How the Federal Government's $1.9 Trillion Relief Package Will Impact California

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🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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The House of Representatives passed the $1.9 trillion COVID-relief bill Wednesday and now billions of dollars are set to flow to California in direct payments to individuals, and for things like housing aid and child care assistance. President Biden will sign the bill, called the American Rescue Plan Act, into law on Friday. The plan’s much awaited $1,400 stimulus checks, for a segment of the population, could start hitting bank accounts within one to two weeks. The package also extends the existing $300 weekly unemployment benefit until September. We’ll talk about how the plan will impact Californians and how it might boost the state’s own $7.6 billion stimulus package that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law last month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.2	Coming up on forum, billions of dollars in federal funds are headed to California.
1:04.3	President Biden is expected to sign the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package tomorrow,
1:10.0	which means the much-ant much anticipated $1,400 stimulus
1:13.3	checks could hit bank accounts in a matter of weeks, if not days. And that's in addition to
1:19.2	the state's own stimulus money for Californians who qualify. Billions of dollars will also flow to
1:24.6	cities and counties we dig into the stimulus bill and what it means for the Golden State after this news.
1:51.6	This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. Tonight, President Biden will make his first prime-time address since taking office to tout the passage of his $1.9 trillion dollar COVID relief bill, which he plans
1:57.4	to sign tomorrow, and to offer encouraging words to a country exhausted by the pandemic.
2:03.2	Quote, this legislation is about giving the backbone of this nation, the essential workers,
2:07.7	the working people who built this country, the people who keep this country going a fighting chance,
2:12.5	Biden said in a statement.
2:14.3	Joining me to talk about the legislation and its impact on California, Emily Stewart, a business and politics reporter for Vox. Emily Stewart, thanks so much for joining us.
2:22.3	Thanks for having me. Tal Copen is also with us, Washington, D.C. correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle, Talcopen, glad to have you here as well.
2:30.3	Absolutely, thank you. And let me start with Emily Stewart.
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