What I received when I checked the status of my CA tax refund on the FTB site:

Your return has been received and processed, however, your refund cannot be issued at this time.

Due to the state’s persistent cash and budget problems, the State Controller has directed FTB to stop sending refund requests to the State Controller’s Office for payment. Refund payments will resume when the State Controller indicates there is enough cash available to make refund payments.

This should piss me off... but I'm highly amused by it nonetheless :-P