Re “Newsom’s 2022 fantasy — a $97.5B state surplus — hangs over state” (June 19): Total unfunded government liabilities in California now stand at $1.6 trillion (yes, trillion), according to the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, largely due to the total disregard of fiscal responsibility by lawmakers and governors in Sacramento over the years. This amounts to $40,000 for every man, woman and child in this state. Is it any wonder businesses and individuals of means are leaving in droves?
— Fred Scharar, Rancho Bernardo