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He was not the only grocery delivery worker who thought joining a union would be a good idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the coronavirus pandemic began, workers across the grocery delivery business at places \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11809184/instacart-workers-set-to-strike-on-monday-demanding-hazard-pay-and-protections\">like Instacart\u003c/a>, Safeway, Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s have been trying to unionize to get more protections and benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, delivery workers at Imperfect Foods \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-16/drivers-at-grocery-startup-imperfect-foods-vote-to-unionize\">succeeded\u003c/a>. The vote was tight: 28 workers in favor, 23 against. The company is now \u003ca href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-16/drivers-at-grocery-startup-imperfect-foods-vote-to-unionize\">set to join\u003c/a> the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Jesus Gomez, Imperfect Foods delivery worker\"]‘“We didn’t get not even a dollar more … We see them growing but we don’t grow with them.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Imperfect Foods has always pitched itself as a company trying to make the world a better place. 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But as the company has grown, so have tensions with its workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jesus Gomez is a delivery driver in Sacramento, and he was bothered by how the company handled the surge in business. “They were unorganized, that’s what bugged me the most,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Jasinski, Gomez voted to unionize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says one of the issues was the way the company started pushing drivers to work on Saturdays. The company technically does not require drivers to come in on those days, but the drivers KQED spoke to said it was made clear to them they were expected to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gomez also points out there was increasingly less predictability about their routes and longer distances to travel to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based in Sacramento, he says, “You would sometimes have to go to East Bay and SF to work, or Merced, or Reno. They sent you over there and you’d get 100, 100-plus boxes. We were getting out late and we had to be ready to be the next day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There were other issues, too. According to Gomez, delivery workers haven’t received any raises or extra hazard pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We didn’t get not even a dollar more,” he says, “so that was what was getting me mad or a lot of people. We see them growing but we don’t grow with them.”\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Unionizing where others cannot\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>After the votes were counted on April 14, Imperfect Foods announced it would challenge the results with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), a common anti-union delay tactic. But the NLRB threw out the challenge and certified the union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company declined to comment for this story. 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And that means no NLRB protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Under current law, gig workers, if they are independent contractors or even if they’re misclassified as independent contractors, they’re not covered by the National Labor Relations Act at all, so they actually don’t have legally the right to collective bargaining,” says Ruth Milkman, a labor sociologist at the City University of New York.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The way \u003ca href=\"https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEOlbqxSNAYnf8tVL33lDQAQqGAgEKg8IACoHCAowtbypAjDOrCsw-8SeBg?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prop. 22 was written\u003c/a>, political analysts say it’s nearly impossible to overturn. 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And regardless of whether businesses in many Black and brown communities simply didn’t apply for PPP loans or were rejected, the gaping disparities in reception rates suggest the program failed to effectively serve all communities equally, those advocates say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many small-business owners, particularly non-English speakers, say they\u003ca href=\"https://smallbusinessmajority.org/press-release/ppp-application-deadline-expires-small-business-majority-releases-stories-struggling-small-business-owners\"> struggled to navigate the complicated PPP application process\u003c/a> or find the resources needed to help them apply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%\" align=\"center\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https://mgreen.carto.com/builder/c0d6b729-9e21-460a-a814-fce1a83e060e/embed\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003ch2>\u003c/h2>\n\u003ch2>Questionable Distribution\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Farid Ahmed Bakhtary owns Yummy Grill, an Afghan kebab shop nestled between a strip mall and King Street on International Boulevard. He applied for a PPP loan through Chase Bank three different times, and was declined each time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve gone through all this struggle and hardship,” Bakhtary said. “Hopefully, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He eventually applied through \u003ca href=\"https://www.lendio.com/\">Lendio\u003c/a>, a Utah-based small-business specialist, to get his loan approved. “Some of these big banks, I think it’s not helping the small businesses,” Bakhtary said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Iba Reller, a spokeswoman for Chase Bank, wouldn’t speak specifically about East Oakland or Yummy Grill, but said that nationally more than 32% of her bank’s PPP loans in 2020 were to small businesses in communities of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11872235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11872235 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Similar to other once busy thoroughfares around the Bay, International Boulevard has suffered during the pandemic. After receiving little to no support from the federal government or banks, some businesses have been forced to close. \" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Similar to other once-busy thoroughfares in cities around the Bay Area, International Boulevard in East Oakland has suffered during the pandemic. After receiving little to no support from the federal government or banks, some businesses have been forced to close. \u003ccite>(Adhiti Bandlamudi/KQED News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Our goal has always been to help as many customers — and their employees — as possible,” Reller said in an email. “We proactively marketed the program specifically to minority-owned businesses, in English and in Spanish, to ensure awareness and how to apply.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Reveal’s analysis found that Chase Bank, one of the biggest PPP lenders, approved about 6,600 PPP loans during the first two rounds of the program in the \u003ca href=\"https://censusreporter.org/profiles/31000US41860-san-francisco-oakland-berkeley-ca-metro-area/\">San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley metropolitan region\u003c/a> (which includes San Francisco, much of the East Bay and some cities in the South Bay and North Bay). But just over 250 of those went to businesses in predominantly Latinx commercial neighborhoods and a meager 14 to those in predominantly Black neighborhoods, while almost 3,000 went to businesses in white neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘We Knew There Was Going to Be a Problem’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Paulina Gonzalez-Brito, executive director of the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://calreinvest.org/\">California Reinvestment Coalition\u003c/a>, says she was not surprised to find communities of color struggling to land support from the federal government’s PPP loan program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As soon as we saw the government was going to run the PPP program through the banks, we knew that there was going to be a problem for these small-business owners,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11873194\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11873194\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1-1020x605.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1-1020x605.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1-800x474.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1-160x95.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1.png 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mixed neighborhoods refer to U.S. Census tracts with no racial majority. \u003cbr>Data provided by \u003ca href=\"https://revealnews.org/article/which-neighborhoods-were-neglected-by-the-paycheck-protection-program/\">Reveal\u003c/a> based on figures from the U.S. Small Business Administration, and the U.S. Census, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Postal Service. \u003ccite>(Chart by Adhiti Bandlamudi)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chase Bank isn’t the only bank that made a disproportionate share of its PPP loan to businesses in predominantly white neighborhoods. On the whole, Latinx and Black neighborhoods in the Bay Area received the lowest percentage of PPP loans from all major banks and credit unions, further increasing the wealth gap already widened during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzales-Brito is also concerned with how much big banks profited during the pandemic from individual retail customers. In the last three months of 2020, 12 of America’s 15 largest banks, including Chase Bank, Wells Fargo and Bank of America, each \u003ca href=\"https://prospect.org/economy/big-banks-charged-billions-in-overdraft-fees-during-pandemic/\">made more than $1 billion\u003c/a> in overdraft fees. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Yet, \u003ca href=\"https://revealnews.org/article/which-neighborhoods-were-neglected-by-the-paycheck-protection-program/\">a Reveal analysis\u003c/a> of more than 5 million PPP loans issued during the first two rounds of funding from April through August found sweeping racial disparities in how that money was distributed, with businesses in largely white neighborhoods receiving loans at a far greater rate than those in neighborhoods with significant minority populations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such was the case in this stretch of East Oakland along International Boulevard, where just about 5% of businesses received PPP loans during that period, the analysis found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compare that to the 49% of businesses who received PPP loans in Montclair, a predominantly white neighborhood in the nearby Oakland Hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The loan data, which Reveal obtained after successfully suing the U.S. Small Business Administration, provides the number of loans issued per location, but does not include the number of applicants, which means the approval/denial rate in each area is unclear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[Read more about the methodology of Reveal’s analysis \u003ca href=\"https://revealnews.org/article/which-neighborhoods-were-neglected-by-the-paycheck-protection-program/\">here\u003c/a>.]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Therefore, the low loan rates in many communities of color may have resulted from a large percentage of businesses not applying — as opposed to having had their applications rejected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the results are nonetheless disturbing to equitable lending advocates, who note that under federal law, banks must meet the credit needs of the communities they operate in, income notwithstanding. And regardless of whether businesses in many Black and brown communities simply didn’t apply for PPP loans or were rejected, the gaping disparities in reception rates suggest the program failed to effectively serve all communities equally, those advocates say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many small-business owners, particularly non-English speakers, say they\u003ca href=\"https://smallbusinessmajority.org/press-release/ppp-application-deadline-expires-small-business-majority-releases-stories-struggling-small-business-owners\"> struggled to navigate the complicated PPP application process\u003c/a> or find the resources needed to help them apply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"width: 100%\" align=\"center\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https://mgreen.carto.com/builder/c0d6b729-9e21-460a-a814-fce1a83e060e/embed\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003ch2>\u003c/h2>\n\u003ch2>Questionable Distribution\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Farid Ahmed Bakhtary owns Yummy Grill, an Afghan kebab shop nestled between a strip mall and King Street on International Boulevard. He applied for a PPP loan through Chase Bank three different times, and was declined each time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve gone through all this struggle and hardship,” Bakhtary said. “Hopefully, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He eventually applied through \u003ca href=\"https://www.lendio.com/\">Lendio\u003c/a>, a Utah-based small-business specialist, to get his loan approved. “Some of these big banks, I think it’s not helping the small businesses,” Bakhtary said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Iba Reller, a spokeswoman for Chase Bank, wouldn’t speak specifically about East Oakland or Yummy Grill, but said that nationally more than 32% of her bank’s PPP loans in 2020 were to small businesses in communities of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11872235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11872235 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Similar to other once busy thoroughfares around the Bay, International Boulevard has suffered during the pandemic. After receiving little to no support from the federal government or banks, some businesses have been forced to close. \" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Image-from-iOS-1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Similar to other once-busy thoroughfares in cities around the Bay Area, International Boulevard in East Oakland has suffered during the pandemic. After receiving little to no support from the federal government or banks, some businesses have been forced to close. \u003ccite>(Adhiti Bandlamudi/KQED News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Our goal has always been to help as many customers — and their employees — as possible,” Reller said in an email. “We proactively marketed the program specifically to minority-owned businesses, in English and in Spanish, to ensure awareness and how to apply.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Reveal’s analysis found that Chase Bank, one of the biggest PPP lenders, approved about 6,600 PPP loans during the first two rounds of the program in the \u003ca href=\"https://censusreporter.org/profiles/31000US41860-san-francisco-oakland-berkeley-ca-metro-area/\">San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley metropolitan region\u003c/a> (which includes San Francisco, much of the East Bay and some cities in the South Bay and North Bay). But just over 250 of those went to businesses in predominantly Latinx commercial neighborhoods and a meager 14 to those in predominantly Black neighborhoods, while almost 3,000 went to businesses in white neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘We Knew There Was Going to Be a Problem’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Paulina Gonzalez-Brito, executive director of the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://calreinvest.org/\">California Reinvestment Coalition\u003c/a>, says she was not surprised to find communities of color struggling to land support from the federal government’s PPP loan program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As soon as we saw the government was going to run the PPP program through the banks, we knew that there was going to be a problem for these small-business owners,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11873194\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11873194\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1-1020x605.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1-1020x605.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1-800x474.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1-160x95.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/mcGAM-how-big-banks-distributed-ppp-loans-4-1.png 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mixed neighborhoods refer to U.S. Census tracts with no racial majority. \u003cbr>Data provided by \u003ca href=\"https://revealnews.org/article/which-neighborhoods-were-neglected-by-the-paycheck-protection-program/\">Reveal\u003c/a> based on figures from the U.S. Small Business Administration, and the U.S. Census, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Postal Service. \u003ccite>(Chart by Adhiti Bandlamudi)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chase Bank isn’t the only bank that made a disproportionate share of its PPP loan to businesses in predominantly white neighborhoods. On the whole, Latinx and Black neighborhoods in the Bay Area received the lowest percentage of PPP loans from all major banks and credit unions, further increasing the wealth gap already widened during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzales-Brito is also concerned with how much big banks profited during the pandemic from individual retail customers. In the last three months of 2020, 12 of America’s 15 largest banks, including Chase Bank, Wells Fargo and Bank of America, each \u003ca href=\"https://prospect.org/economy/big-banks-charged-billions-in-overdraft-fees-during-pandemic/\">made more than $1 billion\u003c/a> in overdraft fees. 