Newsom signed the bill on Sept. 25, the day of the holiday this year.

The day has been recognized by California since 1998, but it has not been a regular paid holiday for most state workers.

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California is giving state workers another paid day off — and taxpayers could be on the hook for up to $20 million a year to make it happen. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1841 this week, ...

Native American Day is now a paid holiday for California state workers. “California designated the fourth Friday of September in 1998 as California Native American Day to dismantle the misconceptions ...

As California officially recognizes Indigenous Peoples’ Day — celebrated annually on the second Monday in October — Native ...

Ground was broken this week on the news California Indian Heritage Center. Photo courtesy of the Governor’s Office. Following the California Tribal Nations Summit this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom and ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. When Celestina Castillo filled out the ethnicity forms at her children’s school, she’d always check Latino and Native ...

In June, we marked the one-year anniversary of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s formal apology to California’s Native American people for official atrocities and genocide committed against them by the state.

Nearly three decades after California established Native American Day, the annual observance will now come with paid time off for state workers under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The law ...