California’s onerous and easily exploitable environmental review law is being pushed to new levels of absurdity by unionized state workers who are threatening to use it to block Gov. Gavin Newsom’s return-to-office mandate.
Since early last year, Newsom’s administration has been in the process of winding down COVID-era telework arrangements for state workers. Earlier this month, the governor’s office issued memos to state agencies telling them to implement a four-day, in-office requirement by July 1.
State employee unions have actively opposed Newsom’s return-to-office policies by filing unfair labor complaints with state regulators and agitating for legislative protections for telework arrangements…