A government shutdown is looming. Here's how the Bay Area could be affected

"The threat of an imminent government shutdown this week is growing more real as it becomes increasingly unlikely that Congress will pass a stop-gap government funding bill to avert a shutdown by today's deadline. How we got here: Two weeks ago, House legislators approved a short-term spending bill to fund the government through Nov. 21, but Senate Democrats are blocking the measure."

"They are insisting on adding a number of provisions, including subsidies for Affordable Care Act insurance premiums, which are set to expire at the end of the year. A report based on 2024 estimates by the House Budget Committee found that the federal government employs more than 187,000 Californians, making up about 1% of the state's total workforce. That ratio is roughly the same in the Bay Area, said Jeff Bellisario, executive director for the Bay Area Council Economic Institute."

An imminent federal government shutdown is growing more likely as Congress faces a deadline without a passed stop-gap funding bill. The House approved a short-term spending bill to fund the government through Nov. 21, but Senate Democrats are blocking the measure while demanding additions including expiring Affordable Care Act premium subsidies. A House Budget Committee report estimates the federal government employs more than 187,000 Californians, about 1% of the state's workforce, with a similar ratio in the Bay Area. The scale of shutdown impacts depends on presidential and OMB decisions about which federal workers are designated essential and whether layoffs occur.

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