I agree with brian here that we can’t go back. As to the illegal-immigrant issue, the vast majority are working in CA, whether legally taxed or “under the table.” Due to federal law, any children they have while in the US are citizens.

Although I do agree with CAR that all levels of government in CA could be cut by =>25-30% if we didn’t have illegal immigrants here, this is not something, we, as voters can do anything about, except to elect congress people who will regularly and vociferously go to bat for CA monetarily-wise in our nation’s capitol. Meantime, city and county counsels are constantly suing the state to fund unfunded mandates and confiscated property-tax (teeter) funds and the State’s AG’s office is constantly suing the federal government for reimbursement of these unfunded mandates. These never-ending lawsuits have been going on for many years.

These are the only individuals in positions to do something about the problem, IMO.