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"content": "\u003cp>With just one week left until the May 17 tax deadline, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday proposed a major expansion of California's economic stimulus plan – making it all the more important to make sure you file your taxes on time to get the financial help you're entitled to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in February, Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11861667/gov-newsom-signs-7-6-billion-stimulus-package\">approved a $7.6 billion plan\u003c/a> known as the Golden State Stimulus, which promised a one-time payment of $600 for anyone who earned less than $30,000 last year. The state also offered an additional $600 ($1,200 in total) to low-income folks, including undocumented immigrants who file their taxes with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number. Additionally, the federal government’s third stimulus package delivers $1,400 to individuals who earned less than $75,000 last year. \u003cem>(\u003ca href=\"#whenstim\">Find out how long you're likely to wait to receive your payment\u003c/a>).\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11872910/flush-with-cash-california-set-to-send-billions-in-rebates-to-taxpayers\">announced a proposal\u003c/a> that would essentially expand the the Golden State Stimulus to households with adjusted gross incomes of up to $75,000. The new, higher income cap would mean two-thirds of the state’s taxpayers would be eligible to receive a $600 check, Newsom said at a press conference in Oakland. The proposal is part of a larger $100 billion California Comeback Plan, which will need approval from the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While such stimulus efforts are meant to benefit families that have been hit hard by the pandemic, a report released in early April \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirusliveupdates/news/11868453/millions-of-californians-entitled-to-stimulus-payments-may-not-be-getting-them-heres-how-to-make-sure-you-do\">showed it wasn't reaching those most in need\u003c/a>.[aside postID=\"news_11870566\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We estimate that 2.2 million low-income Californians who are on safety net programs like CalFresh or CalWORKs are missing out on $5.7 billion in stimulus payments,” said Aparna Ramesh, senior research manager with the California Policy Lab and co-author of the report, last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why? In order to send payments quickly, the federal and state governments used previous years' tax filings as indicators for need. But that overlooked folks who weren't required to file taxes at all because they had little to no income and didn't owe money to the IRS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also folks who made more than $30,000 in 2019 and saw their income drop below the cutoff in 2020. But without your 2020 taxes filed, the state government will use your 2019 information to decide whether you qualify for a stimulus payment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, the most dependable way to ensure you get the payments you are due is to file your taxes for 2020 – even if you’re not required to, and even if you have no income to report from the last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this guide, we’ve collected essential information to help you make sure you get the aid you're entitled to, ranging from local tax credit programs like the San Francisco Working Families Credit (which grants up to $500 to eligible families) to the Golden State Stimulus plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We've also included relevant information for undocumented and mixed-status families, who \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2021/02/california-600-stimulus-checks-undocumented-workers/\">may also qualify for an additional $600 from the state\u003c/a> this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Related: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11870566/filing-your-taxes-if-you-claimed-unemployment-benefits-what-to-know-where-to-find-help\">read our guide to filing your taxes if you claimed unemployment benefits.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Click on the links below to skip to a specific section:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#qualify\">I Earned Between $30,000 and $75,000. Do I Qualify for the Stimulus?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#automatic\">What You're Automatically Eligible for When You File\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#eitc\">Keeping Track of the California Earned Income Tax Credit\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#whenstim\">When Will I Get My California Stimulus Payment?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#wfc\">Applying for San Francisco’s Working Families Credit\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#itin\">How to Request an ITIN\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#orgs\">Organizations Offering Free Tax Assistance in the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"qualify\">\u003c/a>My Household Earned Between $30,000 and $75,000. Do I Qualify for the Golden State Stimulus?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Not \u003cem>yet\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11872910/flush-with-cash-california-set-to-send-billions-in-rebates-to-taxpayers\">announced on Monday\u003c/a>, part of a larger $10 billion \"California Comeback Plan,\" is a major expansion of the state’s stimulus package from February and would include households earning between $30,000 and $75,000 per year in a new round of $600 checks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to provide direct relief to people in the middle class,” Newsom said at a press conference Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the package still needs the Legislature’s approval. Several legislators have already expressed their support for Newsom’s expansion – but don’t expect a check in the mail just yet if your family earned between $30,000 and $75,000 last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taxpayers with dependents would also see an additional $500. So, if you already received your $600 check, you could expect the extra $500 to arrive later on (the governor’s office hasn’t released a timeline yet of when the $500 would be sent out).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor also said he plans to add an extra $2 billion to the state’s rent relief program, an amount he believes could cover 100% of back-rent for tenants who have fallen behind in their rent payments during the pandemic. \u003cem>(\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11864513/rent-relief-in-california-how-to-apply-and-what-you-could-get\">Find out how to apply for California’s rent relief program\u003c/a>).\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"automatic\">\u003c/a>What You're Automatically Eligible for When You File\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The first step can sometimes be the hardest. But if you don’t file your taxes on time, you may miss out on the money you're entitled to, regardless of your income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The goal of the $600 checks is to help those facing the greatest economic challenges due to COVID-19,” said Yolanda López, financial capability coordinator with the \u003ca href=\"https://unitycouncil.org/\">Unity Council\u003c/a>, a nonprofit organization in Oakland that offers free tax assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By simply filing your taxes you will then be eligible to receive this aid through direct deposit to the account you used when filing your taxes, or [money] will be sent as a physical check to the address provided in your filing,” López added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11864244 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/iStock_daycare_01-1020x680.jpeg']Not reporting your earnings may also put you at risk of missing out on everything you could receive from the third stimulus package.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government calculates your eligibility based on your most recent tax filing. So if you didn't file your 2020 taxes before the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/03/10/975030323/house-gives-final-approval-to-1-9-trillion-covid-19-relief-package\">most recent stimulus\u003c/a> was signed by President Biden on March 11, your eligibility will be calculated based on your 2019 earnings. So if you made more than $75,000 in 2019 — but less than that in 2020 — you may not qualify for these checks, despite seeing your income drop during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you didn't receive a check from the first or second stimulus packages even though you may have qualified, you can claim these payments in your taxes through something called a Recovery Rebate Credit. The IRS \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/recovery-rebate-credit\">provides instructions on how to include this credit in your taxes\u003c/a> (note: you'll need to look for a letter the IRS sent out to those who didn't receive a check called a 1444 Notice).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the case of undocumented workers, López pointed out that California calculates their eligibility for state aid using their state tax returns, information linked to their \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/individuals/individual-taxpayer-identification-number\">Individual Taxpayer Identification Number\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An ITIN is a number created by the IRS for taxpayers who don’t have a Social Security number due to their immigration status. While an ITIN helps navigate taxation, it doesn’t provide any privileges or protections. \u003ca href=\"#itin\">Learn more\u003c/a> about how to apply for an ITIN.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"eitc\">\u003c/a>Keeping Track of the California Earned Income Tax Credit\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For the first time ever, undocumented workers will also be eligible for the California Earned Income Tax Credit this year. This rebate – for Californians who earn up to $30,000 – can provide as much as $3,027 depending on the number of children you have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This will also be included in your state taxes. Qualifying for the EITC means you qualify for the Golden State Stimulus,” López said. Households that get the state EITC will also be eligible for that one-time $600 pandemic stimulus payment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to be eligible, make sure you include the California Earned Income Tax Credit FTB 3514 form in your filing, or make sure to ask your tax preparer. Learn more about organizations offering free tax assistance in the Bay Area \u003ca href=\"#orgs\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11861667 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/RS42402_047_KQED_BethLaBerge_BloomEnergy_Newsom_03282020-qut-1020x680.jpg']In the case of families with mixed status, where the head of household is undocumented and the spouse or children have a legal immigration status, “that is not an obstacle any more to receive the California EITC. If the taxpayer has a valid ITIN number and makes under $30,000, they should qualify,” López pointed out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While ITIN holders qualify for the California EITC, they still are ineligible for the federal earned income tax credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>López also highlighted how important it is to distinguish between government aid — like stimulus checks and rebates — and taxable benefits like unemployment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You have to report what you got from unemployment as part of your income,\" she said, while clarifying that stimulus checks – either from the state or federal government – are not taxable.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"whenstim\">\u003c/a>When Will I Get My California Stimulus Payment?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While California \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11861667/gov-newsom-signs-7-6-billion-stimulus-package\">approved the Golden State Stimulus plan back in February\u003c/a>, which includes a one-time payment of $600 for anyone who earned less than $30,000 last year, many residents are still waiting on their money after having filed their 2020 taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The original timeline provided by the Department of Finance in March specified that eligible taxpayers who filed their 2020 taxes with direct deposit should expect to receive their rebate within a period of up to 45 days, while those without direct deposit may have to wait up to 60 days. That timeline is still accurate, according to the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On top of that $600 stimulus check, Californians receiving \u003ca href=\"https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-11125.pdf\">Supplemental Security Income (SSI)\u003c/a> qualify for additional $600 grants. Originally, the state intended to send this aid as a separate payment, but after Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB86\">signed SB 86\u003c/a> on April 16, the money will be added to each recipient’s monthly SSI check.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With that now enacted, the grant payments should be received by individuals in the next six to eight weeks,” said H.D. Palmer, deputy director of external affairs for California’s Department of Finance, on April 16. According to that timeline, those receiving SSI should see the extra $600 added their benefits by mid-June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palmer also provided an update on the status of the state's additional $600 grant payments to families receiving CalWORKs, the state’s aid program for families with scarce resources. “All eligible CalWORKs families have received their Golden State Grant payment,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All CalWORKs Golden State grants were processed on March 27 and April 2, and the Department of Social Services sent out a voice notification to eligible families to confirm the status of the payments. According to the voice notification, families who receive their monthly CalWORKS aid by check will receive the additional $600 in the mail by the end of April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you receive CalWORKs benefits and have questions about the eligibility requirements for the CalWORKs Golden State grant, \u003ca href=\"mailto:GSG@dss.ca.gov\">send an email to the Department of Social Services\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"wfc\">\u003c/a>Applying for San Francisco’s Working Families Credit\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While you don't need to do anything more than file your taxes to qualify for state rebates, applying for San Francisco’s Working Families Credit requires a little more work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taxpayers must have already filed their 2020 taxes before filling out a separate WFC application, explained Chandra Johnson, communications director of the San Francisco Human Services Agency (SFHSA), the office that’s managing the application process for this aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re encouraging all families with low- to moderate-income to apply,” Johnson said. “While they are working on preparing their taxes either individually or working with San Francisco’s free tax assistance centers, we want to make sure that they know that this credit is available for them,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you applied for and received this credit for your 2019 taxes, you'll automatically get a COVID-19 relief payment of $250 this year, no application required. But you'll have to apply again after filing your 2020 taxes to get this year's $250 credit (in addition to the automatic pandemic relief payment). SFHSA estimates about 4,000 families will be eligible for that $500 total combined credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s something we haven’t done before. It’s something designed to be a local stimulus,” Johnson said. “We know families that received the credit last year are already some of the lowest-income working families here in the city. So in many instances, they’re continuing to face economic disparities that have worsened.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be considered for the WFC, a taxpayer must claim at least one dependent child. And while the income cap for legal residents to qualify is $56,844, the maximum is much lower for undocumented workers — $30,000 — as it’s based on California EITC parameters. This is the first year the WFC is being made available to taxpayers who file with an ITIN, such as undocumented workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Get started on your WFC application (available in six languages) and find organizations that can help you complete it, either virtually or in person, by going \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/services/jobs-money/free-tax-help/how-get-working-families-credit-wfc\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"itin\">\u003c/a>How to Request an ITIN\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you do not have a Social Security number, you'll need to file your taxes with an \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/individuals/individual-taxpayer-identification-number\">Individual Taxpayer Identification Number\u003c/a>. The only agency that can grant an ITIN is the IRS. But an organization or person trained and authorized by the IRS – a certifying acceptance agent (CAA) – can help you request an ITIN.