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Description
Building on previous action to protect California’s workforce in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Gavin Newsom joins Senator Jerry Hill and Assemblymember Eloise Gomez Reyes to sign legislation to expand workplace protections and critical supports for workers.
Recorded September 17, 2020 in Sacramento, California.
For more information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Cupertino, please visit https://www.cupertino.org/coronavirus
B
Thanks,
thank
you.
Everybody
for
hopping
on
this
is
2020.
After
all,
so
it
is
wonderful
to
be
in
your
warm
embrace
your
presence,
all
of
us
connected
via
the
internets,
so
forgive
forgive
the
informality,
but
let
me
just
express
great
sense
of
gratitude
to
each
and
every
one
of
you
for
making
this
moment
possible
for
all
of
your
hard
work
to
to
prioritize
our
workforce,
our
workers,
our
front
line,
essential
workforce
that
we
pay
a
lot
of
lip
service
to.
B
B
I
see
on
this
screen
is
your
faith
and
devotion
to
that
cause
of
of
mining,
those
collapse
to
closing
those
gaps
and
addressing
the
issues
of
of
economic
justice,
and
so
I
wanna
just
thank
all
of
you
that
are
here,
somebody
woman,
I'll,
introduce
you
in
a
moment
senator.
Thank
you
as
well.
The
two
authors
of
these
bills
I'll
be
signing
today.
B
Our
team
julie,
sue
you'll,
hear
from
others
that
are
on
the
front
lines,
people
that
will
be
directly
benefiting
from
these
two
pieces
of
legislation,
but
no
further
ado,
assemblyman
reyes.
Let
me
particularly
thank
you
for
your
leadership
on
this
critically
important
component
and
that's
notification
and
advancing
the
rights
of
workers
and
providing
more
tools
for
julie,
sue
and
her
team
at
cal,
osha,
to
advance
the
cause
of
enforcing
the
rules
and
regulations
we
put
forth
and
again.
C
Thank
you
so
much
and
first
I
do
want
to
thank
you,
governor
newsom,
for
signing
this
vital
legislation
and
for
your
commitment
to
protect
workers
in
all
sectors
of
the
economy.
I
also
want
to
thank
our
labor
partners
and
the
sponsors
of
this
legislation,
ufcw
and
the
california
legal
federation,
for
their
efforts
to
fight
for
worker
protections.
C
We
know
the
stories
emerged
in
the
spring
and
the
summer
of
this
year,
essential
workers
across
the
state
of
california
becoming
infected
with
cobit
19
and,
tragically
some
of
these
infections
led
to
death
from
our
farm
workers,
to
our
child
care
workers
from
our
food
processors
to
our
frontline
grocery
employees,
from
our
correctional
guards
to
the
hospital
staff
all
infected
and
some
were
preventable
until
today.
Existing
state
law
did
not
require
that
employees
be
notified
of
cobit
19
exposures
in
the
workplace
with
tragic
results.
C
Often
employers
were
not
informed
that
the
other
employees
had
tested
positive
or
that
they
had
come
in
contact
with
someone
who
was
positive.
Workers
in
sexual
essential
sectors
were
put
in
harm's
way
because
they
didn't
receive
information
about
other
workers
with
cobit
19,
nor
were
the
they
provided
with
information
on
steps.
Their
employers
were
going
to
take
to
sanitize
their
work
site
and
provide
appropriate
ppe
to
reduce
the
spread.
C
During
this
stressful
period,
we've
asked
our
workers
to
keep
food
on
the
table.
Food
on
the
shelves
ensure
that
other
essential
services
were
also
provided
and
available
to
californians.
While
many
of
us
were
working
remotely,
many
workers
did
not
have
the
option
and
had
to
show
up
for
work
each
day.
In
spite
of
the
danger,
ab-685
will
change
the
level
of
protection
for
our
workers.
