Government contracts go to political cronies.
Workers compensation fraud is so bad it has become a lifestyle for a huge number of perfectly able bodied people who get fraudulently get 100% disability
It's so bad that a number of years ago a shocking number the finishers in the San Francisco Bay to Breakers mini marathon foot race were receiving 100% disability workers compensation paychecks to fund their fitness lifestyle
Student loan fraud is off the charts. So much so that the Democrats obsession with student loan forgiveness is driven as much by a desire to forgive fraudulent loans to avoid exposing the fraud as it is to buy votes from young voters.
California's huge illegal alien population has given rise to the most comprehensive , organized and sophisticated false identification and identity theft industry in history - often in partnership with California SEIU workers who provide legitimate State of California documents for the fake identity
This makes it easy for grifters to set up high quality fake identity documents for multiple fictitious individuals and businesses , all of which receive money from the State of California
Not only are California politicians aware of this, they are actively encouraging the fraud and corruption by banning the use of hard biometric data that could verify that an identity is an actual true and legitimate person which allows criminals to receive government money from multiple programs under multiple false identities
Fraud is a normal way of life for members of California's huge illicit underground economy
Insurance fraud is out of control which is part of the reason California insurance costs are out of control