Nina Wells, a practicing nurse and president of SEIU Local 121RN: “We are opposed to decisions such as this one, which are not backed by science and put the health care workforce and the public at risk even more concerning is the fact that frontline health care workers simply do not have the support we need.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation to slash quarantine periods from 10 to five days. And labor groups want to restore emergency COVID paid sick leave - especially in light of the state’s recent move to follow the U.S. Child care providers, who recently secured a minimum 15% pay raise from the state, are pushing for expanded benefits as COVID continues to devastate the industry. Businesses are trying to avoid shouldering the cost of California’s ballooning unemployment insurance fund debt while struggling to fill staff shortages. CalMatters’ Sameea Kamal put together a comprehensive preview of key topics to watch for, including increasing abortion access finding new ways to enforce the state’s strict gun laws creating state-funded savings accounts for children whose parents died from COVID and addressing crime, housing and climate change.Īn especially fraught fight could emerge between business and labor groups, CalMatters’ Grace Gedye reports. 10.)Īnd the state Legislature is expected to revisit many of the thorny issues it floated last year - such as single-payer health care, narrowing or eliminating the personal belief exemption in Newsom’s COVID vaccine mandate for K-12 students, and requiring COVID vaccines or weekly tests for all workers. (We’ll soon know where Newsom stands - he’s required to unveil his budget proposal by Jan.
Gavin Newsom, legislators and advocacy groups over how the extra money should be split. Once again, a highly transmissible COVID variant is pummeling California, and once again, the state is awash in a multibillion-dollar budget surplus - setting the stage for battles between Gov. That more or less sums up the landscape state lawmakers will face when they return to Sacramento today for the start of the 2022 legislative session. CalMatters is dedicated to explaining how state government impacts our lives. Your support helps us produce journalism that makes a difference.
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