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When you apply for an ITIN, whether by yourself or with the help of a CAA, you’ll need to print, fill out and mail \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-w-7\">a W-7 form\u003c/a>, which requires supporting documentation to verify your identity and foreign status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Immigration Coverage' tag='immigration']While documents like a driver’s license (U.S. or foreign), a birth certificate or medical records can be used for either category, your passport checks off both boxes, as long as it’s valid and has a date of entry into the country marked by U.S. immigration authorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you complete the W-7 form by yourself, keep in mind that you will have to mail the IRS your passport or other documentation you’ll be using – and you won’t get them back until the IRS makes its decision about granting you an ITIN number.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you apply with the help of a CAA, you can keep your documents throughout the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a CAA, we certify the documents the IRS asks for, and this way folks don’t need to be without their documentation for an extended period of time,” the \u003ca href=\"https://unitycouncil.org/\">Unity Council's\u003c/a> Yolanda López explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As an organization, it’s not us that gives someone their ITIN, all we do is help throughout the process,” she said, pointing out that if someone seeks the help of a CAA, they should make sure that the person or organization has been recognized by the IRS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Unity Council has been helping folks get their ITIN for this tax season since the end of last year, as hearing back from the IRS can take several weeks. If you’re planning to request an ITIN for this year, López said it’s best to start as soon as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"orgs\">\u003c/a>Organizations Offering Free Tax Assistance in the Bay Area\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alameda County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In Oakland, the \u003ca href=\"https://unitycouncil.org/\">Unity Council\u003c/a> offers in-person appointments for tax and ITIN assistance in English, Mandarin and Spanish. Appointments available on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. To set up a time, call (510) 535-6101\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Also in Oakland, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.actsfullgospel.org/home\">Acts Full Gospel Church\u003c/a> offers tax assistance through drop-off services at its 1034 66th Ave. location on some Saturdays. No appointment required. For more information, call (510) 567-1300\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In Hayward, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.getyourrefund.org/4cs/\">Community Child Care Coordinating Council\u003c/a> has partnered with VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) to provide virtual tax assistance through its website. For more information, call (510) 690-2141\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>For a full list of tax assistance centers, visit \u003ca href=\"https://uwba.org/tax-help/\">United Way Bay Area’s website\u003c/a> or call 211\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Contra Costa County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In San Pablo, \u003ca href=\"http://www.sanpabloedc.org/business/lao-family-community-development\">Lao Family Community Development\u003c/a> offers tax assistance through drop-off services at 1865 Rumrill Blvd. (Suite B) on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. No appointment required. For more information, call (510) 215 1220. Help available in English and Spanish\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In Bay Point, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ambroserec.org/bay-point-works-community-career-center\">Bay Point Works Community Career Center\u003c/a> offers drop-off tax assistance at 3105 Willows Pass Rd. on weekdays from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. No appointment required but due to high demand, call (925) 252-2331 when you have arrived at the office. Help available in English, Tongan and Spanish\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>For a full list of tax assistance centers, visit \u003ca href=\"https://uwba.org/tax-help/\">United Way Bay Area’s website\u003c/a> or call 211\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Marin County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In San Rafael, \u003ca href=\"https://canalalliance.org/resources\">Canal Alliance\u003c/a> offers virtual appointments every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until April 10. By appointment only. In English and Spanish. To set up a time, call (415) 526-7500\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Also in San Rafael, \u003ca href=\"https://camarin.org/\">Community Action Marin\u003c/a> offers drop-off tax assistance services and virtual appointments in English and Spanish. To set up an appointment, call (707) 395-0938. Assistance is only available to those that make less than $60,000 per year\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>To locate other tax assistance centers, call 211 or check out the \u003ca href=\"https://irs.treasury.gov/freetaxprep/\">IRS VITA locator tool\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Napa County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In Napa, \u003ca href=\"https://www.puertasabiertasnapa.org/\">Puertas Abiertas Community Resource Center\u003c/a> offers both walk-ins and appointments for assistance in the ITIN process in English and Spanish. In-person help is available at 952 Napa St. from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. To schedule an appointment call (707) 224-1786\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In St. Helena and Calistoga, \u003ca href=\"http://upvalleyfamilycenters.org/economic-success-and-adult-education/\">UpValley Family Centers\u003c/a> offer in-person tax and ITIN assistance in English and Spanish. In-person help is available at 1500 Cedar St. in Calistoga and 1440 Spring St. in St. Helena. Appointments are required and are available on Tuesdays, Thursdays and select Saturdays. To schedule a time, call (707) 965-5010\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>For a full list of tax assistance centers, visit \u003ca href=\"https://uwba.org/tax-help/\">United Way Bay Area’s website\u003c/a> or call 211\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Francisco\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://medasf.org/programs/free-tax-preparation/\">Mission Economic Development Agency\u003c/a> (MEDA) offers both walk-ins and appointments for assistance in the ITIN process in English and Spanish. In-person help is available at 701 Alabama St. every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call (415) 612-2014 for more information\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfcec.org/\">San Francisco Community Empowerment Center\u003c/a> offers virtual and in-person appointments in English, Cantonese and Vietnamese. Call (415) 467-1929 to make an appointment from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://chinesenewcomers.org/en/volunteer-income-tax-assistance-program-vita/\">Chinese Newcomers Service Center\u003c/a> offers virtual appointments in English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Vietnamese. Call (415) 421-2111 to make an appointment from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>For a full list of tax assistance centers, visit \u003ca href=\"https://uwba.org/tax-help/\">United Way Bay Area’s website\u003c/a> or call 211\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>San Mateo County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In Redwood City, the Fair Oaks Community Center offers virtual appointments and drop off services in English and Spanish. To set up a time, call (415) 229-9240 or (650) 780-7500\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In East Palo Alto, the Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center provides virtual appointments in English and Spanish. To set up a time and find out if you qualify, call (650) 321-2193\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In San Mateo, \u003ca href=\"https://collegeofsanmateo.edu/sparkpoint/vita.asp\">SparkPoint\u003c/a> and VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) offer virtual appointments for College of San Mateo students and residents who filed their taxes at this VITA site last year. To find out if you qualify and to make an appointment, email \u003ca href=\"mailto:vita@smccd.edu\">vita@smccd.edu\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>For a full list of tax assistance centers, visit \u003ca href=\"https://uwba.org/tax-help/\">United Way Bay Area’s website\u003c/a> or call 211\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Santa Clara County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In San Jose, \u003ca href=\"https://sacredheartcs.org/programs/\">Sacred Heart Community Service\u003c/a> offers drop-off services where taxpayers can schedule a time to drop off required documents. For times, call (408) 715-1951 or email \u003ca href=\"mailto:taxhelp@sacredheartcs.org\">taxhelp@sacredheartcs.org\u003c/a>. Assistance is only offered to those who made less than $66,000 in 2020\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjpl.org/blog/2021-tax-help-san-jose-public-libraries\">San Jose Public Library\u003c/a> has partnered with VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) to provide in-person assistance at the Hillview Branch every Saturday until April 10 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in English, Vietnamese and Thai. No walk-ins accepted. To make an appointment, call (408) 729-9512. Assistance is only offered to those who made less than $57,000 in 2020\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>For a full list of tax assistance centers, visit \u003ca href=\"https://uwba.org/tax-help/\">United Way Bay Area’s website\u003c/a> or call 211\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Solano County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In Benicia, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.bencac.com/\">Benicia Community Action Council\u003c/a> offers drop-off services where taxpayers can schedule a time to drop off required documents. For times, call (707) 745-0900 on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>To locate other tax assistance centers you can call 211 or check out the \u003ca href=\"https://irs.treasury.gov/freetaxprep/\">IRS VITA locator tool\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sonoma County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In Santa Rosa, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.capsonoma.org/vita-tax-program/\">Community Action Partnership\u003c/a> of Sonoma County offers drop-off services. To pick up a package and schedule a drop-off time, call (707) 544-6911 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays. Assistance is only available to those that make less than $66,000 per year\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>In Healdsburg, \u003ca href=\"https://www.corazonhealdsburg.org/\">Corazón Healdsburg\u003c/a> offers drop-off tax assistance services on Mondays and Fridays in English and Spanish. To set up a time to drop off your tax information, call (707) 395-0938. Assistance is only available to those that make less than $60,000 per year\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>To locate other tax assistance centers you can call 211 or check out the \u003ca href=\"https://irs.treasury.gov/freetaxprep/\">IRS VITA locator tool\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A version of this story was originally published on March 8. This story includes reporting from KQED's Mary Franklin Harvin.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>With just one week left until the May 17 tax deadline, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday proposed a major expansion of California's economic stimulus plan – making it all the more important to make sure you file your taxes on time to get the financial help you're entitled to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Back in February, Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11861667/gov-newsom-signs-7-6-billion-stimulus-package\">approved a $7.6 billion plan\u003c/a> known as the Golden State Stimulus, which promised a one-time payment of $600 for anyone who earned less than $30,000 last year. The state also offered an additional $600 ($1,200 in total) to low-income folks, including undocumented immigrants who file their taxes with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number. Additionally, the federal government’s third stimulus package delivers $1,400 to individuals who earned less than $75,000 last year. \u003cem>(\u003ca href=\"#whenstim\">Find out how long you're likely to wait to receive your payment\u003c/a>).\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11872910/flush-with-cash-california-set-to-send-billions-in-rebates-to-taxpayers\">announced a proposal\u003c/a> that would essentially expand the the Golden State Stimulus to households with adjusted gross incomes of up to $75,000. The new, higher income cap would mean two-thirds of the state’s taxpayers would be eligible to receive a $600 check, Newsom said at a press conference in Oakland. The proposal is part of a larger $100 billion California Comeback Plan, which will need approval from the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While such stimulus efforts are meant to benefit families that have been hit hard by the pandemic, a report released in early April \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/coronavirusliveupdates/news/11868453/millions-of-californians-entitled-to-stimulus-payments-may-not-be-getting-them-heres-how-to-make-sure-you-do\">showed it wasn't reaching those most in need\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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But without your 2020 taxes filed, the state government will use your 2019 information to decide whether you qualify for a stimulus payment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, the most dependable way to ensure you get the payments you are due is to file your taxes for 2020 – even if you’re not required to, and even if you have no income to report from the last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this guide, we’ve collected essential information to help you make sure you get the aid you're entitled to, ranging from local tax credit programs like the San Francisco Working Families Credit (which grants up to $500 to eligible families) to the Golden State Stimulus plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We've also included relevant information for undocumented and mixed-status families, who \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2021/02/california-600-stimulus-checks-undocumented-workers/\">may also qualify for an additional $600 from the state\u003c/a> this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Related: \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11870566/filing-your-taxes-if-you-claimed-unemployment-benefits-what-to-know-where-to-find-help\">read our guide to filing your taxes if you claimed unemployment benefits.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Click on the links below to skip to a specific section:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#qualify\">I Earned Between $30,000 and $75,000. Do I Qualify for the Stimulus?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#automatic\">What You're Automatically Eligible for When You File\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#eitc\">Keeping Track of the California Earned Income Tax Credit\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#whenstim\">When Will I Get My California Stimulus Payment?\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#wfc\">Applying for San Francisco’s Working Families Credit\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"#itin\">How to Request an ITIN\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#orgs\">Organizations Offering Free Tax Assistance in the Bay Area\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"qualify\">\u003c/a>My Household Earned Between $30,000 and $75,000. Do I Qualify for the Golden State Stimulus?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Not \u003cem>yet\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11872910/flush-with-cash-california-set-to-send-billions-in-rebates-to-taxpayers\">announced on Monday\u003c/a>, part of a larger $10 billion \"California Comeback Plan,\" is a major expansion of the state’s stimulus package from February and would include households earning between $30,000 and $75,000 per year in a new round of $600 checks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to provide direct relief to people in the middle class,” Newsom said at a press conference Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the package still needs the Legislature’s approval. Several legislators have already expressed their support for Newsom’s expansion – but don’t expect a check in the mail just yet if your family earned between $30,000 and $75,000 last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taxpayers with dependents would also see an additional $500. So, if you already received your $600 check, you could expect the extra $500 to arrive later on (the governor’s office hasn’t released a timeline yet of when the $500 would be sent out).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor also said he plans to add an extra $2 billion to the state’s rent relief program, an amount he believes could cover 100% of back-rent for tenants who have fallen behind in their rent payments during the pandemic. \u003cem>(\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11864513/rent-relief-in-california-how-to-apply-and-what-you-could-get\">Find out how to apply for California’s rent relief program\u003c/a>).\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"automatic\">\u003c/a>What You're Automatically Eligible for When You File\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The first step can sometimes be the hardest. