I don’t know if they have room to bring more desks in, but they’re going to have to do something,” one worker said.

Newsom’s executive order requires that state agencies and departments under his authority that offer telework as an option to their employees soon change their policies and require that their employees work a minimum of four in-person days per work week, although case-by-case exceptions will be considered.

Newsom's return-to-office order isn't necessarily going to turn around the Downtown Sacramento office market. For as many state office worker grimaces as Gov. Gavin Newsom's March 3 announcement of returning to office work at least four days a week might've drawn,

California paid state employees $5.2 million in telework payments. How much could the state save when workers come back to offices?