‘We’ve struck a deal’: Biden says agreement reached on infrastructure plan – as it happened
- Republican and Democratic senators have reached deal - president
- Speaker: It is imperative that we seek the truth as to what happened'
- Giuliani's New York law license suspended effectively immediately'
- Biden urges unvaccinated to get shots as deadlier' Delta strain spreads
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While Biden has extended the federal eviction restrictions through July, advocates in California are growing increasingly concerned about the state ban on evictions that is due to expire next week.
State officials have said California has $5.2bn to pay landlords all of what they were owed while giving low-income renters who have fallen into debt a clean slate. But advocates and officials in some of the hardest-hit cities, say they fear the plan will not reach the people in need and note that the process to dole out relief has been very slow.
Related: California has a $5.2bn plan to pay off unpaid rent accrued during the pandemic
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