https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/18/coronavirus-extra-week-of-pay-for-jobless-workers-in-california/ > SAN JOSE — Residents of California who lose their jobs due to the Coronavirus panic will be able to tap an extra week of jobless benefit payments, one of the results of an executive order signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. > Normally, people who apply for unemployment benefits when they are laid off or are affected by mass job cuts are obliged to wait for one week before the benefits kick in.