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I was able to cross yesterday!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11876593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Luna-At-Border.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11876593\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Luna-At-Border-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Luna-At-Border-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Luna-At-Border-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Luna-At-Border-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Luna-At-Border.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luna Guzmán arrives at the US-Mexico border on May 9, 2021 to ask for humanitarian parole. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Luna Guzmán)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This time, she had the help of an attorney, from the Oakland-based \u003ca href=\"https://transgenderlawcenter.org/\">Transgender Law Center\u003c/a>, who helped her with an application for humanitarian parole. 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She’ll eventually be able to get her own apartment, through a program in New York City that guarantees housing for people living with HIV. With her humanitarian parole status, Luna is eligible for Medicaid in New York, which can help her get HIV meds, hormones or eventually, gender-affirming surgery. And QDEP can help her with English-language classes and mental health services, too. She was also able to finally get a COVID-19 vaccine, which had been difficult to access in Tijuana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It almost sounds too good to be true – like some kind of fairy godmother swooped in and gave Luna a start at a new life. We confirmed it all with QDEP’s co-director, Ian Zdanowicz, himself a trans immigrant from Poland. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It almost sounds too good to be true – like some kind of fairy godmother swooped in and gave Luna a start at a new life. We confirmed it all with QDEP’s co-director, Ian Zdanowicz, himself a trans immigrant from Poland. He said his organization helps with services, but they also give trans migrants and former detainees like Luna a sense of community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11876600\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Lunas-Pink-Sneakers.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11876600\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Lunas-Pink-Sneakers-800x865.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Lunas-Pink-Sneakers-800x865.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Lunas-Pink-Sneakers-160x173.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Lunas-Pink-Sneakers.jpg 968w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luna Guzmán shows off her new pink high-top sneakers in her room at a shelter that houses transgender women in Queens. Being in New York and being around other trans women has given her the freedom to start to express her gender identity more freely, she said. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Luna Guzmán)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I really want to make people’s experience of those first few months or years in new place as bearable and, if possible, as joyful as we can,” said Zdanowicz. “Because I think we went through so much trauma in our life and now just painful experiences… It just helps to to go through those experiences together and support each other in that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April and May, Zdanowicz said QDEP – in partnership with the Transgender Law Center and the Santa Fe Dreamers Project – has been able to sponsor 15 LGBTQ migrants from the border for humanitarian parole, bringing them to New York City, including Luna. There’s no guarantee border officials will grant humanitarian parole, though, so with each migrant, Zdanowicz said he’s holding his breath until they finally get across the border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our organization is not super trusting of Biden’s administration,” he said. “I was really surprised that they let them through, gave them parole without detention. Other parts of the country are still detaining people. For example, in Juarez, they let some people in with parole, but they give everyone an ankle bracelet. So it’s very messy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luna will still have to present her case in front of an immigration judge in New York. But this time, she’ll have a lawyer to represent her. With the pandemic, the backlog of immigration cases could take many months, even years to resolve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11876599\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Luna-in-Subway.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11876599\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Luna-in-Subway-800x760.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Luna-in-Subway-800x760.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Luna-in-Subway-1020x969.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Luna-in-Subway-160x152.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/Luna-in-Subway.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luna Guzmán rides the subway in NYC. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Luna Guzmán)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While Luna is waiting, she can start to live the life she’s dreamed about. She’s been sending us videos of her dancing to street musicians in Times Square, and wearing her new pink high tops to take the subway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m living my dream, right?” Luna said in a recent voice message. “I may not be in California, but I am in New York. I know the universe will bring good things, and I’m going to be OK.