Cal/OSHA has withdrawn a controversial pending mask regulation while it considers a rule that more closely aligns with Gov. Newsom's promise that the state will fully reopen from the pandemic on Tuesday.
But some business leaders on Wednesday kept up their pressure on Newsom to override the board.
“After the confusion and lack of clarity on reopening guidelines at the Cal/OSHA hearing tonight, the statewide business community must once again request the governor issue an Executive Order before June 15 to provide all employers with the consistency and certainty in guidelines,” Rob Lapsley, president of the California Business Roundtable, said in a statement after the vote. That, he said, “will be the catalyst for a full economic reopening and create a powerful incentive to get even more Californians vaccinated.”
The goal of the unanimous vote, said board chairman David Thomas, is to change the workplace regulation “so that it matches up with the CDC and the California Department of Public Health, so that we’re all on the same page. That’s what this is about, so we’re not out of step with everybody else.”
By Don Thompson SACRAMENTO, Calif. California's workplace regulators have withdrawn a controversial pending mask regulation while they consider a rule th