Newsom Says Indoor Heat Safety Rules Too Expensive for Prisons

Correctional officers and other workers are likely to be left out of the new indoor heat standards California workplace safety regulators are reportedly scrambling to implement before summer starts after a last-minute objection from the governor's office over the cost of bringing prisons into compliance derailed the rulemaking process. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health in May 2023 started the formal process to adopt heat standards for indoor workplaces that have been in the works since 2016, according to reports by PBS and CalMatters. California has had heat stand...