C
Finally,
I
want
to
thank
my
legislative
colleagues
for
supporting
this
bill,
particularly
the
legislative
latino
caucus
who
identified
this
bill
as
a
priority
and
again
thank
you,
governor
newsome
and
your
administration
for
working
with
us
to
protect
our
workers.
I'd
now
like
to
invite
senator
hill
to
speak.
D
Well,
thank
you
very
much
assemblymember
reyes
and
thank
you
for
your
leadership.
For
the
short
time
you've
been
in
the
legislature,
you
have
done
and
accomplished
an
awful
lot.
So
thank
you
for
that.
I
just
want
to
take
us
back
if
I
could
a
few
months,
and
it
was
in
march
when
governor
newsom
and
governor,
we
appreciate
your
leadership,
your
wisdom
and
really
your
foresight,
because
at
that
time
you
protected
our
workers,
you
protected
their
medical
care.
D
You
protected
the
benefits
that
they
would
receive
through
your
emergency
declaration
at
that
time,
and
we
all
know
that
that
declaration
would
end
at
some
point
and
it
did.
But
the
problem
for
our
workers
did
not
end
at
that
time
and
that's
why,
with
your
help,
your
support,
your
guidance
as
well
as
our
legislative
colleagues.
We
needed
to
do
something
to
protect
those
workers
going
forward
and
we
were
able
to
work
closely
with
our
labor.
D
They
need
to
be
protected.
This
legislation,
with
your
help
governor,
has
done
that,
and
so
I
appreciate
that
fact
and,
as
you
said,
I
think
what
we
did
is
we
focused
on
what
was
right
and
just
rather
than
what
is
popular
and
easy,
and
that's
something
that
california
always
does.
We
always
prioritize
just
and
right
rather
than
easy.
So
thank
you,
governor
for
your
leadership.
Thank
you
for
signing
this
bill
today.
I
appreciate
it
and
the
workers
of
california
are
grateful
as
we
move
forward
that
they
will
be
protected.
D
They
will
have
the
health
care,
that's
needed
and
they
will
get
the
benefits
that
will
keep
them
and
their
families
sustained
for
years
to
come.
So
thank
you
very
much.
Looking
forward
to
it
and
now
I
have
the
pleasure
to
introduce
julie,
sue,
the
secretary
of
the
california
labor
and
workforce
development
agency
under
secretary
seuss
leadership.
The
agency
enforces
workforce
laws
overseas,
the
seven
a
major
departments
boards
panels
and
that
serve
california's
workers
and
businesses.
Secretary
seu.
E
It's
also
a
matter
as
the
governor
has
stated
of
doing
what
is
right
doing
what
is
just
and
being
humane.
That's
why
the
governor
took
action
a
few
months
ago
by
executive
order
both
for
workers
compensation
and
for
paid
sick
leave,
and
today
the
governor
is
signing
a
legislative
package
that
codifies
those
provisions
and
also
expands
them,
and
we
are
grateful
for
your
partnership.
Senator
your
partnership
assembly,
member
and
together
these
bills,
give
workers
a
choice
and
a
voice.
E
It
lets
them
know
when
there's
a
potential
exposure
in
the
workplace.
That
includes
not
just
employees
but
also
the
employees
representatives
and
their
subcontractors
employees,
so
that
workers
can
choose
to
stay
home,
to
get
tested
to
protect
themselves
and
their
families
and
to
follow
other
health
guidelines
about
quarantining.
E
It
also
lets
them
know
about
their
covet.
19
related
benefits,
such
as
their
entitlement
to
leave
workers,
compensation
and
anti-retaliation
protections.
If
workers
don't
know
they
have
rights,
they
won't
know
to
request
them
and
they're
not
protected
from
retaliation.
They
may
be
too
scared
to
assert
them
by
the
way.
It
also
requires
that
employers
inform
local
public
health
officials
about
coven
19
in
the
workplace,
which
helps
us
at
a
broader
level
to
to
to
effectively
fight
the
spread.
E
This
also
incentivizes
employers
to
take
more
care
to
prevent
injuries
in
the
first
place.
