The state of California in 1850 had plenty of money - California was awash in the revenues of the Gold Rush.

By 1850, the Spanish-speaking Californios were vastly outnumbered by English speaking Forty-Niners. That’s why California went directly to statehood.

And I know what Victor David Hanson says about “Mexifornia”, but I don’t think even now a majority of Californians speak Spanish.

However, the last sentence is spot on.