Newsom vowed Wednesday to continue California’s comprehensive efforts to reduce crime, focused in part on substantially increased funding for mental health care, drug treatment and after-school programs.
The caregivers hadn’t seen an increase in provider rates in four years and complained that their pay often amounts to less than minimum wage after expenses. The agreement includes a 4.05% cost-of-living adjustment, among other rate changes that vary by location, and creates a “rate reform workgroup” to recommend additional changes.
The bill signing ends one of the stickiest budget negotiations between Newsom and his fellow Democrats who control the state Legislature.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of child care providers in California marched and chanted Thursday outside the state Capitol demanding higher wages, a topic that appears to be the final
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