Despite the fact that Gov. Newsom has already closed prisons in California, the State Assembly wants even more penitentiaries and similar facilities shuttered.
Newsom Signs Economic Relief Package, Sending $600 Stimulus Payments To Low-Income Californians Listen
Updated at 3:46 p.m.
Millions of low-income and undocumented Californians will get $600 relief payments after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping stimulus package to aid those hit hardest by the pandemic, including small businesses.
The governor approved the plan at Solomon’s Deli in downtown Sacramento Tuesday morning, where he dodged several questions on plans to reopen schools for in-person learning as negotiations resumed.
Newsom praised the $7.6 billion plan as a way to help businesses and individuals that did not benefit from federal stimulus packages.
“Regardless of your [immigration] status, those that have been left behind in that federal stimulus, California’s not going to leave you behind,” Newsom said of undocumented workers. “I don’t know many other states any other state that does what this state is
The $7.6 billion relief package will provide checks for nearly 6 million Californians and provide grants to small businesses. Meanwhile, Newsom and lawmakers are back at the negotiating table over a plan to reopen classrooms.
Millions of low-income and undocumented Californians will get $600 relief payments after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping stimulus package to aid those hit hardest by the pandemic, including small businesses.