These coming from the Committee on Ways and Means staff report on programs within the Jurisdiction of the Ways and Means Committee. The average general assistance recipient in California receives the tremendous sum of $209 monthly. I did not have time to check the statewide average in Wisconsin. I picked one county: $265. $55 more than the average in California. for general assistance in Wisconsin. I do not think the issue of refugee settlements can be correlated with level of welfare benefits. and I do not think that California has anything particularly to apologize for in trying and struggling to provide some minimum standard for its people.