California Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to release thousands of inmates by the end of the month in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus in state prisons.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) announced on Friday that the state intends to release roughly 8,000 inmates by the end of August, according to <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article244135772.html">The Sacramento Bee</a>. The announcement came one day after the CDCR <a href="https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/covid19/letter-to-all-incarcerated-people/">told</a> its inmates that most would receive a 12-week credit toward time served because of the pandemic.
The CDCR will release prisoners in three stages. The state will begin releasing prisoners with 180 days or fewer left on their sentences who have not been convicted of a violent crime or are registered or required to register as a sex offender.
In the second stage, inmates age 30 and older with less than a year left on their sentences will be eligible for release if they are being held in one of eight prisons with “large populations of high-risk patients.” For the third stage, prisoners deemed at high risk of the coronavirus will be released as long as they are not convicted of a violent crime, required to register as a sex offender, or serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
Newsom, a Democrat, said releasing the inmates was necessary to reduce the chance of outbreaks in the state’s prison population and reduce stress on the prison system.
“This is serious stuff and requires a seriousness of purpose. People are just saying just release thousands and thousands of people,” Newsom said, according to the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-10/california-release-8000-prisoners-coronavirus-crisis-newsom">Los Angeles Times</a>. “Each and every one of these cases are sobering, challenging, and there’s a deep responsibility that comes with this job, but a sense of deep urgency as well to decompress the system in a judicious and thoughtful way.”
El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson criticized Newsom’s action, saying that the guidelines of who will be released are still unclear. Also, because of a series of early release programs and orders signed in recent years, the vast majority of inmates still left in the prison system should stay there for public safety.
“We don’t know what the actual impact of this is going to be. We do know that it’s a high likelihood there will be significant increases in crime,” Pierson said.
Early release programs have been approved by federal, state, and local officials since the outbreak of the coronavirus to reduce the chance of the virus spreading through lockups among inmates who usually don’t have enough room to properly socially distance. Attorney General William Barr <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/us/politics/barr-coronavirus-prisons-release.html">directed</a> the Bureau of Prisons to prioritize early release programs at institutions in several states back in April.
In some places, early release programs have resulted in the release of inmates who are recaptured and taken into custody again for new crimes. In New York City, dozens of inmates released on Mayor Bill de Blasio’s order ended up back in prison within a matter of weeks.
“I think it’s unconscionable just on a human level that folks were shown mercy and this is what some of them have done,” de Blasio <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/de-blasio-learns-released-inmates-committed-new-crimes-somehow-he-is-surprised-by-this">said</a> in April.
The spate of new crimes following the mass release of prisoners was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-prosecutors-are-not-happy-with-bill-de-blasios-plan-to-free-high-risk-inmates">warned</a> about by New York City’s leading prosecutors in each of its five boroughs. The prosecutors warned that de Blasio’s administration was approving prisoners for release too quickly, and was resulting in many prisoners convicted of violent crimes being let back out onto the streets.
“We were assured that the release would not include those serving time for domestic violence or sex offenses, given the risks to victims,” the prosecutors said in a letter to de Blasio. “Unfortunately, we later learned that such individuals were indeed included in the ranks of those to be released.”
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Newsom Plans To Release Roughly 8,000 Inmates Back Into California Over Coronavirus

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On July 1, California governor Gavin Newsom, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao9k0ibmhtc">speaking at a coronavirus briefing</a>, discouraged public gatherings celebrating July 4 with fireworks as he stated, “We have worked with those counties, the 19 counties that are on our mandatory closure list, and we have made it clear privately and now we are making it more abundantly clear publicly that we believe that they should consider canceling some their fireworks shows and presentations. By the way, a number of cities have done just that. LA, San Francisco, even here at the Cal Expo, northern California, the Sacramento region, have already made that determination, so this shouldn’t come as a major surprise.”
Here is how Californians responded:
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Prior to Newsom&#8217;s statement, on June 29 The County of Los Angeles Public Health released a <a href="http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phcommon/public/media/mediapubhpdetail.cfm?prid=2473">statement</a> asserting, “The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is ordering L.A. County beaches closed from July 3 through July 6 at 5:00 a.m. to prevent dangerous crowding that results in the spread of deadly COVID-19.  For that same reason, the department is also prohibiting fireworks displays in the County this July 4th holiday weekend.”
