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A Mark Fiore cartoon featuring money and bags of cash raining down on two people, one who says, "looks like the green tier came early," with a tag on the right that indicates the money is from the American Rescue Plan for California.

We’re not in the green tier yet, but California is set to get more than $150 billion from the COVID-19 relief bill President Biden signed on Thursday.

The largest portion of the money coming from the American Rescue Plan Act will come in the form of direct $1,400 payments to individuals and expanded unemployment benefits.

Meanwhile, state officials are feeling optimistic enough about the coronavirus fight to be working on creating a green tier for reopening.

Green has never looked so good.

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