SACRAMENTO — Millions of Californians would get tax rebates of up to $1,100 under a proposal unveiled Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, as part of a broader pandemic recovery plan made possible by an eye-popping $75 billion budget surplus. Individuals or households making between $30,000 and $75,000 a year would...
Walters: Pandemic Relief Package Has a Downside
The immense drop in state revenue that Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislators anticipated last year when COVID-19 struck the state never materialized. Instead, high-income Californians who are the basic source of the state’s ongoing tax income continued to work and prosper, and what was originally described as a $54 billion...
Council Rushes to Approve COVID Aid Ahead of Blackout Threat
Trying to beat a potential blackout of the downtown area, the Fresno City Council held a lightning-fast meeting to approve a nearly $13 million spending plan for pandemic relief on Monday afternoon. The city will contract with several community-based organizations to help with food distribution, contact tracing, and testing. The...