Davis Gets Bill to Boost Unemployment Benefits
The state Senate on Monday passed and sent to Gov. Gray Davis a bill that would increase unemployment benefits by $100 a week for workers who lost their jobs after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and for many others.
Davis, who sponsored the bill (SB2), has said he will sign it. But it is not certain when the benefits will start flowing. The bill originally would have started the payments as soon as the governor signed it, but Assembly Republicans defeated that feature.
As a result, the legislation should take effect 90 days after the current special session ends, perhaps at mid-summer or later. The final Senate vote, with Republicans voting no, was 23 to 13.
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