California caveat: undocumented immigrant families who did not qualify for federal aid from the previous rescue packages can receive checks of up to $1,200 if they meet the earned income tax credit qualifications.
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Not all California residents will see the direct relief immediately, as the timing of the payments’ arrival depends on when the resident filed a tax return.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a $7.6 billion coronavirus relief package into law on February 23 that includes $600 one-time payments to 5.7 million eligible residents, as well as more than $2 billion in grants for small businesses that still need a financial ledge.
Newsom approved of the package as Congress was still negotiating President Joe Biden’s relief bill, which was approved last month and as the first-term governor found himself under seething pressure from lawmakers who are pushing a recall effort, largely due to his handling of the coronavirus and the impact the pandemic had on small businesses.
Some 5.7 million Californians are eligible for $600 payments, including people receiving California Earned Income Tax Credit, along with those who currently qualify under multiple existing federal
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More than 2 million Californians have fallen into a “stimulus gap,” in which they are entitled to money from federal COVID-19 relief programs but haven’t yet received it. And they may be in danger of never collecting the money, according to a new report from the California Policy Lab.
Since April 2020, three payments totaling up to $3,200 per person have been sent to qualifying Americans. Of the 2.2 million Californians in the so-called stimulus gap, 1.4 million may have missed out on all three rounds of payments. Those who filed their state taxes in 2018 but not 2019, an estimated 424,000 Californians, are at risk of not receiving their second and third payments. And with the most recent relief package, an estimated 360,000 dependents may also be missing out.