Paycheck Protection Program: Sizing up California’s $60 billion-plus share

The federal Paycheck Protection Program has pumped more than $60 billion into California’s economy through almost 540,000 loans that small-business recipients said could help save 6.3 million jobs during the coronavirus downturn.
Those businesses are spread across more than 1,200 cities in each of California’s counties. Many loans went to hard-hit businesses such as restaurants, retailers and beauty salons. Professional offices including dentists, doctors and lawyers are well-represe