President Trump's latest executive order requiring states to cover a part of extended unemployment benefits would cause California 'enormous economic strife and enormous stress,' Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, pictured in April, warns President Trump's executive action on unemployment benefits would lead to painful cuts across the state's budget.Rich Pedroncelli/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Over the weekend Trump bypassed Congress, signing an executive action that would extend now-expired unemployment payments to $400 a week for those whose jobs have vanished in the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. However, the plan requires states to provide a quarter of the payments. "There is no money sitting in the piggy bank of the previous CARES Act to be reprioritized or reconstituted for this purpose," Newsom said."Simply, it does not exist."people have applied for unemployment insurance.It would also lead to painful cuts across the state's budget, the governor warned, calling the executive action"unusual."
Newsom also touched on the abrupt departure of the state's top Department of Public Health official. Dr. Sonia AngellAngell was the first Latina to hold the position, and her resignation comes less than a year since landing the job.
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