Actually, the cost per resident is much higher than for Cali. There are more legislators per resident in PA, and there are many more aides per legislator, even with their few constitutents, more jobs for bro in law!
True, but don't buy into the cut-the-size-of-the-legislature movement, which is just power grab by the machine establishments.
Join the cut-the-pay-of-the-legislature movement. Make New Hampshire the model (171 more reps who get paid $200 for two years) rather than CA which is even more screwed up than PA.