By Grace Weber and Angelica Vera-Franco | Special To The OBSERVER - California has passed a new law that requires employers to provide workers with more sick days and allow them to use more unused sick time annually, while also preempting any local ordinances that contradict it.
Gov. Newsom highlighted several new laws that went into effect Jan. 1 that supported the reproductive rights of Californians, increased affordable housing, held Big Oil accountable, and protected the safety, health, and well-being of all Californians.
Two-thirds of the bills opposed by the oil industry in 2023 were killed thanks in part to an alliance with the building trades union, which forces Democrats to sometimes choose between jobs and the environment.