California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing growing impatience with stay-at-home orders meant to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, and a legal showdown looms over his closure of Orange County beaches.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday faced the most intense pressure yet to lift restrictions on daily life, with a series of raucous protests around the state, a legal tussle with Orange County over closing its beaches and a rural Northern California county that defied his stay-at-home order and opened up for business.
Newsom’s squabbles with local officials over their abilities to determine what is safest for their respective communities have spiraled into more heated debates over the governor’s use of his executive powers to protect public health.in Orange County, where city leaders in Dana Point and Huntington Beach voted during emergency meetings Thursday night to approve filing for an injunction to block Newsom’s directive to close their beaches.
Newport Beach will increase its police presence on the beach and roll out barricades and electronic signs to make sure people are aware of the closure, officials said. The Huntington Beach Police Department also said its officers were seeking “voluntary compliance” from the public.on the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Main Street in Huntington Beach on Friday to decry the beach closures and demand stay-at-home orders be lifted. The densely packed crowd lined both sides of the street.
The Hesperia resident became aware of the protest through a social media campaign, #reopencalifornia, and made the 90-minute drive with his wife and three children, ages 7 to 11.Tami Avants, 60, of Rancho Cucamonga, said she lost her job as a hairdresser and is looking to get back to work.
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