California workers will get a minimum of 5 sick days a year instead of 3 under new law

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : "Five paid sick days is a step in the right direction and workers will be less likely forced to risk their livelihoods to do the right thing and stay home when they're sick because of this bill," Andrea Zinder, president of the group's Local 324 chapter, said in a statement.
56% : Beyond preventing workers from choosing between taking a day off or getting paid, proponents of the sick day legislation argue it will help curb the spread of diseases and make sure employees can be productive at work.
53% : Newsom touts benefits to workers, while business group complains it will be burdensomeSACRAMENTO, Calif. --
53% : Newsom said it demonstrates that prioritizing the health and well-being of workers "is of the utmost importance for California's future.
49% : Shasta County Clerk Cathy Darling Allen, a Democrat, called the law a "commonsense protection for all California voters.
47% : The only exceptions under the law are for regularly scheduled elections with fewer than 1,000 eligible registered voters and special elections where there are fewer than 5,000 eligible voters.
44% : Assemblymember Gail Pellerin, a Democrat from Santa Cruz who authored the law and is a former local elections official, said the law creates necessary guardrails around elections.
38% : The United Food and Commercial Workers Western States Council, which supported the sick day legislation, said the law will help prevent the spread of deadly diseases.
38% : County leaders said there was a loss of public confidence in the company's machines.
36% : Shasta County Board of Supervisors chair Patrick Henry Jones told The Associated Press in September the county would sue to block the law, adding that state officials "cannot guarantee that these machines haven't been manipulated."

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