So
what's
important
here
is
that
our
job
doesn't
end
with
signing.
As
the
governor
repeatedly
says,
enforcement
is
critical
to
turning
laws
into
reality,
and
so
these
bills
also
allow
cal
osha
to
move
in
a
more
expedited
fashion,
to
address
serious
violations
and
to
prevent
an
imminent
hazard
to
employees
of
being
exposed
to
covet
19.,
and
we
have
also
put
in
place
measures
to
ensure
that
we
can
hit
the
ground
running
with
enforcement.
E
In
fact,
our
division
of
workers
compensation
has
been
holding
hearings
by
telephone
or
video
during
the
crisis.
Our
recovery
depends
and
are
effectively
controlling
this
virus,
and
these
bills
help
us
to
do
that.
So,
under
the
leadership
of
the
governor,
we
are
also
making
sure
that
employers
and
employees
know
their
rights
and
responsibilities
with
a
statewide
outreach
campaign
targeted
to
vulnerable
communities
and
the
most
effective
areas
and
we're
going
to
be
collaborating
with
trusted
messengers.
E
We're
going
to
be
doing
this
in
multiple
languages,
so
these
bills
really
recognize,
and
the
pandemic
has
really
driven
home
that
worker
safety
is
public
safety.
It
is
now
my
honor
to
introduce
sharon
heckler.
She
is
one
of
these
essential
frontline
workers.
She
has
been
working
for
47
years
as
a
grocery
clerk
serving
californians,
making
life
better
and
she's
a
proud
ufcw
member
and,
on
behalf
of
the
governor,
we're
just
so
happy
that
you're
here
with
us
sharon
and
we
look
forward
to
hearing
what
you
have
to
say.
F
Thank
you
very
much
for
allowing
me
to
speak
and
everybody's
hard
work.
Thank
you,
governor
newsome
anyways.
Yes,
I
have
been
a
grocery
worker
for
47
years
for
albertsons
in
the
san
gabriel
valley,
currently
in
arcadia,
and
this
pandemic
has
affected
us
all
essential
workers
in
extreme
ways.
The
stress
we're
just
trying
to
stay
alive.
F
I
thought
the
worst
thing
that
I'd
ever
been
through
in
my
career
was
the
2003
and
2004
grocery
industry
strike,
but
no
this
is
much
more
difficult.
We
are
just
praying
every
day
that
we
get
through
this.
I
mean
this.
This
brings
out
the
worst
and
the
best
in
people
and
we
are
just
dealing
with
a
lot.
So
we
really
thank
you
for
this
bill
because
we
feel,
like
a
lot
of
our
there's,
been
a
lot
of
information.
F
That's
been
hidden
from
us,
so
this
bill
will
ensure
that
workers
like
myself
and
all
my
co-workers
will
be
able
to
get
more
information
to
help
reduce
the
spread
of
covet
19..
So
please
governor
sign
this
bill
for
all
essential
workers,
and
thank
you
thank
you
for
your
help.
Sweetie.
Thank
you.
I'm
passing
it
on.
F
G
How
are
you
I
want
to
say
thank
you.
I'm
really
happy
to
be
here
today
and
celebrate
this
signing
crucial.
This
signing
of
this
crucial
bill
to
protect
me
and
my
colleagues
and
all
health
care
workers
and,
first
responders
of
california.
My
name
is
monique.
I'm
a
registered
nurse.
I've
been
a
nurse
for
11
years.
This
bill
is
so
important.
G
Oh
to
all
of
us.
I
I
can't
so
in
the
beginning
of
this.
We
were
the
ones
taking
your
social
distance
order,
the
most
serious
we
were
the
ones
still
going
to
work
caring
for
strangers,
because
it's
what
we
do
it
is
our
calling.
It
is
my
calling
I
am
so
sorry
back
in
the
end
of
march,
I'm
I'm
assigned
I
work
on
a
on.
What's
called
a
clean
unit,
I
refuse
to
call
it
a
clean
unit.
There's
no
such
thing
as
a
clean
unit.