Barbara Ferrer, the Director of Public Health, stated:
<blockquote>Closing the beaches and prohibiting fireworks displays during this important summer holiday weekend was an incredibly difficult decision to make, but it’s the responsible decision to protect public health and protect our residents from a deadly virus. The Fourth of July holiday weekend typically means large crowds and gatherings to celebrate, a recipe for increased transmission of COVID-19. We all need to take this virus more seriously and residents and business owners must do their part. Physical distancing isn’t optional, wearing a face covering isn’t optional, spending time only with those you live with isn’t optional — these are requirements in the Health Officer Order and are the tools we have to protect each other, our families and those most vulnerable in our communities.</blockquote>
Newsom’s draconian policies regarding the coronavirus have been on full display lately. As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newsom-bans-singing-in-houses-of-worship-after-downplaying-spread-of-coronavirus-at-protests">reported</a> on Friday,
<blockquote>Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has issued new restrictions limiting the reopening of the economy in nearly 20 counties across the Golden State. One of the more controversial measures introduced Thursday will ban singing and chanting at houses of worships, which are already restricted to allowing 25% of guests or just 100 worshippers (whichever is lower). The Sacramento Bee <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article243973397.html">reported</a> that in late May, Newsom simply encouraged houses of worship to “<a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article242978146.html">strongly consider discontinuing singing,</a> group recitation, and other practices and performances.” &#8230;
“California’s health department agrees, and as Gov. Gavin Newsom begins tightening protocols during a <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article243956977.html">resurgence of the pandemic,</a> it now says singing and chanting are outright banned,” the outlet reported. “‘Activities such as singing and chanting negate the risk reduction achieved through six feet of physical distancing,’ the state said in its new guidelines.”</blockquote>
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CA Gov Newsom Discourages Fireworks Shows For July 4. Watch How Californians Responded.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has issued new restrictions limiting the reopening of the economy in nearly 20 counties across the Golden State. One of the more controversial measures introduced Thursday will ban singing and chanting at houses of worships, which are already restricted to allowing 25% of guests or just 100 worshippers (whichever is lower). The Sacramento Bee <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article243973397.html">reported</a> that in late May, Newsom simply encouraged houses of worship to “<a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article242978146.html">strongly consider discontinuing singing,</a> group recitation, and other practices and performances.”
The outlet also reported that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that singing and shouting “can spread the coronavirus just as easily as coughing or sneezing.”
“California’s health department agrees, and as Gov. Gavin Newsom begins tightening protocols during a <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article243956977.html">resurgence of the pandemic,</a> it now says singing and chanting are outright banned,” the outlet reported. “‘Activities such as singing and chanting negate the risk reduction achieved through six feet of physical distancing,’ the state said in its new guidelines.”
Nowhere in the Bee’s report is any mention of the massive protests taking place in California and elsewhere around the country.
As The Daily Wire’s James Barrett previously reported, the Los Angeles Police Department posted a photo to social media on Wednesday showing thousands of people gathered in Los Angeles to protest various social justice issues. Many of the protesters were not wearing masks and they were not following social distancing guidelines.
Authorities in California have either sidestepped the issue of protests or completely ignored them when discussing social distancing restrictions.
Newsom on Tuesday <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-have-to-enforce-newsom-hints-at-upcoming-coronavirus-restrictions">emphasized family gatherings</a> as a more dangerous place to spread the coronavirus than hordes of people shouting in close proximity. Newsom was making remarks about the upcoming Fourth of July weekend, saying that “one of the areas of biggest concern as it relates to the spread of COVID-19 in this state remains family gatherings,” said Newsom. “Not just bars, not just out in the streets where people are protesting and the like, it’s specifically family gatherings.”
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti warned residents on Wednesday to avoid leaving their homes and mentioned a number of situations where crowds might gather – but did not mention protests.
“COVID-19 has taken control, and we need to take control back. That’s what we did in March, April and May, when we sacrificed, stayed safer at home and saved lives — we need that same commitment to flatten the curve now,” the Democratic mayor tweeted. “We were the first major city to require face coverings, and we must continue to wear them,” he added in another tweet. “Gathering with anybody except for those you live with may spread this virus. And that’s why more businesses and places where people gather indoors are closing or must operate differently.”
