California worker safety agency 'missing in action' during coronavirus, critics say
or PEER. The group’s members include current and former public employees, including those at California’s Division of Occupation Safety and Health, better known as Cal/OSHA.
The businesses targeted in the governor’s blitz were mostly commercial storefronts such as grocery chains, big-box stores and restaurants. The centers of the state’s largest outbreaks to date have been workplaces like nursing homes, meatpacking plants, hospitals and prisons, which have struggled to contain infections despite intervention from local and state authorities.
Monterroza would not comment on PEER’s claim that fewer than 50 staff are currently doing in-person inspections across the state. She also declined to answer questions relating to the availability of COVID-19 testing for Cal/OSHA employees. Now, when the agency’s mission is especially critical, the long-standing cutbacks threaten the safety and health of workers, advocates say.
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