Senator Portantino’s Statement on Governor’s Veto of SB 799

For Immediate Release: September 30, 2023

Contact: Lerna Shirinian, (818) 409-0400

Senator Portantino’s Statement on Governor’s Veto of SB 799

Sacramento, CA – Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – Burbank) released the following statement today on Governor Newsom’s veto of SB 799, a measure that would have provided unemployment insurance benefits for striking workers.

“I am disappointed in the Governor’s veto of SB 799. The labor unrest and concern we all witnessed this summer earned the Legislature’s action to pass unemployment benefits for striking workers. The need continues and so will efforts to make this the law in California. The hardworking women and men in California need to put food on their table and pay their rent. SB 799 would have injected a small piece of security to working families that is needed and deserved. 

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