tested positive for COVID-19 the next morning,<\/a> said that there were about a dozen lawmakers that were at a hotel in downtown Sacramento where many of them stay while they\u2019re in town. This hotel is where the farewell event took place for the former Assemblymember.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cCertainly there were some people that had to quarantine because they were exposed to me,\u201d Becker mentioned.<\/span><\/p>\nGonzalez said in a tweet that she was not only fully vaccinated and has tested negative since, but she also wore an N95 mask when she wasn\u2019t eating or drinking.<\/span><\/p>\nThe exposure of the lawmakers complicates things for the new legislative session, which has a deadline at the end of this month to act on any bills which haven\u2019t moved out of their house of origin last year.<\/span><\/p>\nThe number of absences has been incredibly high for the start of the year due to the omicron variant increasing the number of cases in California. The assembly reported 27 absences of 80 members yesterday, although a representative said that more than half of them were requested earlier in the week and were not related to the Tuesday night event.<\/span><\/p>\nA spokesperson for Rendon, Katie Talbot, stated in an email that guidelines from the California Department of Health \u201cdo not require isolation for vaccinated and boosted individuals following potential exposure.\u201d However, \u201cout of an abundance of caution, the Speaker asked Members who attended Tuesday\u2019s event to stay home from session today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nPhoto Cred: AP Photo\/Rich Pedroncelli<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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