In his daily update on California's response to coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced details on unemployment insurance, along with disaster assistance for undocumented workers who aren't eligible. You can watch the video above and read the highlights below.
DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS
California will be offering $75 million in direct disaster assistance for undocumented workers, Newsom announced, with an additional $50 million in philanthropy bringing the total assistance to $125 million. That comes in the form of $500 per worker, up to $1,000 per household, Newsom said, noting that 10% of the state's workforce is undocumented and don't benefit from the stimulus or unemployment programs.
About 150,000 workers will receive that benefit, according to the governor's office, and people can apply for that support starting next month. There is also no income-based testing, Newsom said, so those people will not have to give that personal information in order to receive the assistance. The grants being used to provide this assistance will be distributed through community-based organizations, Newsom said.
LATEST CALIFORNIA CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS
Over the last day, 63 Californians have died due to coronavirus, Newsom said, bringing the state's total deaths to 821. That daily total is down from 71 recorded the previous day. A total of 24,424 Californians have tested positive for COVID-19. The number of people hospitalized went up 1.5%, while those in ICUs went down 0.2% from the day before to 1,175. The number of people being investigated for coronavirus has also been trending down, according to Newsom.
As of Tuesday night, 12,200 additional tests were conducted in the previous 24 hours, Newsom said. The goal was to get to 10,000 tests per day by April 14, then to 25,000 tests a day by the end of the month, with exponential growth from there into May and June, Newsom said.
CALIFORNIA "SHORTCHANGED" IN SMALL BUSINESS LOANS
While Newsom declined when asked to comment on the amount received by California in comparison to Texas, Newsom did respond about the coronavirus small business loans received by the state.
"California has been shortchanged," Newsom said, adding that they're trying to figure out why that is.
About 5% of the total loans, 8.4% of the total dollars, have come to California, Newsom said. Meanwhile, he added, 1 in 7 Americans lives in California and the state makes up 11-12% of the nation's economy. Those numbers could change, Newsom said, noting that $100 billion of that money has yet to be distributed.
Newsom said that the needs of the Western United States need to be considered.
"Those phone lines open up for banks and establishments on the East Coast first, and with time, three hours rolls around, those things are capped," Newsom said.
EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE HOURS, STAFF
There have been 2.7 million Californians who have filed for unemployment insurance over the last four weeks, Newsom said. He announced that he'd issued an executive order to extend the EDD's call center to being open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days per week, to help process the record number of calls related to unemployment, as they're still trying to keep up with the demand.
There are 600 additional state employees being redeployed by Monday to help with calls, with 1,340 people redirected to helping with those calls, Newsom said. While state employees were offered time off on Easter, 500 state employees refused to do so, processing around 200,000 unemployment distributions on that day, according to Newsom.
UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE SELF-EMPLOYED
Applications for the federal government's Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program in California will open April 28, California Labor Secretary Julie Su said. The program provides unemployment assistance for the self-employed, independent contractors, employees whose work history doesn't qualify them for unemployment insurance, and those who've exhausted their unemployment insurance, Su said. The state is currently setting up the federal program for California, Newsom said, allowing the state to turn around checks in 24-48 hours.
"I think one of the most significant things we could do in the Unied States of America is reimagine our unemployment system," Newsom said.
The first payments will be out by April 30, Su said. Those payments are retroactive up to the first week of February for those who can show their employment was affected by COVID-19. The additional $600 per week from the federal government will apply to PUA payments starting March 29. The state will also process unemployment claims within three weeks, which is the same as it was before the pandemic, Newsom said.
MORE CORONAVIRUS UPDATES
Newsom said that California has a modest "work-share" program, but that he'd signed an executive order as part of expanding that.
When asked about whether gun stores are essential businesses, Newsom said that the state is continuing to defer to local sheriff's departments on the issue.
WHAT'S NEXT
Details on the state's plans for economic development to "jumpstart the economy" will be announced later this week, Newsom said. Newsom's chief economic and business advisor Lenny Mendonca resigned last week, and Newsom said that he didn't want to get into why Mendonca had to step aside at this time, but said that he continues to be a "rabid fan" on Mendonca.
Newsom also promised more updates on the six areas in the state's framework to reopen the state next week as part of weekly updates on that reopening.
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