My, perhaps simplistic, understanding of Kalifornia's budget situation is that we were spending $60 billion with $60 billion in revenue when the "dot-com" bubble expanded.
On the basis of a $12 billion annual surplus at its peak, Kalifornia expanded its expenditures to the point where it is now about $90 billion and revenues have returned to the pre-bubble level.
Demoncrat policies include forcing businesses to cover expensive "family leave" and other such entitlements such that businesses are leaving the state.
I fail to see how leaving the Demoncrats to solve this problem will allow them to dominate Kalifornia for the next 25 years. They will either have to raise taxes to ruinous levels or eliminate many of their programs. The deadlock in the legislature will not allow the taxes and their constituency will not allow the program cuts.
Within two years, and possibly within two months, cash will run out and Kalifornia will begin trying to pay its bills with vouchers. I thought that I heard that many banks will not accept the vouchers. Also, I thought I heard that only minimum wages can be paid under certain budget circumstances. If teachers claim to be too lowly paid now, they will scream like mashed cats then.
I see only good coming from Demoncrats attempting to explain why there is no money. I don't think that Republicans should have to explain it.