LukSkyFokker
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California is among the states with lower new COVID cases and the number infected is dropping as well. Now we have a $38 million surplus. I signed the petition to recall our governor but apparently, Democrat-led Communism works. Many people who can't hack it here are leaving and creating dollars back in our State's pocket.
Also, many (as much as 40%) of America's new jobs are being created in California.
Newsom, with huge $38 billion budget surplus, proposes new stimulus checks, more rent relief for Californians[
Also, many (as much as 40%) of America's new jobs are being created in California.
Newsom, with huge $38 billion budget surplus, proposes new stimulus checks, more rent relief for Californians[
State finance officials project that California will have a $38 billion discretionary surplus in the upcoming fiscal year, a massive influx of cash that Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature have a month to decide how to spend.
The surplus is more than twice what the Department of Finance estimated in January, reflecting an economy that has recovered far more quickly than expected from the pandemic-induced recession, particularly for the wealthiest Californians.
Newsom wants to use more than $8 billion of the windfall to expand on the $600 stimulus checks the state already targeted to millions of Californians this spring, a second round of direct cash payments that the governor said would ultimately reach two-thirds of Californians. He also outlined additional steps to cover unpaid rent and utility bills for tenants slammed by the pandemic.
“It’s a remarkable turnaround,” Newsom said during a news conference Monday at the Unity Council, a community organization in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood. “And that’s because we are defeating, and we are successfully applying strategies to address, this pandemic.”
A year ago, as the coronavirus pandemic decimated California’s finances, Newsom and lawmakers crafted a budget deal to close what they expected would be a $54 billion deficit, relying on reserve accounts, internal borrowing and a temporary limit to corporate tax credits to avoid widespread cuts to many state programs.