California Faces a New Quandary, Too Much Money

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The amount is a matter of debate, but by any measure significant: between $1.2 billion, projected by Gov. Jerry Brown, and $4.4 billion, the estimate of the Legislature’s independent financial analyst. 

The surplus comes barely three years after the state was facing a deficit of close to $60 billion.