https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/02/17/do-you-qualify-for-californias-new-600-covid-relief-payment/ > Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislative leaders in Sacramento on Wednesday announced a deal to give $600 in aid to low-income Californians and grants to small businesses that have been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. > The state estimates it will make 5.7 million payments to residents, with the total package at roughly $9.6 billion, in the relief effort that Newsom envisioned last month as part of his budget proposal for this year.