By Tom Tapp Deputy Managing Editor California Governor Gavin Newsom delivered a sobering appraisal at his daily coronavirus press conference on Wednesday.
After going revealing an unprecedented spike in unemployment claims, he said, “You’ll see these numbers translating into unemployment rates that will be rather jaw-dropping,” not only in California, but across the country.
The state’s revised budget comes out on May 14, so specific numbers will be released then. Newsom called the rise in unemployment claims “Without precedent in our state’s history,” noting that 4.2 million people have now applied for Public Unemployment Assistance and $10.6 billion in aid has already been distributed.
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