chick thinks the whole thing including clugian's salary has been a waste of taxpayer money. >> i know so many schools, so many senior meals programs, so many veteran crisis centers, that would do 96 anything to have an extra $120,000 a year to do their good, hands-on direct-services work. but it's being wasted in sacramento. >> reporter: becky denison couldn't agree more. >> those amounts in skid row could be used ten times over for bus benches, for restrooms, to help communities. >> helping l.a.'s homeless on skid row it recently lost $60,000 in funding that paid for a nutrition program that's now dead. >> it's incredibly frustrating. domestic violence providers, where these committees continue to get funded no matter what they do. >> we're talking about a symptom of what's wrong with california in a bigger picture. we spend a lot of money. we say we're big. what does $100,000 matter? well, 100,000 here, 100,000 there, soon you're talking millions and eventually you're talking about money that matters. unique. there are committees galore on the federal level, too. claim sid garner, w