Government workers helped bankrupt California ( and most other states ). Good job.
The state does not pay for Fed workers...damn you are dumber than a box of rocks
But laid off fed workers have to apply through their state.
The Fed workers are not laid off, they are just having their pay withheld for a length of time.
So, the state is doing the right thing and helping them since most are still required to work while not getting paid. And once they are back to getting paid the state will receive all of its money back.
I have a good friend that is a Fed Prison warden. She is still required to go to work, 80 mile round trip without getting a dime to pay for her gas even, let alone food for her family. Why would the Trump Admin want to keep these people from getting some help?