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.

Hundreds of state workers converged Wednesday in the rain in the first organized protest against California Gov. Gavin Newsom's return to office order.