{"id":493616,"date":"2021-05-10T18:36:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T22:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=493616"},"modified":"2021-05-10T18:36:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T22:36:12","slug":"amid-recall-threat-ca-gov-newsom-unveils-largest-state-tax-rebate-in-american-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-recall-threat-ca-gov-newsom-unveils-largest-state-tax-rebate-in-american-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid Recall Threat, CA Gov. Newsom Unveils \u2018Largest State Tax Rebate In American History\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famid-recall-threat-ca-gov-newsom-unveils-largest-state-tax-rebate-in-american-history%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=493616&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Newsom-tax-relief.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>As a recall election to determine his fate seems inevitable, California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday unveiled what his office described as the \u201clargest state tax rebate in American history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-05-10\/gavin-newsom-new-stimulus-checks-californians-rent-assistance\">reports<\/a>, \u201cThe proposal to deliver $8 billion in new cash payments to millions of Californians is part of a $100-billion economic stimulus plan made possible in part by a budget that has swelled with a significant windfall of tax revenues, a surplus the governor put at $75.7 billion.\u201d According to the outlet, \u201cNewsom also proposed $5 billion to double rental assistance to get 100% of back rent paid for those who have fallen behind, along with as much as $2 billion in direct payments to pay down utility bills that are overdue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalifornia\u2019s recovery is well underway, but we can\u2019t be satisfied with simply going back to the way things were,\u201d said Newsom. \u201cWe are tripling the Golden State Stimulus to get money in the hands of more middle-class Californians who have been hit hard by this pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.473354231975\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: CA is delivering immediate relief to renters through the largest renter assistance package in the COUNTRY:<\/p>\n<p>$5.2 billion for renters to cover their back-rent AND their rent for several months into the future.<\/p>\n<p>And $2 billion to help pay overdue water and utility bills. \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinNewsom\/status\/1391845122828951554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Newsom\u2019s California Comeback Plan still requires approval from the Legislature. It would provide a second round of direct $600 stimulus checks to low-income and middle-class households that make up to $75,000 a year, including undocumented families. He estimates two-thirds of Californians would benefit from the payments. Qualified households with dependents would be eligible for an additional $500, along with an extra $500 in direct payments to undocumented families.<\/p>\n<p>The Sacramento Bee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/capitol-alert\/article251283814.html\">reported<\/a>, \u201cUndocumented immigrant families, who were left out of most federal pandemic aid, will be eligible for $1,000 family checks, double what other California families will receive, to make up for the lack of federal support, Finance Director Keely Bosler said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The California secretary of state\u2019s office recently announced that organizers of the campaign to recall Newsom had turned in a sufficient number of signatures for ballot placement this fall, but an election date has not been set. Politico reporter Jeremy B. White <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeremyBWhite\/status\/1391810176215228417\">noted<\/a> that the \u201cchecks will precede recall ballots in the mailboxes of many many voters.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.1519434628975\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I think the millions of Californians who signed petitions to qualify a recall election of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GavinNewsom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GavinNewsom<\/a> can take some credit for the Governor coming up with a plan to send even more direct cash payments to even more (voting) Californians.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Fleischman (@FlashReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FlashReport\/status\/1391839315701817348?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More details from the L.A. Times:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"22\">\n<p><em>State officials said the cash payments were triggered in part by a 1979 voter-approved state constitutional amendment that requires tax rebates when revenues exceed a cap on government spending. That appropriations limit, loosened by subsequent ballot measures, has been significantly higher than state spending levels for the better part of the past four decades \u2014 allowing lawmakers to exclude billions of dollars in spending from the final calculation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This year, awash in cash from a tax windfall and facing a historic slowdown in population growth used to determine the maximum spending allowed, the Newsom administration projects $16 billion in excess revenue. By law, half of that must go to public schools and the other half to taxpayer rebates \u2014 in this case, targeted toward middle-class adults and families.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The budget windfall was created by factors including $26 billion in federal aid and a roaring stock market.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sen. Mitt Romney, a Republican representing Utah, reacted to news of California\u2019s budget surplus on social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.6123348017621\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is one more reason why borrowing and sending tens of billions to California was a crying shame\u2014and why every Republican in Congress opposed it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tzoo3WXejW\">https:\/\/t.co\/Tzoo3WXejW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Mitt Romney (@SenatorRomney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorRomney\/status\/1391817402346790915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is one more reason why borrowing and sending tens of billions to California was a crying shame\u2014and why every Republican in Congress opposed it,\u201d Romney tweeted on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a recall election to determine his fate seems inevitable, California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday unveiled what his office described as the \u201clargest state tax rebate in American &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277739,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Newsom-tax-relief.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Amid Recall Threat, CA Gov. 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