Anonymous
Source: County of Santa Barbara
Taking action to ensure that California’s most vulnerable residents can continue to receive health care, food assistance and in-home supportive services in a timely manner during the COVID-19 outbreak, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order today to extend the eligibility period for important safety net services.
“These social safety net programs are so important for families — especially during this crisis,” said Governor Newsom. “We don’t want Californians who rely on these services to lose them.”
The order waives eligibility re-determinations for 90 days for Californians who participate in:
- Medi-Cal health coverage
- CalFresh food assistance
- CalWORKS
- Cash Assistance for Immigrants; and
- In-Home Supportive Services
The change will allow current recipients of these safety net programs to continue receiving them without interruption.
The executive order also waives certain provisions of the Bagley-Keene Act.
The Governor’s full executive order can be found here.
‘Cash Assistance for Immigrants.’ Love that one. I’ll bet not one taxpayer in 10,000 even knows what this program is. I don’t, but strongly suspect some of my taxes are going there.
What is really rad is the City of SB sent me info on a small business seminar via email at 9:23 pm. The seminar started at 4:00pm, just a tad late to the party. Could of really used that as my business will be ending after 30 years if this continues another 2 weeks.
JQB thanks for the explanation. A lot of the terms are still very vague, but I get the picture.