“This 4th of July weekend, please wear face coverings and avoid gatherings,” he wrote in another post. “This is a critical time in our fight against COVID-19. Beaches, piers, and beach bike paths in the City and County of L.A. will be closed from Friday, July 3 to Monday, July 6.”
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Newsom Bans Singing In Houses Of Worship After Downplaying Spread Of Coronavirus At Protests

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Governor Gavin Newsom (D) announced on Wednesday afternoon that California would be unveiling new regulations for multiple types of businesses across 19 counties, including Los Angeles County. In total, the areas represent roughly 70% of the state’s population of 40 million people.
During a press conference, Newsom said the closures were focused on the indoor portions of businesses, including restaurants, wineries and tasting rooms, movie theaters, family entertainment centers, zoos, museums, and cardrooms.
“This doesn’t mean restaurants shut down. It means that we’re trying to take activities, as many activities as we can — these mixed activities, these concentrated activities — and move them outdoors, which is a way of mitigating the spread of this virus,” he said.
Data from the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/projects/california-coronavirus-cases-tracking-outbreak/">the Los Angeles Times</a> shows the positivity rate for coronavirus tests has been increasing gradually over the past week, and is now at a seven-day average of 5.9%. The largest share of confirmed positive cases in California skew younger, particularly in the 18-34 range, while the largest share of deaths occur in people over the age of 80.
The governor also said that he wasn’t “naive” about the difficulties of enforcing coronavirus measures in a state of 40 million people, and that he wanted to ask Californians to exercise personal responsibility “in the spirit of our Founding Fathers” and the Fourth of July holiday.
Newsom immediately followed up with details about his new enforcement “strike team,” which he suggested was educational in nature, but acknowledged it would target businesses that aren’t complying with coronavirus health and safety regulations.
The multi-agency teams would include the department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, the California Highway Patrol, and the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, among others, and would coordinate enforcement with local authorities, he said.
“Again, it’s more education, I’m not coming out with a fist,” said Newsom, who later suggested that there wasn’t a purpose in having rules, regulations, and laws if the government wasn’t willing to enforce them.
“It’s targeted, it’s where there’s abuses, where there’s a redundancy of complaints, and it’s done in a collaborative spirit in partnership with counties and cities,” said Newsom.
According to <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-01/newsom-imposes-new-rollbacks-of-californias-coronavirus-reopening">the Los Angeles Times</a>, the governor has also threatened to withhold coronavirus funding for governments that don’t follow public health orders.
Newsom also said that his administration would be closing parking lots at state beaches in Southern California and in the Bay Area — although not the beaches themselves — ahead of the Fourth of July weekend.
When Fox News Los Angeles Anchor Elex Michaelson asked the governor in a phone call why beach parking lots would be closed, Newsom responded: “It is [better] if you’re not there with 250,000 others. Therein lies the problem, it’s the intensity of the individuals all congregating…”
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Why close down beach parking lots? Isn&#8217;t it better to be outside than inside re: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/covid19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#covid19</a>.
I asked <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GavinNewsom</a> in a phone interview.
&#8220;It is [better] if you&#8217;re not there with 250,000 others. Therein lies the problem, its the intensity of individuals all congregating&#8230;&#8221;
— Elex Michaelson (@Elex_Michaelson) <a href="https://twitter.com/Elex_Michaelson/status/1278423070059855872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Governor Gavin Newsom Holds Coronavirus Briefing

Newsom Orders Closures For Some Indoor Businesses, Details Enforcement ‘Strike Team’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) suggested Tuesday that California will roll out new coronavirus restrictions, a development he revealed after discussing the growing rate of hospitalizations and positive coronavirus test results. 
“We’ll be making some additional announcements on efforts to use that dimmer switch that we’ve referred to, and begin to toggle back on our stay-at-home order and tighten things up,” said the governor, referring to his gradual reopening analogy. “The framework for us is this: If you’re not going to stay home, and you’re not going to wear masks in public, we have to enforce, and we will.”
