Nobody rang an alarm in Sacramento when H.R. 1 was signed into law last July. There were press releases. There were statements. Governor Newsom called it devastating. Legislative leaders vowed […]
California Owes $22 Billion in Unemployment Debt. The Next Governor Inherits Every Penny.
The governor’s race is still being counted. Whoever wins in November will inherit the largest unresolved fiscal liability in California state government — and it has nothing to do with […]
Proposition 50 Worked. Now California Has to Win With It.
The votes are still coming in from Tuesday’s primary, and California’s congressional map is already doing what Proposition 50 promised — reshaping races, scrambling incumbents, and forcing Republicans to fight […]
California’s Five-Year Fiscal Exposure Estimated Between $312 Billion and $425 Billion
By Jose E. Navarro | The Navarro ReportSan Diego, California — May 29, 2026 A comprehensive financial analysis of California’s major public programs has placed the state’s five-year exposure to […]
Congress Asks Federal Watchdog to Quantify the True Cost of California’s Public Fund Losses
San Diego, California — May 29, 2026 The United States Congress has formally asked the nation’s top federal auditing agency to examine the full scope of waste, fraud, and abuse […]
Your Pension, Their Fees, Nobody’s Contracts: Inside CalPERS’ $179 Billion Gamble
By Jose E. Navarro | The Navarro Report On July 1, 2026, the largest public pension fund in the United States will do something no American pension fund has ever […]
Ghost Students, Real Money: How Scammers Are Bleeding California’s Community Colleges
By Jose E. Navarro | The Navarro Report Nearly half the students who applied to San Diego’s community colleges in 2025 were not students at all. They had no backpacks. […]
Dead Phones in a Closet: California’s $5 Million Accountability Problem
The phones sat in storage for years. Some were still in their original packaging. Ninety-nine of them were never activated at all. Yet California taxpayers kept paying the monthly service […]
Diapers, Deficits, and Donor Ties: The Questions Newsom Isn’t Answering About “Golden State Start”
California is staring down a $3 billion budget deficit for 2026-27. The Legislative Analyst’s Office has warned that structural shortfalls could run between $20 billion and $35 billion annually in […]
California’s Next Governor Is About to Inherit a Crisis Nobody Actually Fixed
With California’s June primary weeks away, every candidate running for governor is being asked some version of the same question: what will you do about homelessness? The answers range from […]