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Tag: Earned Income Tax Credit

Demonstrators participate in a caravan along Harrison Street in Oakland to protest rent payment and evictions during the coronavirus pandemic on Dec. 5, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Newsom wants extra $600 stimulus for low-wage Californians

Nigel Duara by Nigel Duara January 6, 2021January 6, 2021

The governor proposes a $600 stimulus for low-income Californians on top of the recent federal stimulus aid. He also wants to extend California’s eviction moratorium, which is currently set to expire Jan. 31.

Farmworkers around the Watsonville community pick strawberries as the Watsonville Campesino Appreciation Caravan passes through on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. Today, Gov. Newsom announced a new housing program for farmworkers that will provide hotel rooms for those who need to isolate due to COVID-19. Photo by David Rodriguez, The Salinas Californian
Posted inEconomy

New law in 1 minute: California offers tax credits to some undocumented workers

Jackie Botts by Nick Roberts and Jackie Botts December 31, 2020December 31, 2020
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Coronavirus wipes away recent wage gains for many California workers, report finds

Jackie Botts by Jackie Botts December 15, 2020December 16, 2020
Posted inWhatMatters

10,000 unemployment claims backlogged per day — claims paused for 2 weeks

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven September 21, 2020September 21, 2020
Mariana with her daughter Genessis, 8, and son Gerardo, 2, on September 7, 2020. The family of four shares a one-bedroom apartment in National City but have fallen behind on rent payment due to Mariana and her husband both losing months of work amid the pandemic. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters
Posted inCalifornia Divide

Newsom weighs aid for undocumented Californians weathering pandemic with no safety net

Jackie Botts by Jackie Botts September 8, 2020September 14, 2020
Posted inCalifornia Divide

‘We live paycheck to paycheck’: Undocumented workers struggle as economy grinds to a halt

Jackie Botts by Jacqueline Garcia and Jackie Botts March 24, 2020April 20, 2020
Posted inWhatMatters

Spending California’s surplus, how lobbying affected one consumer protection bill, and what came of Schwarzenegger’s Million Solar Roof goal

Dan MorainAvatar by Dan Morain and Judy Lin December 10, 2019December 10, 2019
Berenice Solis volunteers as a tax preparer to help low wage earners in Kern County claim tax credits. Photo by Susana Espinoza, via Berenice Solis.
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

Newsom’s learning curve, breaks for low-wage workers, and another city’s homeless spike

Dan Morain by Dan Morain June 27, 2019
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

A vaccine showdown, a tax bill, wildfire costs and poverty

Dan Morain by Dan Morain June 21, 2019
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

Taxes, the coal fight comes to California, voting, and student debt

Dan Morain by Dan Morain June 20, 2019

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