Fact-Checking Gavin Newsom’s 2021 State Of The State Speech Patch 3/10/2021
In summary
As California’s governor delivered his annual address this time from Dodger Stadium the CalMatters reporting team offered the following corrections, clarifications and context.
Thank you, Madame Lt. Governor, for your kind introduction.
And good evening to those joining us virtually tonight – Speaker Rendon, Pro Tem Atkins, members of the California Legislature, and to all of the elected, and state officials.
And to my amazing wife Jennifer, the First Partner of California.
Thank you all for being here in the most 2021 way possible, remotely.
Tonight, we mark an unprecedented moment in California history.
Posted By Iridian Casarez on Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 6:42 AM Gov. Gavin Newsom has approved and signed the Golden State Stimulus package, which includes a one-time payment of $600 or $1,200 to low-income residents, including undocumented taxpayers. The one-time stimulus checks are slated to go to an estimated 5.7 million low-income residents making less than $30,000 a year. According to a release from the governor’s office, the stimulus checks will be provided to households “receiving the California Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for 2020” and to immigrants and undocumented “taxpayers with Individual Tax Identification Numbers (ITINs) who were precluded from receiving the $1,200 per person federal payments issued last spring and the more recent $600 federal payments.”
Millions of California residents could get a new stimulus check under a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Here s what to know about who is eligible to get that money and how fast yours could come.