California Expands Support for Working Families | California Governor

SB 951 will increase household and incapacity go away to assist lower-wage staff who pay into these advantages entry them when wanted

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom in the present day signed laws to assist hard-working Californians entry household and incapacity go away advantages. SB 951 by Senator María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) will increase go away advantages for lower- and middle-income staff to cowl extra of their common earnings whereas they take much-needed time without work to look after family members.

“California households and our state as an entire are stronger when staff have the assist they should look after themselves and their family members,” mentioned Governor Newsom. “California created the primary Paid Household Depart program within the nation 20 years in the past, and in the present day we’re taking an essential step to make sure extra low-wage staff, a lot of them girls and folks of coloration, can entry the time without work they’ve earned whereas nonetheless offering for his or her household.”

SB 951 extends elevated wage substitute charges for State Incapacity Insurance coverage and Paid Household Depart that had been set to sundown on the finish of the 12 months. Below the laws’s phased improve in advantages, by 2025, staff incomes lower than the state’s common wage may obtain as much as 90% of their common wages whereas taking go away.

SB 951 builds on the Governor’s motion since taking workplace to bolster entry to office go away, together with laws to develop job-protected household go away to tens of millions extra Californians, lengthen paid household go away advantages for a new child youngster from 6 to eight weeks and develop paid sick go away in response to COVID-19.

Yesterday, Governor Newsom signed AB 1041 by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) which allows staff to take paid sick go away or household go away so as to look after any particular person designated by the worker, together with non-family members. The Governor additionally signed AB 152 to increase COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Depart via the top of the 12 months and AB 1949 by Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Campbell) which permits staff to take job-protected bereavement go away.

The complete record of payments the Governor introduced signing will be discovered beneath:

• AB 1410 by Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez (D-Pomona) – Frequent curiosity developments.
• AB 1642 by Assemblymember Rudy Salas (D-Bakersfield) – California Environmental High quality Act: water system effectively and home effectively tasks: exemption. A signing message will be discovered right here.
• AB 1658 by Assemblymember Janet Nguyen (R-Huntington Seaside) – Oil spill response and contingency planning: oil spill parts: space plans.
• AB 1681 by Assemblymember Tom Daly (D-Anaheim) – Insurance coverage: fraud prevention and detection.
• AB 1798 by Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles) – Marketing campaign disclosure: commercials.
• AB 1871 by Assemblymember Lisa Calderon (D-Whittier) – Automobile historical past stories.
• AB 1925 by Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) – County and district workplaces: {qualifications}.
• AB 2170 by Assemblymember Tim Grayson (D-Harmony) – Residential actual property: foreclosures gross sales.
• AB 2206 by Assemblymember Alex Lee (D-San Jose) – Nonattainment basins: worker parking: parking cash-out program.
• AB 2242 by Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) – Psychological well being providers. A signing message will be discovered right here.
• AB 2406 by Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters) – Intermodal marine terminals. A signing message will be discovered right here.
• AB 2521 by Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) – Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Fund.
• AB 2711 by Assemblymember Lisa Calderon (D-Whittier) – Juvenile information entry.
• AB 2949 by Assemblymember Alex Lee (D-San Jose) – Autos: toll exemptions.
• AB 2953 by Assemblymember Rudy Salas (D-Bakersfield) – Division of Transportation and native companies: streets and highways: recycled supplies.
• SB 459 by Senator Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica) – Political Reform Act of 1974: lobbying.
• SB 641 by Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) – CalFresh for School College students Act.
• SB 674 by Senator María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) – Public Contracts: workforce improvement: lined public contracts.
• SB 746 by Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) – Political Reform Act of 1974: enterprise entities: on-line advocacy and commercials.
• SB 950 by Senator Bob Archuleta (D-Pico Rivera) – CalFresh: earnings eligibility: primary allowance for housing.
• SB 951 by Senator María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) – Unemployment insurance coverage: contribution charges: incapacity insurance coverage: paid household go away: weekly profit quantity.
• SB 1019 by Senator Lena Gonzalez (D-Lengthy Seaside) – Medi-Cal managed care plans: psychological well being advantages.
• SB 1034 by Senator Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) – Sexually violent predators.
• SB 1056 by Senator Thomas Umberg (D-Santa Ana) – Violent posts.
• SB 1081 by Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) – Disorderly conduct: peeping, recording, and distribution of intimate pictures.
• SB 1200 by Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) – Enforcement of judgments: renewal and curiosity.
• SB 1206 by Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) – Hydrofluorocarbon gases: sale or distribution.
• SB 1216 by Senator Lena Gonzalez (D-Lengthy Seaside) – Secretary of Authorities Operations: deepfakes.
• SB 1346 by Senator Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park) – Surplus remedy assortment and distribution.
• SB 1360 by Senator Thomas Umberg (D-Santa Ana) – Elections: disclosure of contributors.
• SB 1419 by Senator Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park) – Well being info.
• SB 1452 by Senator Brian Dahle (R-Bieber) – Alcoholic drinks: licenses: Counties of El Dorado and Shasta.
• SB 1469 by Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) – Water companies: charges.
• SB 1476 by Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) – Water replenishment districts: contracts.

For full textual content of the payments, go to: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov.

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