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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Bueso, who lives in San Francisco, was unemployed for eight months but did not qualify for assistance because she is undocumented. Through an employment agency she was eventually able to find work a couple of days a week, but work is still unstable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bueso said she is not afraid of identifying herself as undocumented, because she contributes to the state and federal governments by paying her taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are also part of this state. We pay taxes. We pay them in each of our paychecks,” she said. “Even if they don’t let us qualify for certain benefits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every week, charges are taxed on our income for unemployment, disability benefits and social security … but we don’t get to see that. We are not asking for charity, we are asking to get back what we have given to this state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bueso has been volunteering at food banks as a way to feed her family. Last year, she received $1,000 from a nonprofit organization providing assistance to undocumented immigrant workers, but given the cost of living in San Francisco, the money hasn’t gone far.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We [essential immigrant workers] should not be feeling so unprotected as we are now. We don’t have a guarantee … if we lose our employment, we are practically left with nothing, in the streets, because many of us have been evicted from the places we live because we owe more than eight months in rent,” Bueso said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state Legislature is currently in the final stages of deciding how to spend a $75 billion budget surplus. Some believe the surplus should include more support for immigrant workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The issue of political will is always a question, but financially it’s viable,” said Lucas Zucker, policy and communications director for Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy, which organized the protest. “The rich have gotten richer in this pandemic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11862122]Zucker said the state of New York has shown leadership on the issue with its establishment of an \u003ca href=\"https://access.nyc.gov/programs/excluded-workers-fund/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">excluded workers fund\u003c/a>, which is a direct payment for low-income workers who don’t qualify for other benefits. 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"content": "\u003cp>Last summer, Imelda Arroyo and a co-worker at an Oakland fast food restaurant filed a complaint with the California agency in charge of enforcing health and safety regulations in the workplace. Colleagues had been diagnosed with COVID-19, but their boss hadn’t notified staff and had failed to ensure all employees and customers wore face masks, Arroyo said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt like they were putting us and customers at too great of a risk,” she said, in Spanish. “I was afraid. I knew that at any moment I could get sick at work, and get my family sick.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mother of three worried about bringing the coronavirus home to her kids and a diabetic sister with a higher risk of severe illness. Arroyo wanted state inspectors from Cal/OSHA to come investigate quickly and make her workplace safer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the months that followed, her employers at the restaurant still failed to follow state \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/dosh_publications/COVIDOnePageFS.pdf\">rules\u003c/a> to prevent exposure to the virus, and more co-workers got infected, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Imelda Arroyo, Oakland fast food worker\"]‘I was asking for protection. But they didn’t listen to me, and they took too long.’[/pullquote]“I was asking for protection,” Arroyo said. She submitted her complaint to Cal/OSHA in June 2020 after trying unsuccessfully to get her manager to address the concerns. “But they didn’t listen to me, and they took too long.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Arroyo finally heard back from Cal/OSHA nine months later, on Feb. 22, 2021, officials said their inspection had found no violations at the restaurant. Yet no Cal/OSHA inspector had ever interviewed her, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, Cal/OSHA, more formally known as the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, has been understaffed. But vacancies in the ranks of field inspectors, who conduct investigations, only worsened during the pandemic, crippling the agency’s ability to protect millions of workers who faced new risks from COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, as the head of Cal/OSHA and the state’s labor secretary are in line for top positions in the Biden administration, the lack of enforcement in California is facing new scrutiny.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Enforcement of health and safety regulations has been minimal to non-existent due to the lack of occupational health inspectors,” staffers of a California Senate committee wrote in a February 2021 \u003ca href=\"https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/20792875/02252021_sub-5-agenda-final.pdf\">report on Cal/OSHA\u003c/a>. “As a result, workers in California continue to be exposed to COVID-related and other health hazards, and sustain serious illnesses and injuries, including death.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal government has also identified deficiencies. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has long criticized low staffing levels at Cal/OSHA which have resulted in delays in issuing citations for violations, according to the same report by the California Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As COVID-19 cases, and deaths, spiked across the state last fall and winter, Cal/OSHA received thousands of worker complaints related to the virus. Yet the vacancy rate for field inspectors doubled to 26% as of late February, compared to 13% two years earlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Garrett Brown, former Cal/OSHA field inspector\"]‘It’s a very sad situation. It has never been this bad.’