Californias State legislative analysts office estimated the ban on SSI and food stamps will cost California $5.8 billion over 6 years. Now. either this is a massive costshift or the homeless in America and in California are going to be greatly adding to their numbers. In Los Angeles County alnne the nonmedical costs of sup(ng elderly and disabled legal im.ants could top $236 million annuSan Francisco also estimates that 20.000 legal noncitizens may turn to the countys general assistance program. at a total cost of up to $74 million annually. Let me give an actual example from my hometown legal immigrants. My San Francisco staff met with a 73yearold legal immigrant on SSI. She was welcomed to this county from Vietnam In 1980. She was a refugee from communism with no family in the United States. She speaks no English and she is suffering from kidney failure. She requires dialysis three times a week.
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