The budget of the State of California was $170 billion 10 years ago and is $354 billion in 2026.
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The Dan Bongino ShowOct 16, 2026
The sources support a 2026-27 total spending figure of $351.7 billion, close to the claimed $354 billion, but none state California's budget total for 2016-17, so the claimed $170 billion baseline and the 'more than doubled' comparison cannot be checked. The claim matches the post's own wording, so no extraction departure applies.
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… Remember that we spend the most of any state. They've doubled the budget of the State of California in the last 10 years. It's a very important point. When people say to me, why are you going to reduce the budget? 10 years ago, the budget of California was $170 billion. This year, it's $354. It's actually more than doubled, all while millions of people have left the state and the problems. That So we're paying twice as much, we've got millions fewer people, and all the problems have gotten worse. So we it's obviously not working on homelessness. …
The Dan Bongino Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The CAC 2026-27 budget overview reports $351.7 billion in total spending for the budget enacted by SB 111, close to the claimed $354 billion for 2026.[1]
Context. The Governor's Budget Summary 2026-27 and the LAO overview discuss revenue and deficit figures for 2026-27 but give no total budget figure for 2026 that matches or contradicts $354 billion.[2][3]
Context. The DOF historical publications index lists the 2016-17 budget documents but does not state a total figure, so the claimed $170 billion for about ten years ago is not addressed by any source.[4]
Sources
4 sources: 4 primary
- 1CAC Budget 2026-2027 CA State Budget overviewdir.ca.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 2Governor's Budget Summary 2026–27ebudget.ca.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3The 2026-27 Budget: Overview of the Governor s Budgetlao.ca.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4Historical Budget Publicationsdof.ca.gov · primary source · cited for: context
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