(The Center Square) – As part of a state government reorganization, one department in California was split into two this year, costing taxpayers an additional $2 billion.
A 2025 reorganization plan by Gov. Gavin Newsom called for dissolving the California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency and replacing it with two new departments: the Business and Consumer Services Agency and the Housing and Homelessness Agency, according to the now-defunct agency’s website…