Gavin Newsom’s delivers brutal message to workers fighting July 1 return to office mandate

Gov. Gavin Newsom is barreling ahead with forcing California state workers back to the office, flatly rejecting calls to soften a return-to-work mandate that unions warn could trigger a “mass exodus” of employees. Starting July 1, roughly 100,000 state workers will be required to report to the office or the field four days a week, leaving just one day for telework under Newsom’s long-delayed executive order. Despite mounting backlash from organized labor and state employees, the governor made it clear there will be no retreat. Asked directly whether he’d consider easing the four-day in-office requirement, Newsom didn’t blink. “No chance.”...