Cost Of CA Recall Election Estimated At $276M: Seems Like a bargain
(Sacramento, CA) — The upcoming recall election of Governor Gavin Newsom will cost taxpayers 276-million dollars–cheap when compared to some other state expenditures. That’s the word today from California’s Department of Finance, where officials tabulated the cost of holding a special election. For comparison, the cost of the high speed rail project, now pegged at $100 billion, is 362 times more costly than the special election, and the EDD fraud is more than 108 times more costly, making the cost of fulfilling a state constitutional provision seem downright cheap. The updated estimate now pegs the cost to California’s counties at 243-million dollars. That’s 28-million more than initial projections. California Secretary of State Shirley Weber says it will cost just over 32-million dollars to administer the recall election. The California legislature has already allocated a quarter-billion dollars toward the recall election, which is 26-million short of the newly projected totals. With the cost of the election finalized, California is now one step closer to learning the actual date of when it’ll happen.
Rail cost:
https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/high-performance/report-california-hsr-cost-overruns-escalate/#:~:text=In%20addition%2C%20CHSRA%20has%20not,be%20no%20end%20in%20sight.
EDD Fraud:
https://www.abc10.com/article/money/edd-fraud-cost-taxpayers-rep-mcclintock/103-a10a297c-04c2-44e3-b712-46fe88a02b2f#:~:text=So%20far%2C%20the%20EDD%20has,as%20high%20as%20%2430%20billion.