California’s budget shortfall isn’t just an abstract problem involving some out-of-whack numbers. It’s a serious crisis that’s threatening to hurt people in the wallet — in July alone, the state is talking about handing out $3 billion in IOUs to everyone from contractors to welfare recipients.
How exactly did California get into this mess, and what [...]

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