How much brush could CA clear for $4.2B/year?

Posted on: January 23, 2025 at 10:16:19 CT

Would these fires have been prevented if taxpayer money was not spent providing free healthcare to Illegals?

$1.6B/year since 2020 for free healthcare for Illegals up to 25 years old and and now an additional $2.6B since 2023 for all Illegals.

https://calmatters.org/health/2023/12/undocumented-health-insurance-new-california-laws-2024/

Beginning Jan. 1, for the first time, undocumented immigrants of all ages will qualify for Medi-Cal, the state’s health insurance program for extremely low-income people. It makes California among the first states to fund comprehensive health care for undocumented immigrants. Oregon in July dropped age restrictions for undocumented immigrants in its low-income state health insurance program.

....This expansion is projected to cost more than $835 million in the next six months and $2.6 billion every year thereafter. Previous expansions, which opened the door to more than 1.1 million undocumented enrollees, cost the state approximately $1.6 billion annually, according to past Legislative Analysis Office reports. The total $4 billion price tag, though significant, represents a fraction of Medi-Cal’s expansive $37 billion budget.....