<p>[Activists</a> push ballot initiative to end state benefits for illegal immigrants and their U.S.-born children - Los Angeles Times](<a href=“http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-illegal-immigration13-2009jul13,0,4982035.story]Activists”>Activists target state aid to immigrants' children)</p>
<p>The article lowballs the actual cost to Calif budget for benefits to this group at 4 - 6 $billion. More realistic (ie, less political) estimates range from 10 - 16 $billion. This proposition will surely pass and just as surely be overturned a la prop 187. With Sotomajor in the Court, there won’t be any reason to appeal past the 9th Dist (and no reason to to go there anyway). Note to all: California has NO MONEY. This means longterm cuts in UC and other systems needed to prepare for the future. Economic growth increasingly depends on people with technological skills, but we are investing in folks whose main talent is mowing lawns and stabilizing the price of lettuce. California is not just bankrupt, it’s completely bozo. So how about we share some of our multiculturalism with YOUR state? One thing is fer shur - you’ll get better burritos to eat.</p>