Dan Walters, writing for the the Sacramento Bee, explains why calling California's recently passed budget a "balanced" one is a bit misleading, as it leaves many of the State's liabilities unaddressed and allows for increases financed from the temporary sales and income tax increases that voters passed last year.

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Dan Walters writing for the Sacramento Bee explains how Governor Brown's "$30 billion wall of debt" is careful to exclude money California borrowed from the federal government to keep unemployment insurance flowing after the fund ran out a couple of years ago. Now with that loan due, California is attempting to pay it off with ever increasing employers' payroll taxes, which is putting more stress on small businesses.

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In the wake of a financial surplus due to the passage of Proposition 30, The Reporter reports Governor Brown, who has pledged to maintain fiscal restraint and build a cash reserve, faces pent-up pressure from members of his own party to go on a social programs spending spree with the additional revenue.

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Dan Walters writing for the Ventura County Star explains how Governor Brown's claims of balancing California's budget maybe based more on fantasy than a fact.

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In part two of his five part series for the Washington Examiner, Conn Carroll explains how Governor Brown made up the numbers he used to claim that California had balanced its budget, despite the Legislative Analyst's Office projecting that California would still end fiscal year 2014 with a $1.9 billion deficit.

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