Paul's California Budget 2004-2005 Explorer

Category	2005 Spending	Percent change vs 2002	Federal Funds	Your share
LEGISLATIVE, JUDICIAL, AND EXECUTIVE	$4152.1 Mil	7.7 %	829.3 Mil	$ 218.34
STATE AND CONSUMER SERVICES	$1051.0 Mil	8.1 %	6.3 Mil	$ 46.35
BUSINESS, TRANSPORTATION, AND HOUSING	$6050.8 Mil	-22.9 %	2703.5 Mil	$ 383.72
TECHNOLOGY, TRADE, AND COMMERCE AGENCY	$0	-100.0 %	0	$ 0.00
RESOURCES	$2748.4 Mil	-17.7 %	159.7 Mil	$ 127.47
CALIF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY	$845.7 Mil	-3.2 %	161.5 Mil	$ 44.15
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES	$28669.3 Mil	4.8 %	27314.8 Mil	$ 2453.87
YOUTH AND ADULT CORRECTIONAL AGENCY	$5736.4 Mil	-2.0 %	139.7 Mil	$ 257.56
EDUCATION	$41872.1 Mil	-10.7 %	14420.0 Mil	$ 2467.38
LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY	$302.6 Mil	20.7 %	8068.8 Mil	$ 366.93
GENERAL GOVERNMENT	$7715.1 Mil	-18.6 %	1196.8 Mil	$ 390.62
GRAND TOTAL	$99143.5 Mil	-7.2 %	55000.4 Mil	$ 6756.38

Observations:

K-12 spending per pupil is $9614. That's approaching $300K per classroom...the teacher is not getting paid enough (optimistically $60K?), where is the rest of all that money going?
Medi-Cal is $20400 per recipient annually from the general fund alone. Something like 80% of people in nursing homes are on Medi-Cal thanks to asset-hiding loopholes that allow most people to appear bankrupt in the eyes of the state. (Source: Len Tillem KGO Radio)
The CA budget is way more complicated and convoluted than the federal budget. It's really quite impressive.