Opinion: With the COVID emergency over, the Legislature should limit governor’s emergency powers
If only one word could be used to describe how California reacted to the virus, it would be the word “erratic.”But did the torrent of restrictions, mandates and never-ending power grabs result in a healthier and safer California?From the beginning, California took a contentious position. There was the “two weeks to flatten the curve.”During that initial time period fear gripped the nation, people were less resistant to such burdensome restrictions.
A year into the pandemic there was significant pressure on the governor to reopen schools. The governor responded by issuing his “California Safe Schools For All” plan.
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