California stimulus proposal: Governor Gavin Newsom proposes new checks for $ 600

California stimulus proposal: Governor Gavin Newsom proposes new checks for $ 600

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The money would add to the $ 600 in federal stimulus payments that Congress passed last month that will go to about 4 million Californians, according to the governor’s office.

Unlike federal money, undocumented immigrants would be eligible for California payments.

Newsom’s proposal is part of a broader economic relief plan that includes an extension of the state’s eviction moratorium, which is due to expire on January 31. If extended, tenants facing financial difficulties due to the pandemic would be protected from eviction as long as they have paid at least 25% of their unpaid rent.

The Democratic governor’s plan also calls for the use of the state’s $ 2.6 billion in federal stimulus money to help stabilize both low-income tenants and small business owners.

Federal stimulus payments are currently on their way to people’s bank accounts. Many members of the Democratic Party, which will control the House and Senate after going through two runoff elections in Georgia this week, argue that the $ 600 checks are insufficient to help people struggling financially due to the pandemic.

Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer of New York said on Wednesday that one of the first projects he would like to pass as a Senate majority leader would provide $ 2,000 stimulus checks, a proposal blocked by the current majority leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican. Georgia Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, whose two victories this week handed the Senate over to Democrats, campaigned to approve $ 2,000 payments.

CNN’s Cheri Mossburg contributed reporting.

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