{"id":411404,"date":"2026-07-24T23:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T23:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/411404\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T23:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T23:49:10","slug":"the-backlash-to-newsoms-return-to-office-mandate-and-hhs-withholds-medicaid-payments-to-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/411404\/","title":{"rendered":"The Backlash to Newsom\u2019s Return-to-Office Mandate and HHS Withholds Medicaid Payments to California\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"blocks-v1-Paragraph-__Paragraph__paragraph wp-block wp-block-paragraph container\">Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s executive order requiring state workers to return to office four days a week took effect this month. The governor says it\u2019s about battling a \u201ccrisis of loneliness\u201d and wanting people to \u201cdevelop relationships, friendships, fall in love.\u201d But the mandate has been met with protests and lawsuits, putting him at odds with California\u2019s powerful public employee labor unions. Marisa and Guy talk with CapRadio politics reporter Laura Fitzgerald about why Newsom is picking this fight and how it could affect his political ambitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"blocks-v1-Paragraph-__Paragraph__paragraph wp-block wp-block-paragraph container\">Plus: the Trump administration withholds $867.5 million in Medicaid payments to California, claiming fraud in in-home care and immigrant eligibility. Who does the funding freeze impact and how are state officials responding?<\/p>\n<p class=\"blocks-v1-Paragraph-__Paragraph__paragraph wp-block wp-block-paragraph container\">Check out \u2060\u2060\u2060<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kqed.org\/newsletters\/political-breakdown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2060Political Breakdown\u2019s weekly newsletter\u2060<\/a>\u2060\u2060\u2060, delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s executive order requiring state workers to return to office four days a week took effect&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-411404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}