If it falls short, California taxpayers must make up the difference.

"This scheme has cost California taxpayers potentially hundreds of millions of dollars and is jeopardizing the public health by diverting money away from patient care."

Macy's later withdrew the suit, saying other California taxpayers could suffer ill effects if the law were overturned.

California taxpayers cannot afford to provide a free education for everyone who sneaks across our borders.

Even if successful, that legal fight could cost California taxpayers plenty.

In 2012, more than 80,000 California taxpayers used the system.

The cost of the State Water Plan originally was to fall on the shoulders of California taxpayers, who were the ones who needed the water.

The total income reported by California taxpayers from stock options and capital gains rocketed to roughly $200 billion in 2000 from $25 billion in 1994, state officials say.

But Gov. Pete Wilson, who put most of the cuts into effect, says they have saved California taxpayers almost $9 billion since 1991.

A12 A rebate to California taxpayers of $1.1 billion is part of the new state budget signed by the Governor.