During a press conference, Newsom said that hospitalizations increased 6.3% on Monday, and the number of ICU patients increased 4.3% the same day.  Although he did not offer specifics as to his plans, Newsom said he would make a separate statement Wednesday that would contain additional information. 
Newsom also stressed that the spread of coronavirus is “much more probable” when in a public setting and indoors, rather than in a public setting and also outdoors. As such, said Newsom, his administration would “start looking at the health orders and health directives in the counties in relationship to indoor versus outdoor activities.”
With the Fourth of July weekend approaching, Newsom maintained that “one of the areas of biggest concern as it relates to the spread of COVID-19 in this state remains family gatherings,” said Newsom. “Not just bars, not just out in the streets where people are protesting and the like, it’s specifically family gatherings.”
He then provided an illustrious example of the dynamics at a family gathering that could allow the coronavirus to spread: “They may walk into that barbeque with masks on, they may put the cooler down, immediately the mask comes off, and you have a glass of water, and all of a sudden, nieces and nephews start congregating around, and then they’re jumping on top of Uncle Joe, and then Uncle Joe is putting them back to Aunt Jane, and all of a sudden, there comes Uncle Bob, two hours late, he gives everyone a hug, and they’re all ‘Hey, Uncle Bob, Where’s the mask?’ And Uncle Bob [says] ‘Oh, I don’t believe in [that].’&#8221;
“The whole thing starts to take shape,” said Newsom, adding that family gatherings represented the top concern expressed by health officers. 
According to <a href="https://www.latimes.com/projects/california-coronavirus-cases-tracking-outbreak/">The Los Angeles Times</a>, the positivity rate for coronavirus tests has been increasing gradually over the past week, and is now at a 5.9% seven-day average, up 0.3% from the seven-day average a week ago. Approximately 670,000 test results have been returned during this time frame. 
The L.A. Times also notes that the largest share of positive test results skew younger, with people between 18-34 comprising over 30% of positive test results. Deaths, however, skew older. Roughly 45% of confirmed coronavirus deaths occur in people over the age of 80, and slightly more than 30% occur with people between the ages of 65-79. 
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‘We Have To Enforce’: Newsom Hints At Upcoming Coronavirus Restrictions

John Wayne’s son has blasted a new move by California Democrats demanding that Orange County’s John Wayne Airport be renamed because they feel the famed western actor uttered “racist and bigoted statements” nearly 50 years ago.
&#8220;Let me make one thing clear &#8212; John Wayne was not a racist. I know that term is casually tossed around these days, but I take it very seriously. I also understand how we got to this point,&#8221; Ethan Wayne said in a statement to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/john-wayne-son-responds-resolution-airport-renamed">Fox News</a> on Monday.
&#8220;There is no question that the words spoken by John Wayne in an interview 50 years ago have caused pain and anger,&#8221; Ethan said, referring to the late actor’s 1971 interview with Playboy. &#8220;They pained him as well, as he realized his true feelings were wrongly conveyed. The truth is, as we have seen in papers from his archives, he did not support &#8216;white supremacy&#8217; in any way and believed that responsible people should gain power without the use of violence,&#8221; Wayne said.
&#8220;Those who knew him, knew he judged everyone as an individual and believed everyone deserved an equal opportunity,&#8221; Ethan added. &#8220;He called out bigotry when he saw it. He hired and worked with people of all races, creeds, and sexual orientations. John Wayne stood for the very best for all of us &#8212; a society that doesn’t discriminate against anyone seeking the American dream.&#8221;
Wayne said it &#8220;would be an injustice to judge him based on a single interview, as opposed to the full picture of who he was.&#8221;
County Democrats on Friday passed a resolution demanding that the county’s airport be renamed, adding that all likenesses of Wayne &#8212; photos, statues, everything &#8212; be removed from the airport, which was named in John Wayne&#8217;s honor in 1979, shortly after the western actor died.
“The Democratic Party of Orange County condemns John Wayne’s racist and bigoted statements, and calls for John Waynes&#8217; [sic] name and likeness to be removed from the Orange County airport, and calls on the OC Board of Supervisors to restore its original name: Orange County Airport,” says the <a href="https://orangecountydemocrats.com/wp-content/uploads/RESOLUTION-TO-REMOVE-JOHN-WAYNE-FROM-ORANGE-COUNTY-AIRPORT.pdf">resolution</a>, passed Friday.
