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Is California’s COVID ‘Surge’ Real?

November 29, 2020 10:09 amDecember 2, 2020 9:06 am

Headlines this weekend screamed “Record-high COVID-19 caseload at Sacramento hospitals as coronavirus surge worsens.” That was a Sacramento Bee headline, blaming “people gathering indoors at Thanksgiving and other holiday events,” only one day after Thanksgiving. “Sacramento hospitals reported a record-high...

Who Gave Gov. Newsom the Power to Decide Which Jobs Are Essential?

November 28, 2020 4:12 pmDecember 2, 2020 9:03 am

Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest half-baked coronavirus lockdown orders, Los Angeles County issued another stay-at-home lockdown order Friday, jerking around businesses in-and-out of “essential” and “non-essential” status: you can still shop at the mall, ride public transit, get your nails...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ‘Dinnergate’ Apology Grows From Little White Lie to Whopper

November 23, 2020 5:26 pmNovember 25, 2020 4:40 pm

We know that with too many politicians “the ends justify the means,” meaning the desired result is so important that any method, even a morally bad one, may be used to achieve it. Gov. Gavin Newsom was caught in recent...

Bread and Circuses with California’s Political Hypocrisy

November 21, 2020 3:55 pmNovember 23, 2020 2:52 pm

California politicians must be bent on emulating Roman history. At the same time we have “Nero fiddling while Rome burns,” it’s also “bread and circuses for all.” In Rome, the fat-cat elitist politicians knew that the people could riot and...

Policy and Personnel Hamper California’s Efforts to Address Homelessness

November 20, 2020 10:59 amNovember 22, 2020 7:51 am

Special to the California Globe by Lance Izumi and Michele Steeb In his February State of the State speech, Governor Newsom declared homelessness his number one priority, and that he and the Legislature would come together on a major housing...

Sacramento Sheriff Will Not Enforce Gov’s Stay-Home and ‘Gatherings’ Orders, or Curfew

November 19, 2020 2:21 pmNovember 19, 2020 2:21 pm

Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones issued a statement Thursday stating that the Sacramento County Sheriff’s office will not be enforcing Governor Gavin Newsom’s holiday “gatherings” orders to stay home… alone… and eat chicken instead of a large turkey. (Actually the...

UPDATE: Sacramento County Board of Supervisors Declares Racism a Countywide Public Health Crisis

November 19, 2020 1:05 pmNovember 19, 2020 1:11 pm

UPDATE below: As Sacramento County was moved back into the most restrictive COVID lockdown tier Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, rather than fight for their constituents, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors approved on Tuesday a resolution “declaring racism as...