[/pullquote]In recent months, the agency has hired some new inspectors, but others have left, and 52 positions — 22% of the total — remained vacant statewide as of April 30, according to officials with the Department of Industrial Relations, which oversees Cal/OSHA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a very sad situation. It has never been this bad,” said Garrett Brown, a former field inspector who worked for more than two decades at Cal/OSHA, and who has been \u003ca href=\"https://insidecalosha.org/staffing/\">tracking\u003c/a> low staffing levels at the agency since the 1990s. “And it has just a tremendously adverse, harmful impact on the health, safety and rights of workers in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the pandemic began, Cal/OSHA has received 13,000 complaints related to COVID-19, out of about 18,500 complaints overall. The agency conducted on-site, workplace inspections in 18% of the coronavirus cases, while responding to the rest with letters requiring employers to address safety and health concerns. As of May 20, the agency had issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/COVID19citations.html\">citations\u003c/a> for 550 violations, assessing $5.1 million in proposed penalties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A spokeswoman with the Department of Industrial Relations said both agencies “have been working hard” to find qualified candidates for field inspector positions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Over the past several months, we have conducted a nationwide recruitment campaign in order to fill industrial hygienist and safety engineer positions,” DIR spokeswoman Erika Monterroza said, in a statement. “Cal/OSHA’s goal is to fill all enforcement positions as quickly as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for most of the last two years, the hiring process has been slower than normal, in part because the Department of Industrial Relations lost its authority to make hires directly due to a nepotism \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/networth/article/Major-California-labor-official-accused-of-13728257.php\">scandal\u003c/a> involving former director Christine Baker, who retired in 2018. From April 2019 to March 2021, DIR required pre-approval from the California Human Resources Department to hire staffers, Monterroza said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='calosha']Brown, the former Cal/OSHA inspector, said the dysfunction in hiring dates back many years. He faulted the current agency director, Doug Parker, and especially state Labor Secretary Julie Su, who previously served as state \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/\">labor commissioner\u003c/a>, for not doing more to solve it. Both officials could soon leave their positions, Parker to head federal OSHA and Su to become deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very disappointing, is all I can say,” said Brown. “Julie Su had quite a successful record of protecting worker rights as labor commissioner, but as labor secretary, she presided over the hollowing out of Cal/OSHA.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through her special assistant, Colton Stadtmiller, Su declined to comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Assemblymember Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, who heads the state Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment, was less critical of Su and Parker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think this falls necessarily with one individual including the department heads, I think this is something that has been long-standing,” said Kalra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kalra said the pandemic has made hiring a challenge for all sorts of employers, and it’s difficult to recruit qualified personnel to inspector positions. 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Only the Mexican consulate could grant them one, and for weeks, they had been trying, unsuccessfully, to book an appointment through \u003ca href=\"https://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/denver/index.php/citas/mexitel\">Mexitel\u003c/a>, the government’s helpline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I started to get really desperate because we were only missing the passports and we were falling behind in this process,” Leydi said, in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For about two months, I was calling every day. Sometimes I would not get a response, other times the call would not go through or all the lines were busy,” Jorge added, in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the country, there are 50 Mexican consulates serving roughly 11 million Mexican citizens in the United States. Two of these consulates are in the Bay Area — in San Francisco and San Jose — and both sites request appointments be made through Mexitel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jorge says he called so many times he even figured out the schedule of the operators at the other end of the line. “I would start calling at 10 a.m. and only hear the line ring and no one would pick up my call till 2 p.m.,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When he did finally connect with an operator, the only available appointments he was offered were months away or at other consulates far from the Bay Area.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003cbr>\nAt the time, Leydi and Jorge had just started working again, and missing a day or two to travel to consulates in Sacramento or Los Angeles would mean losing out on possible income their family sorely needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s complicated for us to plan a trip like this out of the blue,” Leydi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Running out of options and with the May 17 filing deadline fast approaching, they went directly to the San Francisco consulate to personally request an appointment. When they were not let in the building, they insisted on waiting outside until they received some kind of response.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the staffers finally came out and told them if they brought a letter from an advocacy organization or lawyer affirming that they urgently needed the passports, they could book an emergency appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unable to afford a lawyer, they reached out to the \u003ca href=\"https://medasf.org/\">Mission Economic Development Agency\u003c/a> (MEDA) in San Francisco for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dairo Romero is the community initiatives manager at MEDA, and this year he has helped dozens of families, many of whom are undocumented, file their taxes for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11876122\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11876122 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Dairo Romero, community initiatives manager at MEDA, sits at a table as he helps out a person file their taxes.