billion budget, and has grown it to $330 billion in 5 years – while losing population. Where is all of that new spending going?
