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Newsom signs three labor bills * CDFA expands virus housing * USDA issuing rules for CFAP-2 * Will CR top-up CCC?

Bills on notifying farmworkers of COVID-19 outbreaks, expanding workers' comp benefits for infections and extending family leave time were signed Thursday.

While farm groups share this goal, the policy being proposed has drawn opposition from a broad coalition of agricultural and business groups.

Newsom said an announcement will come "very, very shortly” on infection reporting.

Latino leaders aid farmworkers * Congress looks to September amid impasse * Pence defends China policy

A bill in the Legislature would require employers to notify state public health and safety departments as well as employee unions of a COVID-19 infection within 24 hours of an outbreak.