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Since problem can not be rooted in this:

Self-interest in the social-services community may be at fault. As economist William A. Niskanen explained back in 1971, public agencies seek to maximize their budgets, through which they acquire increased power, status, comfort and security. To keep growing its budget, and hence its power, a welfare bureaucracy has an incentive to expand its “customer” base. With 883,000 full-time-equivalent state and local employees in 2014, California has an enormous bureaucracy. Many work in social services, and many would lose their jobs if the typical welfare client were to move off the welfare rolls.

then it must be ORANGEMANBAD, NOTENOUGHTAXES, or TOOMANYGUNS.

This could be resolved a lot by making affordable housing (i.e., working class apartments, condos, townhomes, etc.) more available.

I read that Governor Newsom is pushing ahead with bring more affordable housing to California.

Housing (i.e., rent or mortgage/taxes/insurance/HOA fee) should not be more than 1/3 of the monthly household net income. If the average working class wage is $15 an hour, then the monthly rent should be about $700. That is why two-income households are required to purchase a home or rent a nice home.

That is why two-income households are required to purchase a home or rent a nice home.

The economy adjusted to a two income household back in the 70s when women came en mass into the work force.

Deport the millions of illegal aliens. That’s a good start.

AD says

I read that Governor Newsom is pushing ahead with bring more affordable housing to California.

That will not solve anything other than generating more bureaucracy and increasing taxes of Clownifornians. How about removing most of zoning restrictions? Houston had very cheap housing before Californians started flocking there (apparently because of wonderful climate).

AD says

This could be resolved a lot by making affordable housing (i.e., working class apartments, condos, townhomes, etc.) more available.

I read that Governor Newsom is pushing ahead with bring more affordable housing to California.

Housing (i.e., rent or mortgage/taxes/insurance/HOA fee) should not be more than 1/3 of the monthly household net income. If the average working class wage is $15 an hour, then the monthly rent should be about $700. That is why two-income households are required to purchase a home or rent a nice home.

Do we really want the morons in Sacramento dictating rent levels on private property? Don't think we want MOAR government regulation fucking up markets.

We should try flipping entitlements. Free healthcare, childcare, education, ect give to only the middle class or higher and completely cut off the bottom. This will starve drainers make disincentives to have more kids to the poor, make poor choices let them utterly fail. This will cause smarter harder working people have more kids creating a better future for all and a more robust independent human population. Current system is backwards.

socal2 says

Do we really want the morons in Sacramento dictating rent levels on private property? Don't think we want MOAR government regulation fucking up markets.

They do need to eliminate density and housing restrictions, which are anti-Free Market, preventing best use by private landowners and developers in order to inflate the prices for existing homeowners using government Fiat.

P N Dr Lo R says

Why is liberal California the poverty capital of America?

Generous benefits available to everybody, including non-citizens, is also a factor.

Not just Mexicans, but Asians who bring in their elderly relatives then "abandon them" but only on paper so they can get benefits they never paid one day into.
And plenty of White 6 figure earners who declare their mentally disabled adult/teen kids to be wards of the state when they could more than afford special needs home care. It would just take too much time and money away from their Racquetball and Golf Equipment.

Elderly immigrants sponsored by their children, then put on state aid should wear ankle bracelets which should notify State Offices if they go within 500 feet of their children's residences. If discovered there at any time, children owe $50,000 fine and all the social services money back, with a lien on the home.

Actually, that's too much work - all immigrants over 40 should be conditional to the children, if they can no longer support the MUST return the elderly to country of origin within 30 days.

Obviously the reason for widespread poverty in California (despite one of the most robust economies in the USA) is...
...drumroll...
CLIMATE CHANGE!
Teeehee

I was looking at the 2017 data for Medicaid by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).

59% of non-elderly recipients of Medicaid in California are Hispanic.

About 40% of California is Hispanic.

https://www.kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/distribution-by-raceethnicity-4/?currentTimeframe=0&sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Hispanic%22,%22sort%22:%22desc%22%7D