An ‘economic windfall’: Berkeley expects to get $68M in federal COVID-19 aid
Berkeley could get as much as $68 million in federal relief funds from the recently passed American Rescue Plan, the city said this week.
The money will be an “economic windfall for our city,” City Manager Dee Williams-Ridley said during a town hall meeting Monday evening.
“Obviously we’re very appreciative and excited that the city of Berkeley is going to get this very significant amount of funding to not just address the revenue losses we’ve experienced over the last year but to also help support our COVID response,” Mayor Jesse Arreguín said at the town hall.