- California Governor Gavin Newsom on Saturday vetoed a bill that would have paid unemployment benefits to striking workers, and had drawn strong support from labor unions and from his fellow Democrats in the state legislature.
- In rejecting the bill, Newsom noted that the state’s unemployment trust fund is already nearing $20 billion in debt.
- “Now is not the time to increase costs or incur this sizable debt,” he wrote in a message explaining his veto.
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