SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As California lawmakers head to Sacramento Monday to kick off the 2021-2022 session during a massive COVID-19 surge, multiple recent cases among Capitol community employees underscore the challenges facing the Legislature ahead of its second pandemic year. The state has reached a critical point in its fight against the coronavirus. Hospital and intensive care unit beds are filling up, which has triggered new regional stay-at-home orders. California recorded a record 30,075 new cases on Saturday, and its seven-day positivity rate has hit 10.3%. To slow the spread of the vir…
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