G
When
it
comes
to
covet
19.,
there
is
covid
and
there's
non-covid.
Nine
of
my
nurses
got
sick
and
I
was
assigned
to
my
clean
unit,
I'm
a
charged
nurse.
I
took
that
very
personal
there's
one
thing
being
a
charged
nurse
and
taking
accountability
for
your
floor
and
being
latin.
At
the
same
time,
you
don't
come
after
my
family,
so
I
see
those
those
nurses,
as
my
family,
I've
spent
holidays
with
them.
G
I
spent
birthdays
with
them
so
when
nine
of
them
got
covered
19
and
more
so
since
I
took
it
personal
and
I
took
it
to
the
streets,
we
did
a
silent
protest
on
april
22nd,
my
friend
eric
who
you've
met
spent
three
months
in
it
in
a
trailer,
missed
his
son.
Oliver,
who
I
love
oliver's
birthday,
his
fifth
birthday
he
spent
a
window
between
them.
G
This
bill
will
help
us
exponentially
like
I,
I
want
to
thank
you
personally
for
your
early.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
early
social
distance
order.
That
was
huge.
That
was
huge
for
me,
and
I
also
want
to
thank
you,
sir,
for
your
continued
advocacy
to
for
our
communicate
for
our
community
to
wear
masks.
G
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
taking
to
your
social
media
platforms.
I
know
I'm
going
off
and
what
they
want
to
say,
but
that's
important
to
me.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that,
because
I
will
continue
to
share
those
to
my
platform.
I
will
continue
and
the
rest
of
us
that
see
your
great
leadership
and
see
that
what
you
are
doing
and
how
we
can
use
those
platforms
for
the
better.
B
B
Thank
you
to
the
assemblywoman
and
and
and
senator
you
you're,
a
poster
child
for
why
we
need
to
get
rid
of
term
limits,
and-
and
I
I
couldn't
be
more
blessed
by
your
leadership
and
across
the
spectrum
on
so
many
issues,
and-
and
you
are
the
official
winner
of
the
best
backdrop
on
this
doom
call
as
well.
I
just
want
to
establish
and
say
the
obvious,
because
most
of
us
are
thinking
of
it
by
the
way.
The
other
best
backdrop
is
eric.
The
little
one
is
back.
B
D
H
H
B
Good
all
right
you're
for
for
other
folks,
we've
done
a
few
of
these
and
you
know
who
needs.
You
know
in-person
instruction
when
you
get
this
kind
of
education,
yeah
so
well
done
eric,
and
thanks
for
all
your
work,
I
see
we're
there.
Thank
you,
doug
for
everything
I
could
go
on.
I
I'm
gonna
miss
michael
everybody.
B
Thank
you
for
all
your
good
work,
denise
we're
really
grateful,
and
I
wanted
to
thank
angie
way
in
particular
for
her
hard
work
and
stewardship
on
this
and
her
commitment
to
make
sure
we
got
this
thing
done
and
working
so
closely
and
collaboratively
with
both
assemblywoman
and
the
senator,
and
thank
you
to
anna
larry
who's
here
as
well
worked
hard
on
this
package
and
priscilla.
Thank
you
all
of
you.
B
We're
really
grateful,
and
I
just
want
to
build
just
briefly
in
closing
before
we
sign
these
two
pieces
of
legislation
on
what
julie
sue
was
saying,
the
the
know,
your
rights
efforts
is
really
important.
It's
one
thing.
Julie
made
this
point
program
passing.
I
say
this
often
program
passing
is
not
problem
solving.
B
B
You
did
as
well
to
get
those
bills
down
here
as
part
of
a
larger
package
of
essential
worker
protections
that
are
a
part
of
the
spirit
that
brings
all
of
us
here
today
and,
I
think
part
of
the
leadership
that
is
demonstrable
here
in
the
state
of
california.
So
no
further
ado,
I
feel
like
this
may
be
a
wedding.
Unless
there
is
are
any
objections
seeing
none.