According to a report by the Washington Times, the California Governor spends $25 billion a year on illegals, while neglecting the Oroville Dam.
Per the Washington Times:
The flood danger from the Oroville Dam receded Monday, but California was hit by a wave of criticism for failing to heed warnings about risks to the spillway at a time when the state spent generously on illegal immigrants and high-speed rail.
California Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, came under fire amid reports that federal and state officials for years rebuffed or ignored calls to fortify the massive 50-year-old dam, which provides water to more than 20 million farmers and residential consumers.
“What’s Governor Brown doing?” former state Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, a Republican, asked in a Monday post on Facebook. “The same thing he’s been doing for decades — obstructing progress.”
A radio talk show host, Mr. Donnelly said California “has been so busy defying President Donald Trump in order to protect illegal aliens from deportation that it forgot to do the things government is supposed to do, like maintain infrastructure. Governor Brown is now going hat-in-hand to beg the Trump administration for emergency funds.”
While California absolutely hates President Trump, they are not hesitant to ask him for help. Governor Jerry Brown sent a $1 billion wishlist to President Trump after Trump said $1 trillion needed to be spent on the country's infrastructure. In the $100 billion request there was absolutely no mention of repair for the Oroville Dam.
Per the Mercury News:
More than a decade ago, federal and state officials and some of California’s largest water agencies rejected concerns that the massive earthen spillway at Oroville Dam — at risk of collapse Sunday night and prompting the evacuation of 185,000 people — could erode during heavy winter rains and cause a catastrophe…
…“A loss of crest control could not only cause additional damage to project lands and facilities but also cause damages and threaten lives in the protected floodplain downstream,” the groups wrote.
According to a report by CNBC, Governor Brown feels that California is entitled to at least 12% of the $1 trillion Trump has called for in infrastructure spending.
Per CNBC:
Brown also said he will push for California to get its share of the $1 trillion in money Trump wants to spend nationally on infrastructure projects.
“I fully embrace and will strive to make sure that California gets 12 percent,” the governor said, pointing out that’s roughly California’s share of the U.S. population. “We have certainly $120 billion that we can spend it on wisely.”
California Governor Spends $25 Billion a Year on Illegals, Ignored Warnings Dam was Falling 12 Years Ago
It will be very interesting to see how President Trump goes about this. Will he ignore all of California other requests and only fix the Oroville Dam? What do you think his best move is? Did California already burn their bridge with the President? Let us know what you think in the comments section.
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