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>In the case of families with mixed status, where the head of household is undocumented and the spouse or children have a legal immigration status, “that is not an obstacle any more to receive the California EITC. If the taxpayer has a valid ITIN number and makes under $30,000, they should qualify,” López pointed out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While ITIN holders qualify for the California EITC, they still are ineligible for the federal earned income tax credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>López also highlighted how important it is to distinguish between government aid — like stimulus checks and rebates — and taxable benefits like unemployment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You have to report what you got from unemployment as part of your income,\" she said, while clarifying that stimulus checks – either from the state or federal government – are not taxable.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"whenstim\">\u003c/a>When Will I Get My California Stimulus Payment?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While California \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11861667/gov-newsom-signs-7-6-billion-stimulus-package\">approved the Golden State Stimulus plan back in February\u003c/a>, which includes a one-time payment of $600 for anyone who earned less than $30,000 last year, many residents are still waiting on their money after having filed their 2020 taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The original timeline provided by the Department of Finance in March specified that eligible taxpayers who filed their 2020 taxes with direct deposit should expect to receive their rebate within a period of up to 45 days, while those without direct deposit may have to wait up to 60 days. That timeline is still accurate, according to the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On top of that $600 stimulus check, Californians receiving \u003ca href=\"https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-11125.pdf\">Supplemental Security Income (SSI)\u003c/a> qualify for additional $600 grants. Originally, the state intended to send this aid as a separate payment, but after Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB86\">signed SB 86\u003c/a> on April 16, the money will be added to each recipient’s monthly SSI check.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With that now enacted, the grant payments should be received by individuals in the next six to eight weeks,” said H.D. Palmer, deputy director of external affairs for California’s Department of Finance, on April 16. According to that timeline, those receiving SSI should see the extra $600 added their benefits by mid-June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palmer also provided an update on the status of the state's additional $600 grant payments to families receiving CalWORKs, the state’s aid program for families with scarce resources. “All eligible CalWORKs families have received their Golden State Grant payment,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All CalWORKs Golden State grants were processed on March 27 and April 2, and the Department of Social Services sent out a voice notification to eligible families to confirm the status of the payments. According to the voice notification, families who receive their monthly CalWORKS aid by check will receive the additional $600 in the mail by the end of April.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you receive CalWORKs benefits and have questions about the eligibility requirements for the CalWORKs Golden State grant, \u003ca href=\"mailto:GSG@dss.ca.gov\">send an email to the Department of Social Services\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"wfc\">\u003c/a>Applying for San Francisco’s Working Families Credit\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While you don't need to do anything more than file your taxes to qualify for state rebates, applying for San Francisco’s Working Families Credit requires a little more work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taxpayers must have already filed their 2020 taxes before filling out a separate WFC application, explained Chandra Johnson, communications director of the San Francisco Human Services Agency (SFHSA), the office that’s managing the application process for this aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re encouraging all families with low- to moderate-income to apply,” Johnson said. “While they are working on preparing their taxes either individually or working with San Francisco’s free tax assistance centers, we want to make sure that they know that this credit is available for them,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you applied for and received this credit for your 2019 taxes, you'll automatically get a COVID-19 relief payment of $250 this year, no application required. But you'll have to apply again after filing your 2020 taxes to get this year's $250 credit (in addition to the automatic pandemic relief payment). SFHSA estimates about 4,000 families will be eligible for that $500 total combined credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s something we haven’t done before. It’s something designed to be a local stimulus,” Johnson said. “We know families that received the credit last year are already some of the lowest-income working families here in the city. So in many instances, they’re continuing to face economic disparities that have worsened.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To be considered for the WFC, a taxpayer must claim at least one dependent child. And while the income cap for legal residents to qualify is $56,844, the maximum is much lower for undocumented workers — $30,000 — as it’s based on California EITC parameters. This is the first year the WFC is being made available to taxpayers who file with an ITIN, such as undocumented workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Get started on your WFC application (available in six languages) and find organizations that can help you complete it, either virtually or in person, by going \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfhsa.org/services/jobs-money/free-tax-help/how-get-working-families-credit-wfc\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"itin\">\u003c/a>How to Request an ITIN\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you do not have a Social Security number, you'll need to file your taxes with an \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/individuals/individual-taxpayer-identification-number\">Individual Taxpayer Identification Number\u003c/a>. The only agency that can grant an ITIN is the IRS. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>While documents like a driver’s license (U.S. or foreign), a birth certificate or medical records can be used for either category, your passport checks off both boxes, as long as it’s valid and has a date of entry into the country marked by U.S. immigration authorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you complete the W-7 form by yourself, keep in mind that you will have to mail the IRS your passport or other documentation you’ll be using – and you won’t get them back until the IRS makes its decision about granting you an ITIN number.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But if you apply with the help of a CAA, you can keep your documents throughout the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a CAA, we certify the documents the IRS asks for, and this way folks don’t need to be without their documentation for an extended period of time,” the \u003ca href=\"https://unitycouncil.org/\">Unity Council's\u003c/a> Yolanda López explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As an organization, it’s not us that gives someone their ITIN, all we do is help throughout the process,” she said, pointing out that if someone seeks the help of a CAA, they should make sure that the person or organization has been recognized by the IRS.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Unity Council has been helping folks get their ITIN for this tax season since the end of last year, as hearing back from the IRS can take several weeks. If you’re planning to request an ITIN for this year, López said it’s best to start as soon as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"orgs\">\u003c/a>Organizations Offering Free Tax Assistance in the Bay Area\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alameda County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In Oakland, the \u003ca href=\"https://unitycouncil.org/\">Unity Council\u003c/a> offers in-person appointments for tax and ITIN assistance in English, Mandarin and Spanish. Appointments available on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. To set up a time, call (510) 535-6101\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Also in Oakland, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.actsfullgospel.org/home\">Acts Full Gospel Church\u003c/a> offers tax assistance through drop-off services at its 1034 66th Ave. location on some Saturdays. No appointment required. 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Assistance is only offered to those who made less than $57,000 in 2020\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>For a full list of tax assistance centers, visit \u003ca href=\"https://uwba.org/tax-help/\">United Way Bay Area’s website\u003c/a> or call 211\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Solano County\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>In Benicia, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.bencac.com/\">Benicia Community Action Council\u003c/a> offers drop-off services where taxpayers can schedule a time to drop off required documents. 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"content": "\u003cp> \u003ca href=\"#episode-transcript\">\u003ci>View the full episode transcript.\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]B[/dropcap]ay Curious listener Jaimie Cohen wants to learn more about the \u003ca href=\"https://time.com/2837756/donut-or-doughnut/\">doughnut\u003c/a> and Chinese food shops she’s seen around the Bay Area:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Why are there restaurants that serve Chinese food, doughnuts and burgers all in one location? And why are there so many of them specifically in the Bay Area? What is the history of it happening here?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doughnuts have long been a favorite \u003ca href=\"https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-history-of-the-doughnut-150405177/\">American treat\u003c/a>. But what if you could get some lo mein or fried rice while grabbing a dozen of your favorite crullers? It’s a uniquely Californian combination with an unexpected history.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Inside the Mission District’s ‘China Express and Donut’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Those passing through the 24th Street / Mission BART station may have seen the doughnut shop that first piqued Jaimie Cohen’s curiosity. It sits right on the corner: “Chinese Food and Donuts” in bold red lettering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shop’s owner, Jolly Chan, immigrated from Cambodia in 1981. He started off in Los Angeles, where he lived until 1985 when he moved up to San Francisco and started China Express and Donut in 1993. “I continue until now,” Chan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The walls of Chan’s shop flash with neon signs spotlighting the two wildly different foods he serves. He points to his daily array of doughnuts: glazed, sugar and sprinkles. A few feet away, he also offers a buffet of Chinese food classics, including chicken fried rice, pot stickers and sweet and sour pork.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11871927\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11871927 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts3.jpg\" alt=\"People wait for the bus across the street from China Express, a restaurant serving chinese food and donuts, on 24th and Mission Streets in San Francisco\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts3.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People wait for the bus across the street from China Express, a restaurant serving Chinese food and doughnuts, on 24th and Mission Streets in San Francisco on March 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“A little spicy, a little sweet,” he laughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The beauty of his operation is that regulars can grab their coffee and a doughnut in the morning and a plate of orange chicken in the afternoon — all for under $10, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan learned the ins and outs of this deep fried duo when he first immigrated to Los Angeles. While working at a Chinese restaurant, he learned to make doughnuts from friends who had also recently immigrated from Cambodia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those friends, he said, learned from one very unlikely entrepreneur: “Ted Ngoy, the king of doughnut.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Ted Ngoy, the Donut King, Sweeps California\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Donut King is largely responsible for building a doughnut dynasty across California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ted Ngoy fled Cambodia after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention/countries/cambodia/case-study/background/origins-of-the-khmer-rouge\">Khmer Rouge\u003c/a> rose to power during the country’s civil war. In 1975, he arrived at Camp Pendleton, a refugee camp in San Diego County, without a penny to his name. Ngoy was working at a gas station in Tustin, California to support his wife and three children when he smelled a sweet aroma from a nearby doughnut shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember it was a slow night, about midnight, and there was no traffic,” says Ngoy in \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10214496/\">\u003cem>The Donut King\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a recent documentary about his life by filmmaker Alice Gu (premiering on KQED Channel 9, May 24, 2021 at 10pm). “I ran real fast to come to this window right here. I say, ‘Lady, I would like to buy some doughnut.’ She said, ‘Okay, I’ll sell you a dozen doughnut.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/sY2jXx0OP88\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was love at first bite. Ngoy set out to learn how to make doughnuts himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He applied and got accepted to a training program with \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchell%27s_Donuts\">Winchell’s Donut House\u003c/a>, then the leading doughnut chain in California. The company gave him a store to manage, and before long, Ngoy scraped together the money to buy his own shop. Then he bought another and another. Within a decade, he owned 70 doughnut shops across California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those iconic pink doughnut boxes were his idea. Before Ngoy came along, doughnuts in the U.S were typically sold in a white box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One day I asked the salesman, ‘How about we create some kind of pink box?'” Ngoy says in The Donut King. “The pink box costs a lot less. Even a dime or two dimes. We can save a lot of money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ngoy was a shrewd businessman who shared his fortune with other immigrants. He sponsored over 100 Cambodian families to immigrate to the United States and even welcomed them to stay in his mansion when they first arrived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ngoy also taught dozens of Cambodian immigrants to make doughnuts. At one point, there were \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-10-29/review-the-donut-king-documentary\">reportedly over 5,000\u003c/a> independent doughnut shops sprinkled across the state — roughly 90 percent of them owned by Cambodians. Initially, most of these immigrant-owned, mom and pop shops were concentrated in Southern California, but it was only a matter of time before they began migrating up to the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Supporting One Another to Get Ahead\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Decades after Ngoy took California’s doughnut scene by storm, these fried sweet treats still represent the promise of a better life. Dorothy Chow of B & H Bakery Distributors, a Cambodian-American-owned company, supplies doughnut ingredients throughout Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11871926\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11871926 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts2.jpg\" alt=\"The donut case at China Express and Donuts on Mission Street in San Francisco\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The doughnut case at China Express and Donut on Mission Street in San Francisco on April 16, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Basically [B&H] started to try and create another option to help our own people,” says Chow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chow’s dad started running the business decades ago as an alternative to the giant companies that held a monopoly on doughnut supplies, Chow says. As a survivor of the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_Civil_War\">Cambodian Civil War\u003c/a> and resulting \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_genocide\">genocide\u003c/a>, his singular motivation was to support refugees like himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My dad is actually one of the first groups that escaped out of Cambodia,” says Chow. “He was caught into the labor camps that were happening at the time. He’s seen really horrific things. And I’m sure a lot of these doughnut shop owners have their own experiences.