California doesn’t have adequate resources to give residents the state’s portion of an extra $400 a week in unemployment benefits ordered by President Donald Trump amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Aug. 10.
Trump released a memorandum on Aug. 8 calling for all states to continue providing enhanced unemployment financial assistance at the reduced amount, after the first federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program, which offered $600 a week, expired on July 25.
