Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P].
Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, announced an economic stimulus package that includes $600 to help low-income people during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as an extension of the moratorium on evictions.
"We don't want to wait until July," Newsom said Wednesday during a virtual meeting with Democratic lawmakers, "we want some immediate action to distribute $2.4 billion in what we call the Golden State Stimulus."
"It's our version of what the federal government just did. But we want, instead of $600 checks falling into people's pockets, we want to double that. We want to bring $1,200 into people's pockets," the governor explained.
As such, Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to send the proposal to the state House this Friday, which would target taxpayers with income less than $30,000 a year or who qualified for tax refunds in 2019, but also includes residents without legal documentation in the U.S. who filed their taxes with a Tax Identification Number.
According to the governor's office, nearly 4 million people would be eligible for this cash benefit, which, if approved by the state legislature, would be delivered between February and March.
He also proposed accelerating the distribution of $2.6 billion in federal rental assistance to low-income renters and small homeowners so that residents affected by the pandemic can help maintain their homes.
Newsom also asked legislators to extend the moratorium on evictions enacted in the wake of the -19 crisis, which is currently in effect in California until January 31.
If the project is approved, those who pay at least 25 percent of their monthly rent will not be able to be evicted from their homes in the coming months.
It is worth noting that millions of Californians lost their income since the pandemic began in March, when orders were implemented for people to stay home and businesses to reduce their operations to prevent the spread of the new variant of the new SARS-CoV2 coronavirus present in California, according to social networks.