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going to her dad’s warehouse and selling doughnuts in the summer, Chow spent a lot of time with people who had just come from Cambodia. They worked hard to get a better life for their kids. And took advantage of the resources and knowledge around them in their community, learning to cook new cuisines and how to run businesses in America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’ve gone through war and you’ve been able to escape,” says Chow. “If you’ve lost your family and you’ve seen terrible things, owning a doughnut shop is a piece of cake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Adapting to Survive and Thrive\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]M[/dropcap]ost Cambodian-owned doughnut shops focus on the dessert. However, others have the space, skills and equipment to make high-profit fast foods that cater to American tastes, like hot dogs and hamburgers. Chow says a majority of these doughnut crossover shops are in urban spaces, including San Francisco and Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For China Express and Donut owner Jolly Chan, the combination of the two tasty treats came out of necessity. Everything in the Bay Area is so expensive, he says, “We have to sell more stuff to make up the rent and the expense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doughnut shops in less expensive areas can afford to close when they’ve sold out, but that’s not an option for Chan. He decided to incorporate another food option to appeal to the lunch crowd. He says he considered burgers, but that would mean competing with the McDonald’s across the street. He thought Chinese food would help his shop stand out on a crowded corner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11871932\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11871932\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts5.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">China Express employee Kyi Sin Hnin Htet helps a customer at the restaurant on 24th and Mission Streets in San Francisco on March 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chan says the majority of his customers are locals and commuters — 80 percent are Latino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They love it,” he said. However, he has noticed a drop in business since the Mission District started gentrifying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan says once Valencia Street started changing, younger people moved to the area. And they have different tastes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t like the food that we sell, the doughnuts that we sell. They eat different food,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan’s shop specializes in old fashioned treats, like gooey raspberry jelly doughnuts or cake doughnuts with rainbow sprinkles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What doughnuts used to be,” he says. “The traditional doughnut.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neighboring independent doughnut shops like \u003ca href=\"https://dynamodonut.com/\">Dynamo Donut\u003c/a> that sell artisanal, seasonal and organic doughnuts at a much higher price point than Chan’s doughnuts are the new trend. And Chan says during the coronavirus shutdowns, his sales dropped more than 50 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His business used to be a 50-50 split between customers who would do takeaway and those who would eat inside. During the pandemic, the takeaway orders didn’t make up for the loss of indoor dining.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a Cambodian entrepreneur, Chan is no stranger to thriving under difficult circumstances. But, he says that if things don’t look up soon he’s not sure he can continue to adapt. He worries his shop won’t survive the next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot make it,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is Bay Curious, the show that answers listener questions about the San Francisco Bay Area. I’m Olivia Allen-Price.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You know how most offices have a “food table?” Some communal spot where you might find extra lemons from someone’s tree … or a bag of leftover Halloween candy … or, on a lucky day, the fresh scones your baking-obsessed colleague whipped together that morning. At KQED, I can’t walk by our food table without taking a glance. You know, just in case something delicious is on offer. Nothing gets me quite as excited as when I spot a \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">little pink cardboard box. \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the flap await a dozen golden doughnuts – just waiting to become my second breakfast.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This particular pink box is from a shop just a few blocks away in San Francisco’s Mission District that’s grabbed the attention of our question asker today, Jaime Cohen. Because they have more than donuts for sale…\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>Jamie Cohen: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So my question is, why are there restaurants that serve Chinese food, doughnuts, and burgers all in one location?\u003c/span>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a winning combination Jamie has only seen in California and she wants to know why. Today on the show, we’re exploring the fascinating history and the \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">donut king\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> behind it all. This story first aired in 2021, but its one that still makes my mouth water. Stick around. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[[SPONSOR MESSAGE]]\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reporter Asal Ehsanipour called Jamie Cohen to find out more about her obsession with donut places that \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">serve Chinese food.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paint me a picture. Can you remember the first time that you saw a sign that said Chinese food and doughnuts, or doughnuts and hamburgers or whatever the combination is? What were you thinking? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jamie Cohen:\u003c/b> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So the very first time we ever–I ever noticed it, it was my husband and I. We pointed it out to each other and it said doughnuts and Chinese food and hamburgers. Why are there so many of them? And specifically in the Bay Area– what is the history of it happening here?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I’ll see if I can find out. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jamie Cohen: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to know the history. What’s the history? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OK, you got it.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jamie Cohen: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okay, cool.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[STREET NOISE]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you’ve ever gotten off at the 24th Street / Mission BART station, you’ve probably seen the doughnut shop that first piqued Jaime’s curiosity. It’s right on the corner: “Chinese Food and Donuts” in bold red lettering. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you eat breakfast today?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Yes. Early mornings, sometimes I feel hungry. I just grab a doughnut. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[laugh]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is Jolly Chan, the owner of China Express and Donut.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I’m an immigrant from Cambodia. I came to United States in 1981 and I have my small business started in 1985 in Los Angeles. And I move up to San Francisco and have this corner store in early 1993. And continue until now.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jolly’s shop is understated. On the wall there are neon signs flashing the two wildly different foods he serves. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The doughnut that we have every day – have glaze, have sugar.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doughnut holes, sprinkles, there’s chocolate. A few feet away — there’s a buffet style array of Chinese food classics. Like chicken fried rice, pot stickers, and sweet and sour pork. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most popular item for the Chinese food is the hot chicken wings, the teriyaki chicken and the broccoli beef. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What’s your favorite?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hot wings and the broccoli. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jolly says the beauty of this operation is that people can buy lunch and dinner for under 10 bucks. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah because it’s a local customer. Yeah. it’s not a tourist spot. It’s a local. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regulars can grab their coffee and a doughnut in the morning… And a plate of orange chicken in the afternoon. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A little spicy, a little sweet.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To some, it may seem like an unconventional pairing. But for \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jolly, this deep fried duo makes perfect sense. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah, because I know both. Donut and Chinese food. I used to cook Chinese food in Los Angeles.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">…Which is also where he learned how to make doughnuts. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah I learned it from my friend and the friend learned, yeah, it from each other. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And those friends learned from one very unlikely entrepreneur: \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ted Ngoy, the king of donut. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[laugh]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ted Ngoy. The Donut \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">King\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Donut King: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donut time!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Donut King is pretty much single-handedly responsible for building a doughnut dynasty across California. Ted was a refugee who fled Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge rose to power during the country’s civil war. In 1975, he arrived in California without a penny to his name. One day, he was working at a gas station when he smelled a sweet aroma from a nearby doughnut shop. Here he is in a recent documentary made by Alice Gu, aptly called “The Donut King.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ted Ngoy:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I remember it was a slow night, about midnight and there’s no traffic. I ran real fast to come to this window right here. I say, ‘Lady, I would like to buy some doughnut.’ She said, ‘Okay, I’ll sell you a dozen doughnut.’ I fell in love with doughnuts from that moment that I had a bite. Doughnuts remind me of a cake called nom-ko in Cambodia. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was love at first bite. Ted applied and got accepted to a training program with Winchell’s Donut House. Before long he’d scraped together the money to buy his own shop. And then another. And then another. Within a decade, he owned 70 doughnut shops across California. And, get this… Those iconic pink boxes? That was Ted. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ted Ngoy: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before we come to the picture, American people always use a white box. One day I asked the salesman, say ‘How about we create some kind of pink box? The pink box costs a lot less. Even a dime or two dime. We can save a lot of money.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ted had a knack for business and he shared his fortune with other immigrants. He sponsored over 100 Cambodian families to immigrate to the US and when they arrived he would literally open up his mansion to them. And he taught them how to make donuts. At one point, there were reportedly over 5,000 independent doughnut shops sprinkled around the state. Roughly 90 percent were owned by Cambodians. Most were concentrated in Southern California but pretty soon these immigrant-owned mom and pop shops started opening up in the Bay Area. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dorothy Chow: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We distribute currently all throughout Northern California. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is Dorothy Chow of B and H Bakery Distributors, a Cambodian American-owned company that supplies doughnut ingredients\u003c/span>\u003cb>. \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dorothy Chow: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basically the whole purpose is it started to just try and create another option to help our own people. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dorothy’s dad started running the business decades ago as an alternative to the giant companies that held a monopoly on doughnut supplies. His singular motivation was to support Cambodian refugees like himself. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dorothy Chow: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My dad is actually one of the first groups that escaped out of Cambodia. And on top of that he was caught into the labor camps that were happening at the time. He’s seen really, really horrific things and I’m sure a lot of these doughnut shop owners have their own experiences. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Going to her dad’s warehouse and selling donuts in the summer, Dorothy spent a lot of time with people who had just come from Cambodia. They worked hard to get a better life for their kids. And took advantage of the resources and knowledge around them in their community, learning to cook new cuisines and run businesses. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dorothy Chow: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I mean if you’ve gone through war and you’ve been able to escape. You’ve lost your family and you’ve seen terrible things, you know, owning a doughnuts shop is a piece of cake. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[laughs]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, most of these shops deal strictly in doughnuts. But others have the space, skills, and equipment to make high profit fast foods that cater to Americans tastes, like hot dogs and hamburgers. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dorothy Chow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Why not make something that can make more money? You know, doughnuts are fast food that you can get. And they’re trying to do the same thing with that lunch category. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dorothy says there are more donut-Chinese crossover shops in urban areas – like San Francisco and Oakland. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reason why? It’s back at Jolly Chan’s restaurant near the 24th Street Bart station. Hi, can I get a veggie deluxe please? And I’ll get a \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">doughnut\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, too.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jolly Chan says, for him – the combination of doughnuts and Chinese food came out of necessity. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The rent, the cost of employee, the cost of everything in Bay Area is higher than other places. We have to sell more stuff to make up the rent and the expense. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doughnut shops in less expensive areas can \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">afford\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to close when they’ve sold out. But closing at noon is impossible in urban areas where the rents are higher. So Jolly had to incorporate another food option to appeal to the lunch crowd. He considered burgers, but that would mean competing with the McDonalds across the street. He already knew how to make Chinese food from his early days in the US, and it helped his shop stand out on a crowded corner. Jolly says his customers are local to the Mission District. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">80 percent Latino. 80 percent Latino. They love it. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or, the folks that used to be local. That’s all changing now.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the 90s a lot of Latino, a lot of live in this Mission District. But now after they develop the Valencia, yeah a lot of younger people. They are coming and they don’t like the way that we sell. The food that we sell. The donuts that we sell. They eat different food.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jolly says he’s struggled to keep up with the changes in the Mission. He specializes in the good old fashioned stuff. Like – those gooey raspberry jelly donuts, or cake donuts with rainbow sprinkles. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What donut used to be.\u003c/span>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What did donuts used to be?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The traditional donut. Not the one that they make up like a cake like a decoration that cost more than the regular one, yeah.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He’s talking about shops like Dynamo Donuts on 24th Street just a few blocks over. They sell donuts that are local, artisanal, seasonal, organic – you get it. And that competition has been hard for Jolly. Cambodian entrepreneurs like Jolly Chan are survivors. They left their homeland. And through sheer grit, they were able to thrive here in California. But, according to Jolly, everything is changing so fast. And after all this time, he’s not sure he has the energy to keep up.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That was reporter Asal Ehsanipour. We do have an update since this story aired. China Express and Donut DID survive the challenges of the pandemic. Jolly Chan still owns the shop, though he is looking for his next step. Retirement perhaps. The business is for sale. So if you’re interested, give him a call.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We’ve got a brand new voting round to kick off the new year – Here’s what’s up for consideration: \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who is “Stevens” and why is Stevens Creek in San Jose and Cupertino named after him or her?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why does San Jose have such a high concentration of Vietnamese people?