California Is Giving Free Solar Panels to Illegal Aliens

City Journal ^ | 5/26/26 | Christopher F. Rufo, Austen Hufford

[CFW]

California is spending millions of dollars on a program that provides free solar panels, refrigerators, and windows to “low-income” farmworkers, including illegal immigrants.

The initiative, called the Farmworker Housing Component of the Low-Income Weatherization Program, is part of California’s sprawling, multibillion-dollar “cap-and-trade” system, which taxes carbon producers and redistributes approximately $3 billion per year to energy programs........."

The initiative, called the Farmworker Housing Component of the Low-Income Weatherization Program, is part of California’s sprawling, multibillion-dollar “cap-and-trade” system, which taxes carbon producers and redistributes approximately $3 billion per year to energy programs and left-wing social causes—all under the banner of fighting “climate change.”

Since 2019, California’s government has earmarked $49 million for the farmworker program, which operates through an opaque web that includes a government agency, nonprofit providers, and private contractors. California’s Department of Community Services and Development selected La Cooperativa Campesina de California, a nonprofit that serves farmworkers, to administer the program. La Cooperativa, in turn, has partnered with a for-profit, “minority owned” company, MAROMA Energy Services, to help run the program. Contractors do the work of installing solar panels and other appliances.

These organizations have heavily advertised the program to California’s nearly 900,000 agricultural workers, half to three-quarters of whom are illegal immigrants. In its official documentation, California’s Department of Community Services and Development acknowledges that non-citizens are eligible for the program and that they even accept identification from foreign governments.

In a Spanish-language radio broadcast, Natalie Velores, a program manager for MAROMA, confirmed that participants do not need “legal status” in the United States and can use a matrìcula consular, a common form of identification that the Mexican consulate provides to migrants who have crossed the border, to apply.

“We only require an ID,” Velores said. “It doesn’t need to be from this state, or [the] United States.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; grift; illegalaliens; solarpanels

[CFW]

Another program where American tax-payers provide benefits to illegal aliens and money goes into the pockets of the "administrators".

[Da Coyote]

Yup, it’s illegal money to illegal aliens to purchase illegal votes. California is an enemy country, and the sooner that we treat it as such, we can crush the enemies, (e.g. DemocRATs) see them driven before us, and to hear the lamentation of their women (if you can call them women). Note: Special lamentations required for the lowest of the low - e.g., actors, singers, other low IQ vermin.

[gibsonguy]

F’n CA. Millions of taxpayers dollars go to illegals and the rats who run this.

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

operates through an opaque web that includes a government agency, nonprofit providers, and private contractors.

With many 10% transactions for the Government Apparatchiks who make all of this redistribution possible.

[Salman]

The Democrats have seceded from the human race.
It's time for Trump to go full Pinochet.

[econjack]

Follow the money. There’s an NGO somewhere that will trace back to some politician.

[Vaduz]

And another sweetheart kickback program for the dirty hacks.

[kawhill]

“The initiative, called the Farmworker Housing Component of the Low-Income Weatherization Program”. Someone is creative with naming initiatives.

[556x45]

What does that even mean?

[rovenstinez]

I would look WHO was selling solar panels.. (a cute lady) and the gov’t agent buying, (a sex starved male?)... sometimes there is a little hanky panky that goes on with these DEALS that the government signs up for..

[Made In The USA]

Let me guess, the business case was that the ‘free electricity’ from solar would offset the cost of providing publicly funded electricity. Because solar panels, installation, and etc. have a payback period faster than a unicorn can fart skittles.

If that’s the case.. wouldn’t it be wiser to fund a solar farm to a public or private supplier to the grid, so that everyone could benefit? Or is that illegal votes from illegal aliens is more important?

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

This has to be an outright lie just to stir people up to anger again and again. We physically can NOT take this anymore. If something like this presented as being true, and riots do not break out to shut it down, then it’s a lie. Reasonable people would NOT let this continue, so it must be false since the people living there do NOTHING about it, or, they approve of it. If the latter, nothing can be done.

[packrat35]

Clearly another money laundering operation.

[drypowder]

That’s the democrat scam and has been for decades and they’re laughing all the way to the Cayman Highland’s bank.

[antidemoncrat]

Gavin Nobrain strikes again. Let’s elect him for Prez so he can pull the Us up to the same living standard he has lifted California up to ... oh wait ... I’ve warped into the wrong universe again.

[henbane]

The initiative, called the Farmworker Housing Component of the Low-Income Weatherization Program, is part of California’s sprawling, multibillion-dollar “cap-and-trade” system, which taxes carbon producers and redistributes approximately $3 billion per year to energy programs and left-wing social causes—all under the banner of fighting “climate change.”

Somebody's got to pay for the expensive lifestyle of California politicians like Gavin Newsome.

The Golden State requires mucho GOLD to spread around and feed the hungry sharks at the top of the political food chain.

[catnipman]

“California Is Giving Free Solar Panels to Illegal Aliens”

and the homeless ones can strap their free panels onto their backs ...

[beethovenfan]

Everything for illegals - nothing for taxpayers (except more taxes)