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS49123_004_SanFrancisco_MEDADairoRomero_05192021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dairo Romero, right, with the Mission Economic Development Agency, helps an undocumented immigrant file taxes on May 19, 2021, at the Mission Food Hub in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Romero agreed to write a letter vouching for Leydi, explaining that they urgently needed the passports, which allowed them to finally book an appointment at the consulate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We felt so much more relieved,” said Jorge, holding on tightly to his passport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Romero points out that this method has its limitations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve written about six letters explaining why the consulate needs to prioritize the passport process, because it’s a document that will be needed later on in processes like filing taxes or applying for affordable housing,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romero added, “But I don’t want to promote the letters because I’ve gotten so many calls, even from people I don’t know, asking for me to write letters for them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>A ‘Stimulus Gap’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Romero has tried to help many other families going through similar situations, including ones from El Salvador and Guatemala, where California's second and third largest Latin American immigrant populations are from, after Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he's concerned many undocumented immigrants who would otherwise qualify to receive the state’s rebate checks are missing out because of difficulties navigating the consular system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Little data is available on how many eligible undocumented immigrants are missing out on the Golden State Stimulus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But an \u003ca href=\"https://www.capolicylab.org/the-stimulus-gap-2-2-million-californians-could-miss-5-7-billion-in-federal-stimulus-payments/\">April study\u003c/a> from the California Policy Lab may provide some clues. The report found that 2.2 million low-income Californians may be missing out on $5.7 billion in federal stimulus checks, a disparity it labels the “stimulus gap.” That figure does not include undocumented immigrants, who are automatically excluded from federal aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, among those 2.2 million Californians, the study identified 360,000 dependents who are U.S. citizens but are children of undocumented parents who have not filed taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The third round of federal stimulus checks, under the Biden administration, permitted mixed status families — if the children are citizens — to receive some assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, if undocumented parents are unable to file their taxes, their kids won’t get the aid they’re entitled to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11860924\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47239_001_SanFrancisco_HenryZhang_02162021-qut-1020x680.jpg\"]“There's been a lot of focus … about how these credits are going to lift people out of poverty,” said Aparna Ramesh, a senior research manager at California Policy Lab and a co-author of the report. “That's certainly true. But I think the bottom line is they're only going to lift people out of poverty if people actually receive the credits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Romero, from MEDA, emphasized how critical an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number can be for an undocumented person navigating aid programs during the pandemic, and how the complicated process of getting one can often drag things out even further.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because of the pandemic, these cases are fairly common,” Romero said, noting that many consulates limited their services due to health restrictions. “The process itself of receiving a passport is fairly easy but the problem is that there are no available appointments.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>’We’ll Never Be up to Date’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Nelda De León, an immigrant from Guatemala who lives in San Francisco, spent days trying to make an appointment with the Guatemalan consulate in San Francisco to secure a dual citizenship for her niece. When she finally got a response, the earliest available appointment was December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not easy, but this is something we need to do. It’s not fair because this amount of time should not be spent this way,” she said in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De León repeatedly insisted that the call center connect her directly with the Guatemalan consulate in San Francisco, and when they finally did, she managed to book an appointment the following week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Nelda De León, Immigrant from Guatemala\"]'It’s not easy but this is something we need to do. It’s not fair because this amount of time should not be spent this way.'[/pullquote]She says some of her friends tried to find an appointment to get their passport for their ITIN application, but weren’t able to find a time before the federal tax deadline, and are now scrambling to find the other types of accepted documentation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand the distress Guatemalans feel when they say no one is picking up,” said Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, the Guatemalan consul general in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wohlers started running the San Francisco consulate two years ago and has pushed for her office to expand its operations to meet the needs of the growing Guatemalan population she tries to serve in Northern California and Nevada. But she points out that while she and her staff are intimately familiar with the costs of running their consulate, they do not control their office’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That amount is calculated thousands of miles away in Guatemala City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11876118\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11876118\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, the Guatemalan consul general in San Francisco, types on her computer in her office. She is wearing glasses and a blue facemask.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, the Guatemalan consul general in San Francisco, acknowledges that the need for consular services in the Bay Area is much greater than her office's capacity. And while she'd like to bring in more staff, she says doing so would require authorization from Guatemalan authorities. