Sophia Bollag
The Sacramento Bee
California will send an extra $600 to low-income families and provide $2 billion in grants to small businesses hurt by the pandemic as part of a stimulus deal Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers announced Wednesday afternoon.
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It builds on what Newsom had initially proposed, doubling payments for undocumented immigrant families and nearly quadrupling aid for small businesses.
Notably absent from the deal is a plan to reopen schools, which Newsom has been trying to negotiate for weeks.
COACHELLA, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers have worked out a multibillion-dollar COVID-19 relief package that will offer $600 payments to low-income families and undocumented immigrants as well as support for farmworkers and small businesses.
The $9.6 billion deal will set aside $2 billion for small business and nonprofit grants and fee waivers, as well as another $2 billion for tax relief for small businesses.
It also creates a $24 million fund to help workers at farms and food processing plants with temporary hotel stays if they have been exposed to the coronavirus and have no other place to isolate themselves.
Who is eligible for payments?
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