California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed $600 payments to millions of low-income families on top of the federal relief money recently allocated by Congress. Newsom’s proposal is called the California Golden State stimulus and is modeled after the state’s Earned Income Tax Credit, (EITC). People who earn less than $30,000 and received the EITC will be eligible for the $600 payment. “We want some immediate actions to distribute $2.4 billion in what we call the Golden State stimulus … This is our version of what the federal government just did but we want instead of $600 checks landing in people’s pocket based upon what the feds just did, we want to double it. We want to get $1,200 in people’s pockets,” Newsom said during a virtual call with state leaders on Wednesday. “We are calling on some immediate action, we don’t want to wait till July,” Newsom added. “And we …
Newsom Proposes $600 State Stimulus Checks for Low-Income Californians
January 8, 2021
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