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In Guatemala, the same thing has happened as other countries during the pandemic. Economic activity has gone down tremendously,” she said. “So we have to be extremely careful with the funds that we operate with.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, Wohlers explains, the need for consular services has significantly increased during the pandemic, even as her office has only been able to operate at limited capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a race against time,” she said, noting that if she wants to hire more staffers or even pay for more hours for existing employees, she needs to get approval from Guatemala’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ll never be up to date. Never. Because the need of the population we serve is greater every time. We’re fighting to catch up, but it’s difficult doing so,” Wohlers said, noting that her office hopes to open up additional appointments starting on June 15, when California eases pandemic restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through separate statements, the Mexican consulates in San Francisco and San Jose both said their capacity to offer appointments during the pandemic has also been limited due to health restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, Guatemalan consul general in San Francisco\"]'The need of the population we serve is greater every time. We’re fighting to catch up, but it’s difficult doing so.'[/pullquote]Alejandra Bologna Zubikarai, the Mexican consul general in San Jose, said in a statement in Spanish that her office “works at almost 100% capacity,” with some 1,000 appointments booked each week for passports and other identification documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A visit to the Mexitel website on May 26 showed there were no available appointments to file for a passport over the next two weeks — the only period that the website shares information for — at either the San Francisco or San Jose consulates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bologna pointed out that the consulate does offer emergency appointments in case someone can’t wait for the next available slot. But those who use this option must pay an extra 30% in fees to process a passport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Leydi and Jorge managed to get an emergency appointment for their passports, they were surprised when they saw this additional charge. “Many [immigrants] just can’t pay that extra 30%,” Jorge said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED reached out to the Salvadoran consulate for an interview multiple times but did not get an official response. Several calls were made during April and May to the phone number listed on the consulate’s Facebook page for booking an appointment. Each time, the automatic recording said all operators were busy and to call back later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramón Cardona, director of Centro Latino Cuzcatlan, an immigration and naturalization legal services center in El Cerrito, works with several Salvadoran families. He’s a Salvadoran immigrant himself and has worked in immigration advocacy for several decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Folks tell me that they are calling for days and days for someone to finally respond … but it is always the automatic recording, and no real person ever seems to respond. On the occasion a person responds, you’re transferred to another call center and it’s the same thing all over again, calling, calling and calling,” Cardona said, in Spanish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Ramón Cardona, director of Centro Latino Cuzcatlan\"]'Folks tell me that they are calling for days and days for someone to finally respond … but it is always the automatic recording.'[/pullquote]Like Romero, Cardona has also written multiple letters for families in need of an appointment. He’s met Salvadoran immigrants who have traveled to San Francisco from places as far away as Oregon and Utah, only to be turned down at the doors of the consulate because they did not have an appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cardona suggests consulates should clearly communicate how to most effectively schedule an appointment, especially when the need for one is urgent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The labyrinth of calls someone may have to go through may not just impact their Individual Taxpayer Identification Number process, but could also seriously delay immigration proceedings, Cardona pointed out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“An immigration process takes years,” he said. “And it could take even longer just because your consulate is not able to give you a passport.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003ca id=\"finding\">\u003c/a>Resources for People Still Trying to File Their Taxes\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>If you haven’t filed your taxes yet or are looking to apply for an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, there are several options still available. When filing, you can let your preparer know you have not received your Golden State Stimulus check yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The IRS is still accepting ITIN applications. The agency website says that it takes about seven weeks for an applicant to receive one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are a few organizations in the Bay Area that still offer free tax aid, as well as help applying for an ITIN (although only the IRS can actually provide an ITIN).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alameda County:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://irs.treasury.gov/freetaxprep/jsp/direction.jsp?id=11873&lng=-122.236562&lat=37.785067\">San Antonio CDC\u003c/a> offers appointments and drop-off filing services all year round except during July and December holidays. Assistance is available in English, Spanish, Cantonese and Mandarin. Appointments are usually available from Monday through Friday. Call (510) 536-5179 to set up a time.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Contra Costa County:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>SparkPoint/\u003ca href=\"https://www.ambroserec.org/bay-point-works-community-career-center\">Bay Point Works ECC\u003c/a> starts offering drop-off filing services and ITIN assistance starting June 2. Support is available in English and Spanish. Before dropping off, call (925) 252-2331 after 9:30 a.m.