I came up with a working solution to Calis money problems while watching the news last night.....
Main problem is that most of their big tax money came from a "capital gains" scenarion... So, when silly valley went bust, a lotta lotta tax revenue was lost....
Now, anyone who says they are going to raise taxes (property, incomes, sales or other) will be thrown out of office...
So, lets see... We need several billions of dollars and we can't raise any one's taxes... How do we do it......
A daily toll at the Mexican border for Mexicans to come into California to work... Let's say $2.00 a day....
Any Mexican Citizen that wants to work in California could get a state workers card allowing them to come into the state each day... Cali gets $2.00 of their daily wages..... Mexicans get to work.... Cali gains some control over the illegal alien problem.... No existing taxes get increased...