SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California won't be giving unemployment checks to workers on strike, with Democratic Gov. But he said he vetoed this bill because the fund the state uses to pay unemployment benefits will be nearly $20 billion in debt by the end of the year. The fund the state uses to pay unemployment benefits is already more than $18 billion in debt. Meanwhile, unemployment benefits have increased. Lawmakers could attempt to pass the law anyway, but it’s been decades since a governor’s veto was overruled in California.

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Persons: Gavin Newsom vetoing, Newsom, ” Newsom, Sen, Anthony Portantino, ”, Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, it’s Organizations: Democratic Gov, Labor, Democratic, California Labor Federation, Hollywood, Office Locations: SACRAMENTO, Calif, California, Hollywood, Southern California