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I see peacocks sometimes in the East Foothills of San Jose. They certainly are not native to California. How did they get here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Head to BayCuriuos.org to vote for which question you’d like to hear on the program. It only takes a few seconds! \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This episode of Bay Curious was made in 2021 by Katie McMurran, Suzie Racho and Katrina Schwartz. It was updated this week by Christopher Beale, Olivia Allen-Price, Amanda Font and Ana De Almeida Amaral. Our show is a production of member-supported KQED in San Francisco. I’m Olivia Allen-Price. Have a great week!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shop’s owner, Jolly Chan, immigrated from Cambodia in 1981. He started off in Los Angeles, where he lived until 1985 when he moved up to San Francisco and started China Express and Donut in 1993. “I continue until now,” Chan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The walls of Chan’s shop flash with neon signs spotlighting the two wildly different foods he serves. He points to his daily array of doughnuts: glazed, sugar and sprinkles. A few feet away, he also offers a buffet of Chinese food classics, including chicken fried rice, pot stickers and sweet and sour pork.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11871927\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11871927 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts3.jpg\" alt=\"People wait for the bus across the street from China Express, a restaurant serving chinese food and donuts, on 24th and Mission Streets in San Francisco\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts3.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts3-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts3-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts3-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People wait for the bus across the street from China Express, a restaurant serving Chinese food and doughnuts, on 24th and Mission Streets in San Francisco on March 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“A little spicy, a little sweet,” he laughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The beauty of his operation is that regulars can grab their coffee and a doughnut in the morning and a plate of orange chicken in the afternoon — all for under $10, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan learned the ins and outs of this deep fried duo when he first immigrated to Los Angeles. While working at a Chinese restaurant, he learned to make doughnuts from friends who had also recently immigrated from Cambodia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those friends, he said, learned from one very unlikely entrepreneur: “Ted Ngoy, the king of doughnut.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Ted Ngoy, the Donut King, Sweeps California\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">T\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>he Donut King is largely responsible for building a doughnut dynasty across California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ted Ngoy fled Cambodia after the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prevention/countries/cambodia/case-study/background/origins-of-the-khmer-rouge\">Khmer Rouge\u003c/a> rose to power during the country’s civil war. In 1975, he arrived at Camp Pendleton, a refugee camp in San Diego County, without a penny to his name. Ngoy was working at a gas station in Tustin, California to support his wife and three children when he smelled a sweet aroma from a nearby doughnut shop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember it was a slow night, about midnight, and there was no traffic,” says Ngoy in \u003ca href=\"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10214496/\">\u003cem>The Donut King\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, a recent documentary about his life by filmmaker Alice Gu (premiering on KQED Channel 9, May 24, 2021 at 10pm). “I ran real fast to come to this window right here. I say, ‘Lady, I would like to buy some doughnut.’ She said, ‘Okay, I’ll sell you a dozen doughnut.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"480\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/sY2jXx0OP88\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was love at first bite. Ngoy set out to learn how to make doughnuts himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He applied and got accepted to a training program with \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchell%27s_Donuts\">Winchell’s Donut House\u003c/a>, then the leading doughnut chain in California. The company gave him a store to manage, and before long, Ngoy scraped together the money to buy his own shop. Then he bought another and another. Within a decade, he owned 70 doughnut shops across California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those iconic pink doughnut boxes were his idea. Before Ngoy came along, doughnuts in the U.S were typically sold in a white box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One day I asked the salesman, ‘How about we create some kind of pink box?'” Ngoy says in The Donut King. “The pink box costs a lot less. Even a dime or two dimes. We can save a lot of money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ngoy was a shrewd businessman who shared his fortune with other immigrants. He sponsored over 100 Cambodian families to immigrate to the United States and even welcomed them to stay in his mansion when they first arrived.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ngoy also taught dozens of Cambodian immigrants to make doughnuts. At one point, there were \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-10-29/review-the-donut-king-documentary\">reportedly over 5,000\u003c/a> independent doughnut shops sprinkled across the state — roughly 90 percent of them owned by Cambodians. Initially, most of these immigrant-owned, mom and pop shops were concentrated in Southern California, but it was only a matter of time before they began migrating up to the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Supporting One Another to Get Ahead\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Decades after Ngoy took California’s doughnut scene by storm, these fried sweet treats still represent the promise of a better life. Dorothy Chow of B & H Bakery Distributors, a Cambodian-American-owned company, supplies doughnut ingredients throughout Northern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11871926\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11871926 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts2.jpg\" alt=\"The donut case at China Express and Donuts on Mission Street in San Francisco\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The doughnut case at China Express and Donut on Mission Street in San Francisco on April 16, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Basically [B&H] started to try and create another option to help our own people,” says Chow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chow’s dad started running the business decades ago as an alternative to the giant companies that held a monopoly on doughnut supplies, Chow says. As a survivor of the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_Civil_War\">Cambodian Civil War\u003c/a> and resulting \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_genocide\">genocide\u003c/a>, his singular motivation was to support refugees like himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My dad is actually one of the first groups that escaped out of Cambodia,” says Chow. “He was caught into the labor camps that were happening at the time. He’s seen really horrific things. And I’m sure a lot of these doughnut shop owners have their own experiences.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Going to her dad’s warehouse and selling doughnuts in the summer, Chow spent a lot of time with people who had just come from Cambodia. They worked hard to get a better life for their kids. And took advantage of the resources and knowledge around them in their community, learning to cook new cuisines and how to run businesses in America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you’ve gone through war and you’ve been able to escape,” says Chow. “If you’ve lost your family and you’ve seen terrible things, owning a doughnut shop is a piece of cake.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Adapting to Survive and Thrive\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">M\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>ost Cambodian-owned doughnut shops focus on the dessert. However, others have the space, skills and equipment to make high-profit fast foods that cater to American tastes, like hot dogs and hamburgers. Chow says a majority of these doughnut crossover shops are in urban spaces, including San Francisco and Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For China Express and Donut owner Jolly Chan, the combination of the two tasty treats came out of necessity. Everything in the Bay Area is so expensive, he says, “We have to sell more stuff to make up the rent and the expense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doughnut shops in less expensive areas can afford to close when they’ve sold out, but that’s not an option for Chan. He decided to incorporate another food option to appeal to the lunch crowd. He says he considered burgers, but that would mean competing with the McDonald’s across the street. He thought Chinese food would help his shop stand out on a crowded corner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11871932\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11871932\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts5.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts5-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts5-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts5-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/Chinese-and-donuts5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">China Express employee Kyi Sin Hnin Htet helps a customer at the restaurant on 24th and Mission Streets in San Francisco on March 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chan says the majority of his customers are locals and commuters — 80 percent are Latino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They love it,” he said. However, he has noticed a drop in business since the Mission District started gentrifying.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan says once Valencia Street started changing, younger people moved to the area. And they have different tastes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They don’t like the food that we sell, the doughnuts that we sell. They eat different food,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chan’s shop specializes in old fashioned treats, like gooey raspberry jelly doughnuts or cake doughnuts with rainbow sprinkles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What doughnuts used to be,” he says. “The traditional doughnut.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neighboring independent doughnut shops like \u003ca href=\"https://dynamodonut.com/\">Dynamo Donut\u003c/a> that sell artisanal, seasonal and organic doughnuts at a much higher price point than Chan’s doughnuts are the new trend. And Chan says during the coronavirus shutdowns, his sales dropped more than 50 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His business used to be a 50-50 split between customers who would do takeaway and those who would eat inside. During the pandemic, the takeaway orders didn’t make up for the loss of indoor dining.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a Cambodian entrepreneur, Chan is no stranger to thriving under difficult circumstances. But, he says that if things don’t look up soon he’s not sure he can continue to adapt. He worries his shop won’t survive the next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We cannot make it,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-content post-body\">\u003ch2 id=\"episode-transcript\">Episode Transcript\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is Bay Curious, the show that answers listener questions about the San Francisco Bay Area. I’m Olivia Allen-Price.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You know how most offices have a “food table?” Some communal spot where you might find extra lemons from someone’s tree … or a bag of leftover Halloween candy … or, on a lucky day, the fresh scones your baking-obsessed colleague whipped together that morning. At KQED, I can’t walk by our food table without taking a glance. You know, just in case something delicious is on offer. Nothing gets me quite as excited as when I spot a \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">little pink cardboard box. \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the flap await a dozen golden doughnuts – just waiting to become my second breakfast.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This particular pink box is from a shop just a few blocks away in San Francisco’s Mission District that’s grabbed the attention of our question asker today, Jaime Cohen. Because they have more than donuts for sale…\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cb>Jamie Cohen: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So my question is, why are there restaurants that serve Chinese food, doughnuts, and burgers all in one location?\u003c/span>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a winning combination Jamie has only seen in California and she wants to know why. Today on the show, we’re exploring the fascinating history and the \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">donut king\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> behind it all. This story first aired in 2021, but its one that still makes my mouth water. Stick around. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[[SPONSOR MESSAGE]]\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reporter Asal Ehsanipour called Jamie Cohen to find out more about her obsession with donut places that \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">serve Chinese food.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paint me a picture. Can you remember the first time that you saw a sign that said Chinese food and doughnuts, or doughnuts and hamburgers or whatever the combination is? What were you thinking? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jamie Cohen:\u003c/b> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So the very first time we ever–I ever noticed it, it was my husband and I. We pointed it out to each other and it said doughnuts and Chinese food and hamburgers. Why are there so many of them? And specifically in the Bay Area– what is the history of it happening here?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I’ll see if I can find out. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jamie Cohen: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to know the history. What’s the history? \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OK, you got it.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jamie Cohen: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okay, cool.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[STREET NOISE]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you’ve ever gotten off at the 24th Street / Mission BART station, you’ve probably seen the doughnut shop that first piqued Jaime’s curiosity. It’s right on the corner: “Chinese Food and Donuts” in bold red lettering. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you eat breakfast today?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Yes. Early mornings, sometimes I feel hungry. I just grab a doughnut. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[laugh]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is Jolly Chan, the owner of China Express and Donut.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I’m an immigrant from Cambodia. I came to United States in 1981 and I have my small business started in 1985 in Los Angeles. And I move up to San Francisco and have this corner store in early 1993. And continue until now.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jolly’s shop is understated. On the wall there are neon signs flashing the two wildly different foods he serves. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The doughnut that we have every day – have glaze, have sugar.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doughnut holes, sprinkles, there’s chocolate. A few feet away — there’s a buffet style array of Chinese food classics. Like chicken fried rice, pot stickers, and sweet and sour pork. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most popular item for the Chinese food is the hot chicken wings, the teriyaki chicken and the broccoli beef. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What’s your favorite?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hot wings and the broccoli. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jolly says the beauty of this operation is that people can buy lunch and dinner for under 10 bucks. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah because it’s a local customer. Yeah. it’s not a tourist spot. It’s a local. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regulars can grab their coffee and a doughnut in the morning… And a plate of orange chicken in the afternoon. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A little spicy, a little sweet.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To some, it may seem like an unconventional pairing. But for \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jolly, this deep fried duo makes perfect sense. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah, because I know both. Donut and Chinese food. I used to cook Chinese food in Los Angeles.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">…Which is also where he learned how to make doughnuts. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah I learned it from my friend and the friend learned, yeah, it from each other. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And those friends learned from one very unlikely entrepreneur: \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ted Ngoy, the king of donut. