The initiative called “Golden State Start,” which will provide free diapers to newborns in hospitals throughout the state, debuted ahead of Mother’s Day. It has been promoted as a partnership between the state and the Los Angeles-based Baby2Baby nonprofit.
“If you take the number of diapers they’re planning to send out and the amount of money that he’s spending on it, it’s 50 cents for each one, which is like 100 times more expensive if you just bought them in Costco,” Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton told the Post.
He asked, “But where’s the money coming from? Us.”
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