Bakersfield NowCalifornia Faces an Additional $8 Billion Deficit Over Next 16 MonthsU.S. News & World ReportBy Justin Ewers SAN FRANCISCO—Talk about tilting at windmills. The nonpartisan California Legislative Analyst's Office released a report today saying that the state, after a hard-fought effort only a few weeks ago to close a $42 billion budget gap, ...State budget already out of balance, report says San Francisco ChronicleCalifornia Budget Runs $8 Billion Short, Analyst Says BloombergSan Jose Mercury News - Sacramento Bee - Los Angeles Times - SanFranciscoSentinel.comall 178 news articles