EV charging stations in Santa Cruz receive $14.3 million in funding

KION ^ | January 15, 2025 | By Sergio Berrueta

[artichokegrower]

More than $14 million will be distributed to the City of Santa Cruz to install electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.

[artichokegrower]

$14 million would buy a bunch of fire trucks

[antidemoncrat]

Hope they are fire proof

[rktman]

How long before the cables are missing.

[GOPJ]

And extra fire hydrants...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Is this from Biden’s $7.5 billion dollars that build seven charging stations?

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/dec/05/michael-rulli/biden-law-gave-states-75-billion-for-ev-charging-3/

[The_Media_never_lie]

Residents will get a one time government check from Biden for $750 when their houses burn down after their insurance is canceled, to buy baby formula, shaving cream, all the necessities for the little people.

[cdcdawg]

Elon and Vivek are going to have plenty to do.

[Leaning Right]

> $14 million would buy a bunch of fire trucks <

Or one EV charging station.

[glorgau]

The joys of OPM (Other People’s Money).

[lurk]

Look for the union label.

They would call it a success even if nothing got done.

[Kazan]

And, how many millions were spent on illegals?

California, last year, began shelling taxpayer money to non-citizens for healthcare all while Newsom and Bass cut the budget for the fire department.

[Mark]

What possibly could go wrong? (/S)

[Deaf Smith]

On the plus side for Kalifornee, the great number of homes and businesses burned down takes a load off the power grid and ensues ample power supply for new ev charging stations.

/s

[HighSierra5]

Was this money taken from Medicare?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“$14 million would buy a bunch of fire trucks”

You took the words right out of my mouth. Good thing the Santa Cruz Mountains never burn. Right? (jk)

[ProtectOurFreedom]

FAIR: Illegal Immigration Costs California Taxpayers Nearly $31 Billion a Year
March 8, 2023

FAIR = Federation for American Immigration Reform

Then there's the $24 BILLION spent on homeless in CA during Newscum's first five years.

How much would it cost to end homelessness in California? Try more than $100 billion
By Dan Walters
CalMatters
October 18, 2024

Multiple state agencies spent nearly $24 billion on housing and homeless programs in the first five years of Gavin Newsom’s governorship, but the number of people without homes continued to grow, rising by 20% to more than 180,000 in the most recent federal count in 2023.

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Don't sweat the small potatoes. Look at the TOTAL cost of illegals and homeless in California. But don't forget the $100B to $200B for the "high speed" train and the $2 BILLION every year it will cost to operate and maintain it.

Add up illegals, homeless and the train and pretty soon you're talking real money. That $200 to $300 BILLION could buy a lot of fire fighting apparatus, reservoirs, water and personnel to keep us safe and keep our houses from falling to Dresden II.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

EV — without government support in a variety of ways — is not a viable thing. But WITH government support in a variety of ways, a small variety of politically connected pocket a fist full of taxpayer and debt-funded dollars.

[sasquatch]

Build one on Eastbound West Cliff Dr. and another
where the wharf was being repaired on Dec. 23.
That should take care of $14 million.

[sasquatch]

Forgot. One dockside, North Harbor for electric boats.

[alternatives?]

Not EV firetrucks.