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[laugh]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ted Ngoy. The Donut \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">King\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Donut King: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donut time!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Donut King is pretty much single-handedly responsible for building a doughnut dynasty across California. Ted was a refugee who fled Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge rose to power during the country’s civil war. In 1975, he arrived in California without a penny to his name. One day, he was working at a gas station when he smelled a sweet aroma from a nearby doughnut shop. Here he is in a recent documentary made by Alice Gu, aptly called “The Donut King.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ted Ngoy:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I remember it was a slow night, about midnight and there’s no traffic. I ran real fast to come to this window right here. I say, ‘Lady, I would like to buy some doughnut.’ She said, ‘Okay, I’ll sell you a dozen doughnut.’ I fell in love with doughnuts from that moment that I had a bite. Doughnuts remind me of a cake called nom-ko in Cambodia. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was love at first bite. Ted applied and got accepted to a training program with Winchell’s Donut House. Before long he’d scraped together the money to buy his own shop. And then another. And then another. Within a decade, he owned 70 doughnut shops across California. And, get this… Those iconic pink boxes? That was Ted. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Ted Ngoy: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before we come to the picture, American people always use a white box. One day I asked the salesman, say ‘How about we create some kind of pink box? The pink box costs a lot less. Even a dime or two dime. We can save a lot of money.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ted had a knack for business and he shared his fortune with other immigrants. He sponsored over 100 Cambodian families to immigrate to the US and when they arrived he would literally open up his mansion to them. And he taught them how to make donuts. At one point, there were reportedly over 5,000 independent doughnut shops sprinkled around the state. Roughly 90 percent were owned by Cambodians. Most were concentrated in Southern California but pretty soon these immigrant-owned mom and pop shops started opening up in the Bay Area. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dorothy Chow: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We distribute currently all throughout Northern California. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is Dorothy Chow of B and H Bakery Distributors, a Cambodian American-owned company that supplies doughnut ingredients\u003c/span>\u003cb>. \u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dorothy Chow: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basically the whole purpose is it started to just try and create another option to help our own people. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dorothy’s dad started running the business decades ago as an alternative to the giant companies that held a monopoly on doughnut supplies. His singular motivation was to support Cambodian refugees like himself. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dorothy Chow: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My dad is actually one of the first groups that escaped out of Cambodia. And on top of that he was caught into the labor camps that were happening at the time. He’s seen really, really horrific things and I’m sure a lot of these doughnut shop owners have their own experiences. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Going to her dad’s warehouse and selling donuts in the summer, Dorothy spent a lot of time with people who had just come from Cambodia. They worked hard to get a better life for their kids. And took advantage of the resources and knowledge around them in their community, learning to cook new cuisines and run businesses. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dorothy Chow: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I mean if you’ve gone through war and you’ve been able to escape. You’ve lost your family and you’ve seen terrible things, you know, owning a doughnuts shop is a piece of cake. \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[laughs]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, most of these shops deal strictly in doughnuts. But others have the space, skills, and equipment to make high profit fast foods that cater to Americans tastes, like hot dogs and hamburgers. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Dorothy Chow:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Why not make something that can make more money? You know, doughnuts are fast food that you can get. And they’re trying to do the same thing with that lunch category. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dorothy says there are more donut-Chinese crossover shops in urban areas – like San Francisco and Oakland. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reason why? It’s back at Jolly Chan’s restaurant near the 24th Street Bart station. Hi, can I get a veggie deluxe please? And I’ll get a \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">doughnut\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, too.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jolly Chan says, for him – the combination of doughnuts and Chinese food came out of necessity. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan:\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The rent, the cost of employee, the cost of everything in Bay Area is higher than other places. We have to sell more stuff to make up the rent and the expense. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doughnut shops in less expensive areas can \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">afford\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to close when they’ve sold out. But closing at noon is impossible in urban areas where the rents are higher. So Jolly had to incorporate another food option to appeal to the lunch crowd. He considered burgers, but that would mean competing with the McDonalds across the street. He already knew how to make Chinese food from his early days in the US, and it helped his shop stand out on a crowded corner. Jolly says his customers are local to the Mission District. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">80 percent Latino. 80 percent Latino. They love it. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or, the folks that used to be local. That’s all changing now.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the 90s a lot of Latino, a lot of live in this Mission District. But now after they develop the Valencia, yeah a lot of younger people. They are coming and they don’t like the way that we sell. The food that we sell. The donuts that we sell. They eat different food.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jolly says he’s struggled to keep up with the changes in the Mission. He specializes in the good old fashioned stuff. Like – those gooey raspberry jelly donuts, or cake donuts with rainbow sprinkles. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What donut used to be.\u003c/span>\u003cb>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What did donuts used to be?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Jolly Chan: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The traditional donut. Not the one that they make up like a cake like a decoration that cost more than the regular one, yeah.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Asal Ehsanipour: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He’s talking about shops like Dynamo Donuts on 24th Street just a few blocks over. They sell donuts that are local, artisanal, seasonal, organic – you get it. And that competition has been hard for Jolly. Cambodian entrepreneurs like Jolly Chan are survivors. They left their homeland. And through sheer grit, they were able to thrive here in California. But, according to Jolly, everything is changing so fast. And after all this time, he’s not sure he has the energy to keep up.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Olivia Allen-Price: \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That was reporter Asal Ehsanipour. We do have an update since this story aired. China Express and Donut DID survive the challenges of the pandemic. Jolly Chan still owns the shop, though he is looking for his next step. Retirement perhaps. The business is for sale. So if you’re interested, give him a call.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We’ve got a brand new voting round to kick off the new year – Here’s what’s up for consideration: \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who is “Stevens” and why is Stevens Creek in San Jose and Cupertino named after him or her?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why does San Jose have such a high concentration of Vietnamese people?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I see peacocks sometimes in the East Foothills of San Jose. They certainly are not native to California. How did they get here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Head to BayCuriuos.org to vote for which question you’d like to hear on the program. It only takes a few seconds! \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This episode of Bay Curious was made in 2021 by Katie McMurran, Suzie Racho and Katrina Schwartz. It was updated this week by Christopher Beale, Olivia Allen-Price, Amanda Font and Ana De Almeida Amaral. Our show is a production of member-supported KQED in San Francisco. I’m Olivia Allen-Price. Have a great week!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>"
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"content": "\u003cp>Remember that long-lost pleasure of enjoying a drink \u003cem>inside\u003c/em> a bar? In San Francisco, starting Thursday, you can do that again (if you’re old enough). Then, if you’re feeling up to it, enjoy a sweat in a sauna and maybe even a few bounces in the trampoline park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because the city will move into the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/\">least-restrictive yellow tier\u003c/a> governing COVID reopenings, effective 8 a.m. Thursday. City leaders \u003ca href=\"https://sfmayor.org/article/san-francisco-reopens-and-expands-businesses-and-activities-it-moves-states-yellow-tier\">announced the move\u003c/a> on Tuesday, which will allow the few remaining business sectors that have remained shuttered to reopen, and allow significantly expanded capacity in others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco and Los Angeles County — which on Tuesday \u003ca href=\"https://laist.com/news/la-county-enters-yellow-tier-the-biggest-reopening-yet\">also announced plans to advance to the least-restrictive tier\u003c/a> — will become the first major urban areas in California to do so, having both met the state’s requirements of low COVID-19 case rates, hospitalizations and other health metrics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is an incredible milestone for us to hit as we move forward on our path to recovery, and it is possible because of how well we are doing in our efforts to vaccinate everyone we can in this City and how well the people of San Francisco have done listening to public health officials,” Mayor London Breed said in a statement Tuesday. “The Yellow Tier means that no longer are there any businesses that are required to keep their doors shut in this City, and it means we are continuing to allow more activities to be done safely with more people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With this change, San Francisco will expand most indoor activities to 50% capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indoor bars that don’t serve food can now reopen at 25% capacity, up to 100 people. 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And for the first time in over a year, the total number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in San Francisco \u003ca href=\"https://data.sfgov.org/stories/s/wmxr-upyn\">has dipped below 20\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That progress, officials said, is the direct result of vaccination efforts in San Francisco, where 72% of residents ages 16 and older have now received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, almost twice the vaccination rate six weeks ago. Meanwhile, 86% of city’s residents over 65 have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and 73% are fully vaccinated, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It has been really incredible. San Francisco is doing a wonderful job around the vaccinations,” Breed said at a press event Tuesday. “The more people get vaccinated, the more opportunities we have to start to get back to life as we know it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, she implored residents who have not yet received the vaccine to make an appointment immediately, acknowledging the challenge of reaching those who remain hesitant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But I will tell you, this last bit of wrangling of those who were hesitant about getting the vaccine is going to continue to be our most challenging time,” Breed said. “And so we are working with community organizations to get more creative about getting people comfortable with getting the vaccine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added, “The last thing I want to do is get in front of a podium and tell everyone we have to close the city down. So I’m going to do everything I can to proceed with caution to make sure that that does not happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Underscoring that point, Dr. Grant Colfax, director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health, cautioned that the city’s “optimism is tempered” by recent rollbacks in Oregon and Washington amid a decline in vaccination rates and emergence of new variants in those states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We must stay vigilant and get vaccination rates even higher to prevent COVID from spreading in San Francisco,” Colfax said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A total of seven of the state’s 58 counties are now in the state’s least restrictive yellow tier. A full list of businesses and activities in San Francisco that can reopen or expand capacity is available \u003ca href=\"https://sfmayor.org/article/san-francisco-reopens-and-expands-businesses-and-activities-it-moves-states-yellow-tier\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news comes as Marin County, which was widely expected to join San Francisco in moving to the yellow tier this week, announced it would not be able to advance yet, having fallen just shy of the state’s requirements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Scott Shafer contributed reporting to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>With two months to go before a statewide eviction moratorium expired in January, lawmakers, lobbyists and the governor’s staff were already deep into negotiations on an extension. They reached it \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/california-divide/2021/01/california-extends-eviction-moratorium-through-june/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">just days before the deadline\u003c/a>, providing six more months of a ban on eviction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, with two months left before that \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB91\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">extension itself expires on June 30\u003c/a>, there is no proposed legislation on giving renters more time before the moratorium ends, and lawmakers expressed uncertainty that there would be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It remains to be seen if there’s appetite in Sacramento to extend the protections past June 30,” said David Chiu, a San Francisco Democrat who wrote the original eviction moratorium legislation. “But I don’t think any of my colleagues have an interest in seeing a wave of mass evictions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, a group of local-level elected officials, renters and tenant advocates called for an extension of the moratorium, either through legislative action or executive fiat, and a change to the elements of the law that still allow landlords to evict tenants for reasons other than failing to pay their rent. 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It found a troubling lack of workplace protections for reducing the spread of COVID-19, with many employees worried they were putting their lives at risk to earn a paycheck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About two-thirds of the survey’s respondents were concentrated in the Bay Area, and included many immigrants and people of color. 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And three in five surveyed said they weren’t informed about their right to use paid sick leave for COVID-19, according to the report titled “Few Options, Many Risks.” [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Winnie Kao, attorney with the Asian Law Caucus\"]‘Workers really feel that they’re risking their livelihood to push back in any way, and that if you speak up either about your symptoms or about lack of protections, you’re potentially losing your job.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results are troubling for efforts to contain the virus, since one in three respondents felt uncomfortable reporting coronavirus symptoms to their bosses, said Winnie Kao, an attorney with San Francisco’s Asian Law Caucus and one of the authors of the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There might be protections out there on paper, but many folks don’t know about them,” said Kao, who leads her organization’s workers rights project. “Workers really feel that they’re risking their livelihood to push back in any way, and that if you speak up either about your symptoms or about lack of protections, you’re potentially losing your job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kao said many workers are not speaking up about COVID-19 concerns out of fear of retaliation or doubt that their employer will address the problem. 