Lawmakers hope for miracle over budget cutting

Unable to stomach even the modest cuts proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, California’s Democratic-controlled Legislature instead passed — in time for the June 15 deadline — a $325-billion budget that relies on borrowing to close a $12-billion budget deficit. The budget was a dereliction of duty, as progressive lawmakers seem incapable of breaking their addiction to spending.

As CalMatters reported, lawmakers passed it based on “hope” and expectation of a coming economic “miracle”—even though...