\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) will offer both walk-ins and appointments for assistance in the ITIN process in English and Spanish. Call (415) 612-2014 to check availability.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://chinesenewcomers.org/en/volunteer-income-tax-assistance-program-vita/\">The 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\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Solano County:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bencac.com/\">Benicia Community Action Council\u003c/a> offers drop-off tax aid until October 30. Assistance is only available in English. The best times to drop off tax information are between Tuesday and Thursday. For more, call (707) 745-0900.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/mfharvin\">Mary Franklin Harvin\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/csevern\">Carly Severn\u003c/a> contributed to this post.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>She says some of her friends tried to find an appointment to get their passport for their ITIN application, but weren’t able to find a time before the federal tax deadline, and are now scrambling to find the other types of accepted documentation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand the distress Guatemalans feel when they say no one is picking up,” said Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, the Guatemalan consul general in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wohlers started running the San Francisco consulate two years ago and has pushed for her office to expand its operations to meet the needs of the growing Guatemalan population she tries to serve in Northern California and Nevada. But she points out that while she and her staff are intimately familiar with the costs of running their consulate, they do not control their office’s budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That amount is calculated thousands of miles away in Guatemala City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11876118\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11876118\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, the Guatemalan consul general in San Francisco, types on her computer in her office. She is wearing glasses and a blue facemask.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/194808269_139313008259625_4534454110953541825_n-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sylvia Wohlers Gomar de Meie, the Guatemalan consul general in San Francisco, acknowledges that the need for consular services in the Bay Area is much greater than her office's capacity. And while she'd like to bring in more staff, she says doing so would require authorization from Guatemalan authorities. \u003ccite>(Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“In Guatemala, the same thing has happened as other countries during the pandemic. Economic activity has gone down tremendously,” she said. “So we have to be extremely careful with the funds that we operate with.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, Wohlers explains, the need for consular services has significantly increased during the pandemic, even as her office has only been able to operate at limited capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a race against time,” she said, noting that if she wants to hire more staffers or even pay for more hours for existing employees, she needs to get approval from Guatemala’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ll never be up to date. Never. Because the need of the population we serve is greater every time. We’re fighting to catch up, but it’s difficult doing so,” Wohlers said, noting that her office hopes to open up additional appointments starting on June 15, when California eases pandemic restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Through separate statements, the Mexican consulates in San Francisco and San Jose both said their capacity to offer appointments during the pandemic has also been limited due to health restrictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In the parking lot of a small supermarket in South Hayward, a handful of volunteers with the Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center asked shoppers in Spanish if they had received the COVID-19 vaccine, and if not, encouraged them to book an appointment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the community health workers — known among Latino immigrants as \u003cem>promotoras\u003c/em> — struck up a conversation with a woman who got out of a pickup truck holding a baby and a toddler dressed in pajamas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Guadalupe Perez, Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center promotora\"]‘Some people say, ‘No, I don’t want to go in, especially because I heard somebody got sick. So I don’t want to get sick and miss work.’’[/pullquote]The woman, Mayra Contreras, said she was still deciding whether to get the shot, and needed more information. But she said her hands are full working as a babysitter and helping her own children keep up with virtual school at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m going to think about it,” said Contreras, 36, after accepting a bilingual flyer dispelling \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/facts.html\">common myths\u003c/a> about the vaccine and explaining how to sign up. “It’s also because of time. Life is just stressful with kids.