The board cited remarks Wayne made in a 1971 interview with Playboy.
“I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don’t believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people,” he said in the interview 49 years ago. “I don’t feel guilty about the fact that five or 10 generations ago these people were slaves,” he said at another point.
The demand comes as liberals across the country are pushing to tear down monuments and rename buildings and institutions that they deem to be racist.
The Democrats&#8217; resolution applauds a “national movement to remove white supremacist symbols and names [that is] reshaping American institutions, monuments, businesses, nonprofits, sports leagues, and teams, as it is widely recognized that racist symbols produce lasting physical and psychological stress and trauma particularly to Black communities, people of color and other oppressed groups, and the removal of racist symbols provides a necessary process for communities to remember historic acts of violence and recognize victims of oppression.&#8221;
Wayne, who starred in dozens of movies, including “Stagecoach” in 1939 and “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” in 1962, also addressed Native Americans in his Playboy interview.
“I don’t feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. … [O]ur so-called stealing of this country from them was just a matter of survival,” he said. “There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.”
But Ethan Wayne said that portrayal is wrong.
&#8220;The current focus on social justice is absolutely valid and necessary. But attempts by some to use it for political advantage distract from real opportunities for reform,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;One thing we know – if John Wayne were here today, he would be in the forefront demanding fairness and justice for all people,&#8221; said Wayne&#8217;s son. &#8220;He would have pulled those officers off of George Floyd because that was the right thing to do. He would stand for everyone’s right to protest and work toward change.&#8221;
Floyd died on Memorial Day while in the custody of Minneapolis police.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is pushing government officials and school administrators to allow students to return to class in the fall despite the coronavirus.
The AAP said in a Monday <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/notable-quotable-american-academy-of-pediatrics-11593469707">statement</a> that the cost to children of keeping them separated from school and their classmates may be worse than the disease and lead to abuse, drug use, and even suicide.
<blockquote>The AAP strongly advocates that all policy considerations for the coming school year should start with a goal of having students physically present in school. The importance of inperson learning is well-documented, and there is already evidence of the negative impacts on children because of school closures in the spring of 2020. Lengthy time away from school and associated interruption of supportive services often results in social isolation, making it difficult for schools to identify and address important learning deficits as well as child and adolescent physical or sexual abuse, substance use, depression, and suicidal ideation. This, in turn, places children and adolescents at considerable risk of morbidity and, in some cases, mortality.</blockquote>
The child health professionals noted that keeping children from in-class instruction has already had a “substantial impact” on students’ physical health and nutrition, as miss consistent exercise and school meals. As for the threat of the pandemic, the AAP said that the coronavirus is much less dangerous to younger people, and students with healthy immune systems are less likely to spread the disease further, especially if precautions are taken such as wearing face masks in class.
<blockquote>SARS-CoV-2 appears to behave differently in children and adolescents than other common respiratory viruses, such as influenza, on which much of the current guidance regarding school closures is based. Although children and adolescents play a major role in amplifying influenza outbreaks, to date, this does not appear to be the case with SARS-CoV-2. Although many questions remain, the preponderance of evidence indicates that children and adolescents are less likely to be symptomatic and less likely to have severe disease resulting from SARS-CoV-2 infection. In addition, children may be less likely to become infected and to spread infection.</blockquote>
The number of coronavirus cases across states such as California, Florida, and Texas are beginning to rise as states have begun to exit lockdowns, orders that have generally coincided with mass protests that began after Memorial Day across the country. Some states have begun to backtrack on reopening and close down businesses, such as bars, that were recently allowed to restart operations.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/29/us/coronavirus-florida-texas-bars-second-shutdown/index.html">ordered</a> bars again after allowing the businesses to reopen. The governor <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000007212734/florida-governor-coronavirus.html">said</a> last week that while cases are spiking across the state, fatality rates are not seeing a similar upswing because the new cases are largely in younger people who are less vulnerable to the virus and more likely to socialize as restrictions are relaxed.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fauci-coronavirus-vaccine-unlikely-to-achieve-herd-immunity-because-of-anti-vaxxers">Fauci: Coronavirus Vaccine ‘Unlikely’ To Achieve Herd Immunity Because Of Anti-Vaxxers</a>
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California Democrats in Orange County have passed a resolution demanding that the county’s John Wayne Airport be renamed. But there&#8217;s more: They want likenesses of Wayne &#8212; photos, statues, everything &#8212; removed from the airport, which was named in his honor in 1979, shortly after the western actor died.
