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# California State Budget Fine; Did Jerry Brown Lowball Figures?
- URL: https://ivn.us/california-state-is-doing-fine-not-california-cities/
- Published: 2012-07-23T17:45:40.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:28:08.000Z
- Author: Chad Peace
- Tags: News

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/2026/02/california-state-is-doing-fine-not-california-cities-20847.jpg "CA Controller June Report")](https://ivn.us/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/california-state-is-doing-fine-not-california-cities-20847.jpg)

Today, the California State Controller's office released a [surprisingly upbeat and BOLD analysis](http://www.sco.ca.gov/Files-EO/07-12summary.pdf?ref=ivn.us); a sharp contrast from last month's report. Basically, the Controller produced a downbeat report leading into the budget vote. Then right after the budget was adopted, did a 180\. Hmmmmmm. Smell a rat? Did Jerry Brown lowball budget numbers?