California’s embarrassing $2 billion budget error exposed, even as state leaders knew about blunder for months

https://nypost.com/2026/04/18/us-news/gov-newsoms-administration-miscalculated-the-state-budget-to-the-tune-of-2-billion/

By 

Pierce Sharpe

Published April 18, 2026, 6:00 a.m. PT