The decision to relax certain lockdown restrictions develops amid rising protests in California. Residents of the state have taken to the streets and made very clear their interests in getting back to work. Likewise, certain counties in California already reopened for business on their own, despite Newsom’s shelter-in-place order.
Finally, the California governor also permitted the reopening of certain Orange County beaches; this decision arrived after Newsom mandated the closure of all beaches in the county, much to the ire of his state’s residents.
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From the available details of the California governor’s strategy to gradually reopen the state, he is taking a more lackadaisical approach, to say the least. Newsom’s plan also comes at a much later time and in smaller form than other states, especially red states.
In his announcement earlier today, Newsom made sure to profess that COVID-19 is still a threat. Furthermore, the California governor reiterated that reopening the state of 40 million residents will happen in pockets and in alignment with health officials’ advice.
