CalMatters is also tracking coronavirus hospitalizations by county.Ĭalifornia has administered 64,980,040 vaccine doses, and 71.2% of eligible Californians are fully vaccinated.ġ. The coronavirus bottom line: As of Saturday, California had 5,191,438 confirmed cases (+1.1% from previous day) and 75,847 deaths (+0.1% from previous day), according to state data. For more, check out CalMatters’ breakdown of 11 key new laws, each explained in a one-minute video. The new laws could affect what your neighborhood looks like, how safe you feel, what recourse you have against discrimination - and even how you take out your trash. 1, including one that raises the minimum wage to $15 an hour for businesses with 26-plus workers and to $14 an hour for companies with fewer employees. On top of all that, hundreds of new California laws went into effect on Jan. But although individual seats may change hands, Democrats are expected to maintain supermajority control. 27 by the state’s independent redistricting commission. Meanwhile, the Legislature itself is in turmoil as lawmakers play a frenzied game of political musical chairs ahead of the 2022 elections - the first to use new maps certified Dec. 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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