California COVID-19 News (May 18, 2021)

Office of the Governor

• California Roars Back: Governor Newsom Presents $100 Billion California Comeback Plan (05/14/2021)
  • The California Comeback Plan is the biggest economic recovery package in California’s history and will include:
    • $12 billion in direct cash payments to Californians hardest hit by the pandemic
    • $4 billion for the COVID-19 Small Business Relief Grant program
    • $12 billion to confront the homelessness and housing affordability crisis
    • 100,000 child care slots to support caregivers and transform public schools into gateways for opportunity
    • $7 billion to build infrastructure for the next century
    • $5.1 billion to combat wildfires and tackle climate change