Do regular inmates get their cosmetic surgeries paid for? Or is just to "validate" the mentally-ill. Also, look at those numbers. 4 MILLION dollars for 157 people.

I remember when Trump banned trans people from getting surgeries covered by the military, and all these idiots were showing a screenshot of charts of "how little it is compared to other military spending." Not taking into account that the tiny amount of people spending that much of the military's budget was way too much. Can you imagine if every service member took up that much of the budget?

No one ever spends this much on any other group of people.

I'm a type 1 diabetic in the US. Absolutely none of my necessary medical supplies are covered 100% by any insurance option available to me. The "best" insurances have the highest monthly premiums and deductibles that continue to rise each year.

And then this. I am beyond disgusted by this radical, tyrannical movement and the lengths to which the government ensures they are protected at all costs... But the only cost is to us taxpayers.

How many prisoners are suffering from untreated medical problems? How many have died?

How many have painful rotten teeth?

How many women don’t have enough menstrual supplies?

But sure, we have the money for cosmetic surgeries with HIGH complication rates.

Okay, maybe I’m banking on exposing my city here, but fuck it, it’s fairly big anyway:

We a rather large homeless encampment here. It’s by a river, right alongside a bike path. I biked through that area a year ago not knowing exactly where the encampment was, and I was surprised at just how big it was. The encampment is so big that it comes up near a playground. Not exactly a stone’s throw, but not far by any means, either.

This past fall I visited an area with a different encampment alongside a different river + trail. This one was in the vicinity of a couple of heritage parks, an outdoor museum, and a children’s park.

Visitors to these areas would definitely feel put off by the sheer amount of homeless people, especially in the vicinity of kids.

I’ve seen neighborhoods where there are “NO TINY HOMES NEXT TO X SCHOOL/Y LIBRARY/Z PARK” signs in everyone’s lawns. They’re trying to fix the issue by building small houses for the homeless, but continually decide that they should put them in the worst possible locations. Meanwhile, rent in the Bay Area is insanity. Gee, I wonder if that could be contributing to anything!

I hear it’s worse in San Francisco. No, it is worse there. I almost stepped in human feces on the sidewalk there years ago. I’ve seen their drug epidemic on the news before. I have no idea what it’s like in the rest of the state.

My point is: that is four million dollars that could have alleviated the homeless epidemic our leaders complain about, right down the drain. Instead of making a small minority of people maybe happy for a little while, that money could have gone towards some of the most disadvantaged people in our society.

I think there will probably be non-Californians in this thread talking about the homelessness crisis here, and for anyone who’s skeptical, I’m coming to you straight from the metropolitan part of the state to say: yes, it is as bad as people say it is.

And instead of doing something about it, like, I don’t know, allocating $4,000,000 to alleviate this issue, they’ve tossed it down the shitter.

All of this needs to be ended. No more funding these surgeries at taxpayer's expense.

Imagine what that money could have done for impoverished kids, getting free tutoring to catch them up to their peers.

For "boobies."

Honestly, I’d be fine with it as long as it’s only given to violent male offenders and the only surgery they allow is one where they cut off their dick.

What an absolute waste. Can you imagine if they'd spent that much money on domestic violence shelters, or college scholarships for single moms, or virtually any other thing that helps women? I mean can you imagine how much better things would be? Instead they wasted it helping prisoners with their kinks. Insanity.

Stop, California. You’re high.

Hope the woman running against Scott Weiner has access to this information.

Are any of them women who’ve received fake penis surgery?

The surgery tally doesn’t even include meds or the complications thereof. We all know Buck Angel’s uterus, ovaries, etc fused and had to be removed.

Who pays for that?

I am gobsmacked!!!

Prisoner- I’m a lady I need facial feminization

California- awesome we will pay for this hooray for your bravery

Prisoner with a new face- haha I’m definitely not using this new face to commit more crimes or anything lol