Coronavirus: Extra $600 unemployment payments will be retroactive

Unemployment pay containing an extra $600 a week in benefits is being sent to a very broad group of jobless workers in California — and the extra payments will be retroactive, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday.
So far, about 2.7 million California residents who have lost their jobs have filed for unemployment in recent weeks, Gov. Newsom estimated on Wednesday at a news briefing to discuss the impact of the coronavirus on California.
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