“The Democratic Party of Orange County condemns John Wayne’s racist and bigoted statements, and calls for John Waynes&#8217; [sic] name and likeness to be removed from the Orange County airport, and calls on the OC Board of Supervisors to restore its original name: Orange County Airport,” says the <a href="https://orangecountydemocrats.com/wp-content/uploads/RESOLUTION-TO-REMOVE-JOHN-WAYNE-FROM-ORANGE-COUNTY-AIRPORT.pdf">resolution</a>, passed Friday.
The board cited remarks Wayne made in a 1971 interview with Playboy.
“I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to a point of responsibility. I don’t believe in giving authority and positions of leadership and judgment to irresponsible people,” he said in the interview 49 years ago. “I don’t feel guilty about the fact that five or 10 generations ago these people were slaves,” he said at another point.
The demand comes as liberals across the country are pushing to tear down monuments and rename buildings and institutions that they deem to be racist.
The Democrats&#8217; resolution applauds a “national movement to remove white supremacist symbols and names [that is] reshaping American institutions, monuments, businesses, nonprofits, sports leagues, and teams, as it is widely recognized that racist symbols produce lasting physical and psychological stress and trauma particularly to Black communities, people of color and other oppressed groups, and the removal of racist symbols provides a necessary process for communities to remember historic acts of violence and recognize victims of oppression.&#8221;
Ada Briceño, chairman of the Democratic Party of Orange County, told The <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-27/orange-county-democrats-condemn-racist-comments-by-john-wayne-call-for-airport-to-drop-his-name">Los Angeles Times</a> that the resolution is not the first attempt to rename the airport, but, she added, said the time has come.
“There have been past efforts to get this done and now we’re putting our name and our backing into this to make sure there is a name change,” Briceño told The Times.
Said The Times: &#8220;Democrats point to a <a class="Link" href="https://www.chapman.edu/wilkinson/political-science/_files/2020_orangecounty_annualsurvey.pdf?fbclid=IwAR27jdjxhWn-hMsYB5VY9RzeN9TtFD-OM19KvPyo2CSnxTiXmNQovqzflcE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chapman University</a> survey released earlier this year that said 79% of county residents polled believe &#8216;that O.C.’s increasing ethnic diversity is a source of great strength for the region.'&#8221;
Wayne, who starred in dozens of movies, including “Stagecoach” in 1939 and “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” in 1962, also addressed Native Americans in his Playboy interview.
“I don’t feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. … [O]ur so-called stealing of this country from them was just a matter of survival,” he said. “There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.”
&#8220;He also considered movies such as &#8216;Easy Rider&#8217; and &#8216;Midnight Cowboy&#8217; perverted, and used a gay slur to refer to the two main characters of the latter film,&#8221; The Times said.
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Democrats Pass Resolution To Rename John Wayne Airport, Say He Was ‘Racist, Bigoted’

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The California legislature voted last week to strike anti-discrimination language from the State Constitution.
In a 30-10 vote, the legislature passed the Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 5 (<a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200ACA5">ACA 5</a>), which removes the words “The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin,” from California’s constitution, which were put in place in 1996 with Proposition 209.
Proposition 209 effectively repealed the state’s Affirmative Action policies, which allowed public institutions such as schools and universities to give preferential treatment to underrepresented groups even if they were less than qualified. As Harvard University has shown, such policies lead to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/harvard-institutionally-racist-against-asian-ben-shapiro">discrimination against Asian Americans</a> especially.
The California proposal, which will be given to the people of the Golden State as a new resolution to vote on later this year, aims to bring back Affirmative Action to increase representation of women and people of color in “public employment, as well as public contracting and education.”
