According to the current Governor of California, California is paying more into the Fed then it is receiving. I believe what he said was that if elected, he would not only be known as the "Terminator", but as the "Collectinator".
So, who's really on the receiving end here?
No, no -- you are right about the funds. Last I saw for every dollar sent to DC (from CA), CA got, 11 cents back.
However, other rules do apply. For example, private schools. If they receive one penny of fed money? They have to enact the host of Federal rules. Like quotas, etc. So, a CA med-pot smoker, for example, shouldn't be receiving any type of fed subsidy; to be in compliance with both sets of law, state and fed, as they currently exist.
Or so I've read.