Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation Thursday, ensuring millions more Californians can utilize Paid Family Leave benefits they pay for without the fear of job loss. Senate Bill (SB) 1383 was developed through the Paid Family Leave Task Force, convened by the administration last year, and builds on previous work to extend Paid Family Leave benefits from six to eight weeks ...

Salon workers gathered at the intersection of Valencia Boulevard and McBean Parkway Saturday morning to protest the closure of indoor operations in salons. “We have gathered salon workers and owners to get together to be heard. We have been shut down for the second time,” said Sandi Thomas, owner of Salon Bijoux in Canyon Country.  This protest follows the re-closure ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Friday new safeguards for frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Building on previous actions to protect California’s frontline workforce, Newsom announced a host of new safeguards for California workers who face the greatest risk of COVID-19, according to the governor’s office.   In addition to support for workers, including agricultural and farmworkers, to isolate and quarantine, ...

Schools must remain closed until Los Angeles County is off the “watch list,” based on COVID-19 benchmarks, for at least two weeks, Governor Gavin Newsom announced Friday.  Los Angeles County is one of 32 counties currently on the COVID-19 watchlist as of Friday, as cases and hospitalizations continue to rise, according to the L.A. County Department of Public Health. After ...

Indoor operations for restaurants, entertainment centers and other businesses are closed in California by Governor Gavin Newsom for at least three weeks amid coronavirus spikes, officials said. https://www.facebook.com/CAgovernor/videos/2998641913585861/?v=2998641913585861   On Wednesday, Newsom announced that all restaurants, wineries, tasting rooms, movie theatres, family entertainment centers, zoos, museums and cardrooms would have to cease indoor operations “effective immediately” in 19 different counties ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom said this week he can “toggle back” the state’s stay-at-home order, if there is an increase in COVID-19 benchmarks, such as positivity rates and hospitalizations. On Friday, Newsom urged Imperial County, near San Diego and the border with Mexico, to reinstate the stay-at-home order as COVID-19 testing positivity rate has been about 23 percent in the ...

Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, is urging Governor Gavin Newsom to fix the state’s Employment Development Department phone system and website, which has reported multiple crashes under all the demand, officials said Friday.    Wilk is “outraged” that problems with processing unemployment claims at the state’s Employment Development Department remain unresolved while millions of Californians continue to file for unemployment in ...

President Donald Trump has approved Governor Gavin Newsom’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration to assist with the state’s response to coronavirus, officials said Monday. The  Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that federal emergency aid has been made available for California to supplement state and local responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the announcement on Sunday, Trump said that ...

Governor Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation Friday declaring the special election date for the 25th Congressional District after former Congresswoman Katie Hill resigned, officials said. Newsom set the special election for May 12, 2020, with the primary for the special election to coincide with the already slated primary on March 3, 2020. If one candidate receives a majority vote in ...

The section of the high-speed rail that was intended to travel through Santa Clarita has been put on hold by Governor Gavin Newsom, officials said. During the State of the State on Tuesday, Newsom said there isn’t a good path for the rail, and it would take too long to continue the entire project connecting Northern and Southern California. “The ...