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On 2/16/25 11:22, John Smyth wrote:
'Fire-Ravaged California Spending Nearly $10 Billion on Health Care for Illegal Aliens
<https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/15/fire-ravaged-california-spending-nearly-10-billion-on-health-care-for-illegal-aliens/>
'California, which failed to prevent the spread of wildfires in Los
Angeles last month and is struggling to repair the damage, is set to
spend nearly $10 billion on health care for illegal aliens, according to
a nonpartisan state analyst.
Very important information. Thank you for posting it.
Fox News reported Thursday:
Guadalupe Manriquez, the California Department of Finance program budget manager, told the state Assembly Budget Committee Monday the state is “spending $9.5 billion total funds” to “cover undocumented individuals in Medi-Cal” in the current year.
Manriquez explained that this is a “revised number based on the governor’s budget-updated estimates,” adding the earlier figure was from the earlier “budget act.”
“The state is shelling out $9.5 billion on healthcare for illegal immigrants while emergency rooms overflow, hospitals teeter on the brink
and working Californians struggle to see a doctor,” [California Assembly Minority Leader James Gallagher] continued. “Rather than making
responsible choices, leaders are raiding the rainy-day fund to keep the spending spree going. This isn’t just a budget crisis — it’s a complete failure of leadership.”
The City of Los Angeles cut the fire department’s budget last year, and failed to pre-deploy firefighters ahead of the Palisades Fire due to a reluctance to pay overtime. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) also trimmed planned increases in spending on wildfire prevention.
Newsom recently traveled to Washington to seek federal aid for
addressing the impact of the recent fires. He also signed $50 million in
new spending to fight President Donald Trump’s policies'
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