Last Friday, Governor Newsom unveiled Housing for the Harvest, a new program that will offer temporary hotel housing to farm and food processing workers who need to isolate due to COVID-19. Initial efforts will focus on the Central Valley, Central Coast, and Imperial Valley regions, as these regions have the highest number of agricultural workers. ...
As California businesses begin reopening, the State has released the COVID-19 Employer Playbook for a Safe Reopening, which provides guidance for employers to help them plan and prepare for reopening their business and to support a safe, clean environment for workers and customers. The guidance and links in each section are provided to give employers ...
By Matthew Allen and Gail Delihant The COVID-19 pandemic has uprooted all aspects of our daily lives, personal and economic. Stay at home orders have caused significant business closures, price disruptions, and an historic increase in the unemployment rate that, at the time of this writing, hovers over 16%. Not surprisingly, this has led to ...
Yesterday, July 27, Governor Newsom announced actions to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the Central Valley, including $52 million in funding for testing, contact tracing, and isolation and quarantine efforts. Eight counties will receive the funding: Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare and Kern. Additionally, three Unified Support Teams will be deployed ...