SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – California plans to lift most coronavirus restrictions on businesses and workplaces June 15. State officials said that allows for life to almost get back to a pre-pandemic normal.
Governor Gavin Newsom announced California will also be getting rid of the color-coded tier system on that day.
But, many critics say Newsom’s “arbitrary” color-coded reopening guidelines are the problem in the first place.
California conducted the slowest reopening process in the nation, and may also be the reason that over 2 million Californians signed the petition to Recall Gavin Newsom. Newsom implemented strict guidelines that caused thousands of businesses to permanently close. The state’s Health and Human Services secretary says California’s mask mandate will remain in effect.
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With the spread of COVID-19 plummeting in California, triggering reopenings across the state after a devastating year of lockdowns, the campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom from office could lose one of its strongest selling points by the time voters are asked whether to remove him this fall.
Recall organizers remain confident that animosity will continue to linger over past school closures, job losses and the billions of dollars the state paid out to fraudulent unemployment claims during the pandemic, along with Newsom’s missteps, such as attending a lobbyist’s birthday party at Napa Valley’s French Laundry restaurant after asking Californians to refrain from similar gatherings.
Former Olympian and gubernatorial candidate says California is worth fighting for in Hannity exclusive
This is a rush transcript from Hannity, May 5, 2021. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
SEAN HANNITY, FOX NEWS HOST: And welcome to HANNITY.
Now, in just mere moments, California gubernatorial candidate Caitlyn Jenner will join us for her first exclusive interview.
Tonight, we re in beautiful Southern California, where some might say the united socialist states of California, where, by the way, it was once the land of American pioneers. Ronald Reagan was governor out here, boundless possibilities. Not really that long ago, that Republican presidential candidates could win the great state of California. A lot has changed.
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