Gov. Gavin Newsom and the leaders of the state Senate and Assembly announced an agreement Wednesday on a package of financial relief programs, including $600 payments to the state’s low-income taxpayers.
Newsom, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, D-Los Angeles, and Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, jointly announced the legislative package, which state legislators are expected to consider in the coming days.
The package is headlined by the payments that Newsom has dubbed the “Golden State Stimulus” and would benefit households that received a state earned-income tax credit for 2020 and taxpayers that have Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers.
Also eligible for the $600 payments are households that are enrolled in several state programs including CalWORKS, Supplemental Security Income, State Supplementary Payment and the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants.
Residents with an annual income of $30,000 or less are eligible for the tax credit, while ITIN taxpayers include people like undocumented residents who were not eligible for federal stimulus payments.
“As we continue to fight the pandemic and recover, I’m grateful for the legislature’s partnership to provide urgent relief and support for California families and small businesses where it’s needed most,” Newsom said in a statement.
Newsom called for a similar funding package as well as immediate funding to reopen schools and an extension of the state’s moratorium on pandemic-related evictions last month while unveiling his initial budget proposal for the coming fiscal year.
So far, state legislators have taken up those proposals in pieces, first focusing on extending the eviction moratorium through June 30. Newsom said state officials continue to hash out the details of funding for school reopenings.
The package also includes more than $2 billion in grants of up to $25,000 for small businesses and cultural institutions affected by the pandemic and two-year fee waivers for more than 650,000 restaurants and barbering and cosmetology individuals and businesses.
State-subsidized child care and preschool providers would receive $525 stipends per enrolled child via the legislative package, which would also extend child care for essential workers through June of next year.
The legislation would provide $24 million in funding for the state’s Housing for the Harvest program, which supports agricultural workers affected by the coronavirus, and $35 million for food banks and diapers for low-income families.
Qualifying students taking at least six or more units would have access to an additional $100 million in emergency financial aid through the funding package, according to state officials.
The state would also provide some $6 million for outreach efforts for state school and community college students that are newly eligible for the CalFresh food assistance program and $12 million for associated local administration.
“From child care, relief for small business owners, direct cash support to individuals, financial aid for community college students and more, these actions are critical for millions of Californians who embody the resilience of the California spirit,” Newsom said.
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“Residents with an annual income of $30,000 or less are eligible for the tax credit, while ITIN taxpayers include people like undocumented residents who were not eligible for federal stimulus payments.”.
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Illegals shouldn’t be entitled to anything except a bus ticket or flight out of the US. They’re not supposed to be here. PERIOD.
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Why do your legislators harbor and support illegal immigrants?
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huh?
the people who runs this state were defrauded BILLIONS of dollars through EDD and now they want to give money to illegal aliens
So illegals are getting more of my hard earned money ….
But my kids are not in in-person schools.
But the small businesses are already bankrupted.
But … fill in the blanks ..
Yeah … seems fair to me. NOT!
From what I read, I won’t get part of this payout.
I am low income, I survive on Social Security without any benefits from the state.
So, from how I read this, I’m not eligible.
That sux.
Newsom sure likes to give away our money. Is it to get votes or buy votes? And yes that is a rhetorical question. He definitely got my vote though. Oh excuse me Gavin, I meant in the recall election. Which is heading towards 2 million signatures. Enjoy your retirement with Grey Davis……
It is so easy to spend other peoples money. Work hard, play by the rules, save, only so the government can take your money and give it to people that do not deserve it. However, I will gladly help pay for the bus or airline tickets out of the US.
“State officials reach agreement”?
Our Governor treats California and our money like his own private piggy bank. There is no agreement. There is simply a Governor run amok with goofy ill-conceived Socialist ideas. He spends our money like a drunken sailor, no disrespect to drunken sailors.
The recall can’t happen soon enough.
AMEN!
I signed up long ago on this!
I don’t know where to begin so maybe I’ll just end with RECALL NEWSOM!!!
While filing my taxes, the ticker tracking the refund I was hoping for went down when I entered in the stimulus payments that I had received. It was part of what put me in the red and I wound up owing money when it was all said and done. Nothing about this new package will change my debt to the IRS for last year (nor should it), but I had a question. Would an ITIN taxpayer who did not receive the stimulus payments get a tax credit for stimulus funds not received and this additional “Golden State Stimulus” too?
And yes, I paid my tab already. Taxation is theft.
It depends on the type of benefit. The two rounds of direct stimulus payments that were sent to millions of Americans are tax-free. But the special pandemic unemployment benefits are treated like income and could increase your 2020 tax bill if money hasn’t already been withheld for taxes. But some people might actually receive more stimulus money when they file their 2020 tax returns. Because stimulus checks were calculated using 2018 or 2019 income, those who lost their job in 2020 or otherwise saw their income fall from the year before could be due extra cash — which they can claim on their return.
The unemployment has/had an option to have the tax taken out. This way avoiding having to pay it back later. Seems like a good idea.
Newsom trying to look like he actually cares using taxpayer’s money in questionable ways. Recall Gavin Newsom.
http://recallgavin2020.com/
After the recall, it’s time to start a drive to make California legislators part time employees. Any idiot can be elected, as evidenced by those in Sacramento, and who also have little or no financial training or common sense. Spend and tax is not a sustainable fiscal policy! Good luck in the next recession!!!