California -- March 27, 2025

Locator: 48383CALIFORNIA.

California:

Los Angeles is broke: link here.

The Bullet Train: an update. Victor Davis Hanson says the cost of the Bullet Train is now estimated to be $300 billion.

First question: where is all that money going? Link here.

 

Health insurance: Medicaid provides health insurance to more than 72 million Americans with limited incomes and funds long-term care for some seniors. In California, nearly 15 million people — more than a third of residents — are enrolled in Medi-Cal, the state’s version of the program. About two-thirds of funding for state Medicaid programs is federal.