California’s embarrassing $2 billion budget error exposed, even as state leaders knew about blunder for months

California’s budget mess just got a whole lot messier — and a whole lot more embarrassing. Top lawmakers sat on a staggering $2 billion accounting blunder for months while publicly warning of a looming budget crunch, according to a bombshell memo that’s now blowing the lid off the quiet deception. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration built...