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Contreras is one of tens of thousands of residents in ZIP Code 94544 who don’t yet have the shot against the deadly disease. South Hayward, as well as East Oakland and other working-class neighborhoods along the I-880 highway, are lagging behind the rest of Alameda County in \u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/data.page\">vaccination rates\u003c/a> even though they are the very places where people have suffered the highest rates of illness and death from COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As demand for doses dwindled at mega vaccination sites such as at the Oakland Coliseum, which is \u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/covid19-assets/docs/press/press-release-2021.05.05.pdf\">set to close\u003c/a> on Sunday, Bay Area public health officials are shifting strategies to target communities where a greater proportion of eligible people remain unvaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In South Hayward, health workers say, some adults are holding out because of unreliable information they got from friends or social media. But others are busy with two jobs, trying to make up income they lost earlier in the pandemic, and find it challenging to take time off to get the shot and recover from possible \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/expect/after.html\">side effects\u003c/a>, said Guadalupe Perez, a long-time \u003cem>promotora\u003c/em> with the Tiburcio Vasquez clinic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some people say, ‘No, I don’t want to go in, especially because I heard somebody got sick. So I don’t want to get sick and miss work,’ ” said Perez. She recommends they weigh the risks of getting seriously ill from the coronavirus versus the short-term tiredness and chills they might feel from the vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11874708\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11874708\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48958_012_Hayward_Promotoras_05102021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48958_012_Hayward_Promotoras_05102021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48958_012_Hayward_Promotoras_05102021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48958_012_Hayward_Promotoras_05102021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48958_012_Hayward_Promotoras_05102021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48958_012_Hayward_Promotoras_05102021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Health outreach worker Guadalupe Perez speaks with a customer at Yeyo’s Meat Market about the COVID-19 vaccine in South Hayward on May 10, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In California, all employees who work for more than 30 days in a year for the same employer are entitled to up to 24 hours of \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/covid/paid-sick-leave.html\">paid sick leave\u003c/a> they can use to get vaccinated and recover, regardless of their immigration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has mandated COVID-19-related sick leave of \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/COVID19Resources/FAQ-for-SPSL-2021.html\">up to 80 hours\u003c/a> for larger employers through September. But many low-wage and front-line workers don’t know they have that right, or they fear retaliation if they assert it, according to a recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11870797/low-wage-workers-lack-covid-protections-fear-retaliation-california-survey-shows\">survey\u003c/a> of hundreds of workers in the restaurant, home health care, janitorial and additional industries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others who are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine have delayed it because of lingering medical questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Norma Bernabe, a tortilla factory worker, said she and her family want to get vaccinated, but they are unsure of when to do it safely. She was very ill with the coronavirus in March, she said, and her husband and 13-year-old son were also sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11866749 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/LatinoCovidDeaths-1020x689.jpg']“My husband heard we had to wait 90 days, but I don’t know,” said Bernabe, who also lives in South Hayward, before entering Yeyo’s Meat Market on Gading Road. “That’s why we haven’t made an appointment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \u003ca href=\"https://covid-19.acgov.org/vaccines-faq#medical\">recommends\u003c/a> most infected people get vaccinated as soon as they finish their isolation period and COVID-19 symptoms disappear, but those who were treated with monoclonal antibodies or convalescent plasma should wait 90 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perez, the \u003cem>promotora\u003c/em>, suggested Bernabe check with her doctor first, and then sign up for the shot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of late last month, 121 people residing in ZIP code 94544 had died due to the virus, more than in any other ZIP code in the county, according to the Alameda County Health Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next ZIP code over, 94541, which includes the Cherryland neighborhood, registered the second highest number of COVID-19 fatalities in the county: 107. Both of the populous ZIP codes — where more than 40% of residents identify as Latino and more than a third are immigrants — also had the county’s highest rates of coronavirus deaths per capita.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of those who died were elderly, including residents at more than a dozen long-term care facilities in those ZIP codes. But many of the younger victims were front-line workers — including an airline mechanic, a butcher, a cook, a dishwasher, a registered nurse and a street sweeper, according to county death records obtained by KQED and the \u003ca href=\"https://documentingcovid19.io/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Documenting COVID-19\u003c/a> project at Columbia University’s Brown Institute for Media Innovation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"latinos\" label=\"More Latino coverage\"]Despite the death toll in 94544 and 94541, barely half of the residents 16 and older there are fully vaccinated as of this week, compared to nearly 60% for the entire county, and closer to 80% in wealthier ZIP codes in the Berkeley and Oakland hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a ways to go,” said Dr. Nicholas Moss, Alameda County health officer. “And it’s compounded by the fact that these are often communities that, because of COVID restrictions and the economic impacts, were in a very difficult spot going into the vaccination campaign.