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The vast majority of participants responded to the survey in Chinese or Spanish, suggesting they were immigrants, said Kao.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lower-income communities of color have been disproportionately impacted by the virus. For example, since the beginning of the pandemic, 10,400 working-age Latinos in California have died from COVID-19, four times the number of white people in the same age group, according to California Department of Public Health figures. 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Other workers at the same McDonald’s also filed complaints with Cal/OSHA, alleging their employer failed to notify them of potential exposure to co-workers confirmed with COVID-19, \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/coronavirus/AB6852020FAQs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as required\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The restaurant’s manager was not available to respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Tuesday, Velazquez, who has two young sons to support, rallied with other fast food workers outside the McDonald’s on E. 12th St. in Oakland in support of a state bill that aims to improve conditions for fast food workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Assembly Bill 257\u003c/a>, by Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez of San Diego, would also make fast food franchisors liable for violations of employment, safety and other laws by their franchisees.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Resources:\u003c/h3>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Additional information on reporting a labor violation can be found \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSE/Know_Your_Rights.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a> (available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Tagalog and Vietnamese).\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Report a labor law violation \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/HowToReportViolationtoBOFE.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>How to file a retaliation/discrimination complaint can be found \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/HowToFileRetaliationComplaint.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story contains a \u003ca href=\"#correction\">correction\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11873099/como-declarar-sus-impuestos-si-recibio-beneficios-por-desempleo-que-saber-y-donde-encontrar-ayuda\">Leer en español\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Skip straight to: \u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#help\">Where to find free or low-cost tax help resources online\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The 2021 IRS deadline for filing your taxes has been pushed to May 17 to give people more time to get organized in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with this extra time, your situation is likely to be even more complicated if you’ve been unemployed during the course of the pandemic — since you have to pay taxes on federal unemployment if you earned above a certain amount in benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the new IRS tax filing deadline now less than a month away, here's what you need to know about filing your taxes if you've claimed unemployment benefits this year — and where you can find free or low-cost tax help, even after many such support services closed up shop on the original IRS deadline of April 15.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>I Received Unemployment Benefits in 2020. How Are They Taxed?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Unlike many other states, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ftb.ca.gov/file/personal/income-types/unemployment.html\">Californians do not have to pay state income tax on unemployment benefits\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc418\">Unemployment benefits \u003cem>are\u003c/em> subject to federal taxes\u003c/a>, but the American Rescue Plan created \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/new-exclusion-of-up-to-10200-of-unemployment-compensation\">new thresholds for what’s taxable\u003c/a> in this case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If your modified adjusted gross income (AGI) is less than $150,000, for singles or married people filing separately, you don’t have to pay taxes on the first $10,200 of 2020 unemployment benefits you earned. For married people filing jointly, if each spouse received unemployment, this exemption applies to the first $10,200 worth of benefits for both individuals. If your modified AGI is $150,000 or more, this exemption does not apply to you. And the threshold stays the same for all statuses — it will not double to $300, 000 if you are married and filing a joint return, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you file a Form 1040-NR (or \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-1040-nr\">U.S. Non Resident Alien Income Tax Return\u003c/a>), the IRS says your spouse isn’t eligible for the tax break on the first $10,200 worth of benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Employment Development Department (EDD), \u003ca href=\"https://www.edd.ca.gov/unemployment/Get_Tax_Information_(Form_1099G).htm\">Pandemic Additional Compensation\u003c/a> — that extra $600 federal benefit bump people got from March until late July, and the extra $300 federal benefit bump people started getting in late December — is taxable and must be included in your gross income. However, don’t confuse this money with one-off stimulus checks from the U.S. government (most recently $1,400), which are not taxable. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11867087\">Read more about pandemic federal benefits if you're claiming unemployment in California.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What Kind of Unemployment Documentation Do I Need For Filing My Taxes?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you received unemployment benefits in 2020, EDD should have already sent you \u003ca href=\"https://www.edd.ca.gov/unemployment/pdf/1099G-info-sheet.pdf\">your 1099G form\u003c/a>, which is a record of the total taxable income EDD has issued to you in a calendar year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you haven’t gotten this form for some reason, you can print one or request a paper copy through your \u003ca href=\"https://edd.ca.gov/Unemployment/UI_Online.htm\">UI Online\u003c/a> account on EDD’s website.\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=\"news_11862122\"]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EDD recommends that if your 1099G form shows a $0 amount, you should call 1-866-401-2849 (Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.) \u003ca href=\"https://askedd.edd.ca.gov/AskEDD/s/topicdetail?cat=Form_1099G&catN=Form_1099G&scat=Form%201099G&scatN=Form_1099G&ttitle=I%20don%E2%80%99t%20agree%20with%20the%20amount%20on%20my%20Form%201099G.&topicid=ka0t0000000Li5ZAAS&parentSubCat=false\">You can also report form problems online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What If I Didn’t Collect Unemployment Benefits in 2020, but I Still Received a Form 1099G?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Considering \u003ca href=\"https://www.edd.ca.gov/unemployment/pdf/fraud-info-sheet.pdf\">EDD has already confirmed it’s paid out more than $10 billion in fraudulent claims\u003c/a>, there will certainly be tax forms going out to people whose identities have been used to file fake claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you get a form documenting funds you never received, EDD says to call 1-866-401-2849, but “I would encourage people to use the online tool versus trying to call,” said Amy Spivey, director of the \u003ca href=\"https://tax.uchastings.edu/litc/\">UC Hastings Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://askedd.edd.ca.gov/AskEDD/s/topic?parentSubCat=false&scatN=Form_1099G&scatL=Form+1099G&category=Form_1099G&cat=Form_1099G\">report fraud on your 1099G form\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"https://askedd.edd.ca.gov/AskEDD/s/\">EDD's site\u003c/a>. Just follow the topic boxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11870636\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11870636\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/edd-screenshot.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot of the EDD websi\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/edd-screenshot.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/edd-screenshot-800x539.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/edd-screenshot-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/edd-screenshot-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/edd-screenshot-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot of EDD's website, showing various options for questioning issues with your 1099G form. \u003ccite>(EDD)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you feel there is an error on your 1099G form and can’t get an amended one from EDD before filing time, make sure you \u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> report that income when you file your taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Spivey, if there’s a mismatch between the earnings on your return and a 1099G the IRS has for you in its system, you’ll likely get a notice flagging underreported income. \"And then at that point, you could respond directly to the IRS as well,\" advised Spivey. The downside of that, she said, is that if you're eligible for a refund, it could delay it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How Do Withholdings Work With Unemployment Income?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\"You aren’t required to take any tax withholdings from your unemployment,\" said Spivey — but you could have opted in to a flat 10% withholding previously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spivey said most people she’s seen through her work \u003cem>haven’t\u003c/em> had withholdings on their unemployment benefits. \"I had expected that this was going to be a big problem for the 2020 tax filing season,\" said Spivey, \"but ultimately, I don’t think it’s been much of an issue.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She attributed that to the exemption thresholds put in through the American Rescue Plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Should I Just Submit for an Extension on Filing My Taxes?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Spivey said she anticipates \"a significant number of people that will not do [their taxes] this year, and then get charged penalties and interest.\" Sometimes people then experience a \"snowball effect,\" she said. \"They don't do one year and then it causes anxiety, and then they just don't do them for a couple of years.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spivey strongly encouraged people to file their taxes to avoid getting sucked into this cycle. If you need more time, \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/extension-of-time-to-file-your-tax-return\">submitting for an extension via a Form 4868\u003c/a> will buy you until Oct. 15 to file your tax return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're anticipating needing help to file, remember that filing after the official deadline will mean that many of the free and low-cost options for tax prep that \u003cem>would\u003c/em> have been available before that date are no longer available. And speaking of tax help ...\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"help\">\u003c/a>Where Can I Find Free or Low-Cost Help Filing My Taxes, and When Will It Be Available?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Spivey said one of the main questions she’s getting lately is: \"Who can still help me?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because a chunk of the free and low-cost support services close up shop on April 15, despite the deadline extension to May 17.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is year-round tax help through groups like \u003ca href=\"https://tax-aid.org/\">Tax-Aid\u003c/a>. And though Spivey said there are no guarantees, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11868240/newsom-announces-plan-to-open-up-business-as-usual-in-california-by-june-15\">California planning to reopen its economy in mid-June\u003c/a> after over a year of COVID-19 restrictions, you may also stand a better chance of finding in-person tax help in the coming months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spivey will also be holding \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/events/3058461587773782/\">a Facebook Live tax session\u003c/a> on behalf of the clinic on April 22 at 10 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11862122/how-to-get-your-california-stimulus-check-and-other-tax-credits-youre-entitled-to#orgs\">See our list of organizations offering free tax assistance in the Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Free Online Help for Tax Filing \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-for-free\">Free File: Do Your Federal Taxes for Free\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.getyourrefund.org/en\">Get Your Refund\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://irs.treasury.gov/freetaxprep/\">IRS Free Tax Prep\u003c/a> (please note that some of these clinics expired April 15, but it’s still worth checking)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.211ca.org/search?taxonomyCode=DT-8800\">211 Tax Preparation Assistance\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Call 211 direct if you don’t have consistent internet access\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003ca id=\"correction\">\u003c/a>\u003cem>Sept. 13: This story has been corrected to amend the earnings threshold listed for tax exemptions related to unemployment income. The exemption applies to single people or married people filing separately whose modified adjusted gross income is less than $150,000. The story originally stated that the threshold was $75,000 for singles or married filing separately.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>EDD recommends that if your 1099G form shows a $0 amount, you should call 1-866-401-2849 (Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.) \u003ca href=\"https://askedd.edd.ca.gov/AskEDD/s/topicdetail?cat=Form_1099G&catN=Form_1099G&scat=Form%201099G&scatN=Form_1099G&ttitle=I%20don%E2%80%99t%20agree%20with%20the%20amount%20on%20my%20Form%201099G.&topicid=ka0t0000000Li5ZAAS&parentSubCat=false\">You can also report form problems online\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>What If I Didn’t Collect Unemployment Benefits in 2020, but I Still Received a Form 1099G?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Considering \u003ca href=\"https://www.edd.ca.gov/unemployment/pdf/fraud-info-sheet.pdf\">EDD has already confirmed it’s paid out more than $10 billion in fraudulent claims\u003c/a>, there will certainly be tax forms going out to people whose identities have been used to file fake claims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you get a form documenting funds you never received, EDD says to call 1-866-401-2849, but “I would encourage people to use the online tool versus trying to call,” said Amy Spivey, director of the \u003ca href=\"https://tax.uchastings.edu/litc/\">UC Hastings Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can \u003ca href=\"https://askedd.edd.ca.gov/AskEDD/s/topic?parentSubCat=false&scatN=Form_1099G&scatL=Form+1099G&category=Form_1099G&cat=Form_1099G\">report fraud on your 1099G form\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"https://askedd.edd.ca.gov/AskEDD/s/\">EDD's site\u003c/a>. Just follow the topic boxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11870636\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1900px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11870636\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/edd-screenshot.jpg\" alt=\"A screenshot of the EDD websi\" width=\"1900\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/edd-screenshot.jpg 1900w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/edd-screenshot-800x539.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/edd-screenshot-1020x687.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/edd-screenshot-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/edd-screenshot-1536x1035.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1900px) 100vw, 1900px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screenshot of EDD's website, showing various options for questioning issues with your 1099G form. \u003ccite>(EDD)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you feel there is an error on your 1099G form and can’t get an amended one from EDD before filing time, make sure you \u003cem>don’t\u003c/em> report that income when you file your taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Spivey, if there’s a mismatch between the earnings on your return and a 1099G the IRS has for you in its system, you’ll likely get a notice flagging underreported income. \"And then at that point, you could respond directly to the IRS as well,\" advised Spivey. The downside of that, she said, is that if you're eligible for a refund, it could delay it.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>How Do Withholdings Work With Unemployment Income?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\"You aren’t required to take any tax withholdings from your unemployment,\" said Spivey — but you could have opted in to a flat 10% withholding previously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spivey said most people she’s seen through her work \u003cem>haven’t\u003c/em> had withholdings on their unemployment benefits. \"I had expected that this was going to be a big problem for the 2020 tax filing season,\" said Spivey, \"but ultimately, I don’t think it’s been much of an issue.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She attributed that to the exemption thresholds put in through the American Rescue Plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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