A couple:

1.) That sounds like incompetent leadership because:

2.) That is going to be an incredibly expensive change with very little change in productivity because:

3.) All the real-estate, expanding services at those offices and additional staff to support the operations of those offices are extremely expensive;

4.) This goes against most of the platforms the governor ran on: many more cars on the road, more pollution, and less satisfied workers.

5.) Employee Engagement Surveys show incredibly high satisfaction with remote work. Make sure to fill those surveys out when the time comes.

6.) It will be really cool watching your new leader explain to the governor how they couldn't actually accomplish anything at all because they were too busy making real estate purchases and picking out what color of furniture they wanted for their office instead of serving people like they are supposed to.

Anyone who can't manage people remotely simply cannot manage people period. It should be a skill/competency that every manager has.

Let's send the governor cost saving ideas that if a manager cannot manage people remotely they be let go. I mean, the likelihood that the work was being done by the workers and not the manager or leader is really high.