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latinos in the county got a later start getting vaccinated, he said, because they tend to be younger and fewer of them work in health care jobs, so they didn’t qualify for the early tiers of eligibility. In addition, residents who are not fluent in English or face technology barriers, had a harder time signing up for appointments when vaccine supply was limited, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a confusing process,” said Moss. “The information has been confusing about when you’re eligible and how to sign up and where we go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now that there are enough doses and everyone age 12 and older is eligible, county health officials are focusing on building up the vaccination efforts of community clinics, private health care providers and pharmacies in areas officials consider high priority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11874784\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11874784\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48963_017_Hayward_Promotoras_05102021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48963_017_Hayward_Promotoras_05102021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48963_017_Hayward_Promotoras_05102021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48963_017_Hayward_Promotoras_05102021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48963_017_Hayward_Promotoras_05102021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48963_017_Hayward_Promotoras_05102021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Community health workers, or promotoras, explain how to sign up for the COVID-19 vaccine and dispel common myths at Yeyo’s Meat Market in South Hayward on May 10, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To protect more people living in 94544, the county plans to launch a new vaccination site there that will stay open after hours and on Sundays, said Kimi Watkins-Tartt, who directs the Alameda County Public Health Department. That will supplement vaccine clinics at local health centers, like Tiburcio Vasquez, where shots are offered mostly during the work day and on Saturdays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Dr. Nicholas Moss, Alameda County health officer\"]‘These are often communities that, because of COVID restrictions and the economic impacts, were in a very difficult spot going into the vaccination campaign.’[/pullquote]The county also plans to hold several pop-up clinics at events, schools and businesses, said Watkins-Tartt, to give people more opportunities to get their questions answered and feel comfortable about the vaccine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are adding to what’s already there,” she said. “We also just want to be in the community and wait for people to get ready, because even though we want people to get vaccinated as quickly as possible, we also know that a lot of this is also building trust.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county has already opened an inoculation site at the Hayward Adult School, in ZIP code 94541, and held pop-up clinics at local assisted living centers and other housing facilities, as well as at the Muhajireen Mosque in 94544 — all of which have helped to push up vaccination rates, said health officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the virus still circulating as the state prepares to fully reopen next month and remove most mask mandates and social distancing requirements for people who are fully vaccinated, county officials plan to be in South Hayward and other impacted neighborhoods “indefinitely,” said Moss, the county health officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve come to believe that COVID is not going away any time soon, that people are going to get vaccinated or they’ll get COVID,” he said. “I don’t think people are going to be able to avoid it and avoid vaccination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Despite the death toll in 94544 and 94541, barely half of the residents 16 and older there are fully vaccinated as of this week, compared to nearly 60% for the entire county, and closer to 80% in wealthier ZIP codes in the Berkeley and Oakland hills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a ways to go,” said Dr. Nicholas Moss, Alameda County health officer. “And it’s compounded by the fact that these are often communities that, because of COVID restrictions and the economic impacts, were in a very difficult spot going into the vaccination campaign.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latinos in the county got a later start getting vaccinated, he said, because they tend to be younger and fewer of them work in health care jobs, so they didn’t qualify for the early tiers of eligibility. In addition, residents who are not fluent in English or face technology barriers, had a harder time signing up for appointments when vaccine supply was limited, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a confusing process,” said Moss. “The information has been confusing about when you’re eligible and how to sign up and where we go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now that there are enough doses and everyone age 12 and older is eligible, county health officials are focusing on building up the vaccination efforts of community clinics, private health care providers and pharmacies in areas officials consider high priority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11874784\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11874784\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48963_017_Hayward_Promotoras_05102021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48963_017_Hayward_Promotoras_05102021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48963_017_Hayward_Promotoras_05102021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48963_017_Hayward_Promotoras_05102021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48963_017_Hayward_Promotoras_05102021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/RS48963_017_Hayward_Promotoras_05102021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Community health workers, or promotoras, explain how to sign up for the COVID-19 vaccine and dispel common myths at Yeyo’s Meat Market in South Hayward on May 10, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To protect more people living in 94544, the county plans to launch a new vaccination site there that will stay open after hours and on Sundays, said Kimi Watkins-Tartt, who directs the Alameda County Public Health Department. That will supplement vaccine clinics at local health centers, like Tiburcio Vasquez, where shots are offered mostly during the work day and on Saturdays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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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. 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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. 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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. 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. 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