I posted on the regular forum originally and it was taken down since I’m running the beta software. I was told specifically to put it here in the email from the forum.

I posted there originally and it was taken down and I was told to put it here. _Thanks for participating in the Apple Support Community. We removed your post “Why are system reserved files consuming half of my storage? because it contained information about beta software. To comment or ask questions about beta software, go to our Apple Developer Forums page: https://developer.apple.com/forums_