Bay Area tech giants’ historic stock market run this year has one colossal beneficiary: California’s government. The Legislative Analyst’s Office, a nonpartisan adviser for the state Legislature, published a “Fiscal Outlook” for the 2025-2026 state budget on Wednesday.

After clearing up a $47 billion budget deficit earlier this year, California may not be out of trouble just yet.

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The rally in technology stocks has created so much wealth in California that it has helped the state fill its coffers.

The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office projects a $2 billion shortfall for 2025-26, but says the state can’t afford big new programs. Gov. Newsom has complained about attention on the office’s deficit estimates.

The projected state budget deficit for 2025-2026 fiscal year is about $2 billion, far less than $45 billion deficit state leaders had to address for the previous fiscal year.

There's good and bad news when it comes to the state's budget for this upcoming fiscal year. The good news is the state's nonpartisan legislative analysts say the budget looks to be in fair condition.

California likely will not see a big deficit next year, but also won’t have room for much new spending, the state Legislature’s fiscal analyst predicted. That could be bad news for those who want the state to lead the resistance to Donald Trump’s second term as president.