"Who knows what they do with all the money…"
All the money goes for the things that the California voters want. High speed rail to nowhere. Medical care and welfare for illegal aliens. Jail for illegal alien criminals. Schooling (or what passes as education) for illegal aliens. Wages and pensions for government workers who don't provide value for their jobs from the state legislature, judges, prosecutors, the homeless grift and the green energy fraud.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-03-21/high-speed-rail
Officials estimate it could cost about $35 billion to finish the first line from Bakersfield to Merced and roughly $100 billion more to complete the route from Los Angeles to San Francisco — about $100 billion more than what was originally proposed years ago. And the source of most funds is unclear.