The bills makes numerous claims that Proposition 209 led to decreases in public contracts for minority- and women-owned businesses. The bill, however, includes a section claiming women “face unequal pay for equal work,” a statement that has been debunked numerous times by numerous economists and studies.
“White women are paid 80 cents to every dollar paid to white men doing the same work. Black women are paid 60 cents for every dollar paid to white men doing the same work and would theoretically have to work an extra seven months every year to overcome that differential. This persistent gender wage gap continues to harm women, their families, and communities,” ACA 5 claims.
As numerous studies have shown, the gender “wage” gap is actually an “earnings” gap. There is no evidence men and women working the exact same jobs earn different pay. The gap is due almost entirely to choices men and women make in their careers, such as how many hours they work, what type of jobs they take within the same industry or field, and whether they take time off from work to raise children. When controlling for these and other factors not relating to discrimination, the gap shrinks to about 6 cents. Lisa Maatz, a spokeswoman for the American Association of University Women once admitted they <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/a-yearly-reminder-that-the-gender-wage-gap-is-due-to-choice-not-discrimination">hadn’t figured out</a> how much of the alleged gender wage gap was due to discrimination.
The California bill assumes all inequalities are the result of discrimination and, more likely, Proposition 209, without considering that, like the gender “wage” gap, at least some of the disproportionality may be due to women and people of color choosing to do other things than work in the public sector – whether that’s a good or bad thing.
Removing the language would also allow California to blatantly discriminate against certain races and colors while purporting to champion equality.
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California Legislature Votes To Remove Anti-Discrimination Language From State Constitution

On Wednesday, California Democrats voted to reverse the state&#8217;s ban on racial preferences, reinstating affirmative action and de-facto racial discrimination by ratifying Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 (ACA5).
The measure, which &#8220;would reintroduce racial preferences for who gets a state job or contract, or who is admitted to a state university,&#8221; as <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-vote-for-discrimination-11593127619">The Wall Street Journal</a> editorial board puts it, will be on Californians&#8217; ballots come November.
If it passes, the state&#8217;s 24-year old ban on affirmative action will be reversed.
The amendment was ratified in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man who died last month after a troubling arrest captured on viral video. The officer at the center of the arrest, Derek Chauvin, has been charged with second-degree murder.
Democratic CA State Sen. Steve Bradford said he had &#8220;seen enough,&#8221; and praised the measure.
&#8220;It&#8217;s time to do the right thing,&#8221; he said, according to <a href="https://laist.com/latest/post/20200624/ACA-5-affirmative-action-california-senate-november-ballot">LAist</a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s time to end the racism that exists in California.&#8221;
However, Republican State Sen. Ling Ling Chang, who was born in Taiwan, slammed the amendment as codifying discrimination to supposedly fight discrimination, comparing it to the Chinese Exclusion Act.
&#8220;The problem with ACA5 is that it takes the position that we must fight discrimination with more discrimination,&#8221; Chang said.
As noted by The Wall Street Journal, Asian-Americans have been leading efforts to battle measures like ACA5.
The issue of racial discrimination in higher education was at the center of a 2014 lawsuit against Harvard in which Students for Fair Admissions claimed that admissions data shows that Harvard &#8220;intentionally discriminates against Asian American applicants,&#8221; as <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-rules-favor-harvard-affirmative-action-case-n1060921">NBC News</a> reported. U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs ended up siding with Harvard, stating in her 2019 decision that while the Ivy League school&#8217;s admissions process is &#8220;not perfect,&#8221; it is nonetheless constitutional.
The California measure to reintroduce affirmative action has unsurprisingly been met with criticism. The Wall Street Journal&#8217;s editorial board wrote a scathing op-ed published Thursday, titled &#8220;<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-vote-for-discrimination-11593127619">A Vote for Discrimination</a>,&#8221; condemning the amendment as counterproductive to the supposed stated goal of the state&#8217;s Democrats.
&#8220;We live in strange times, and strange indeed is that, while deploring racism, the Democratic Legislature in California has voted to codify racial discrimination in state law,&#8221; the Journal said.
The editorial board posed the question: &#8220;[I]f the problem is police singling out African-American young men without cause, how is the answer to sort people by race in other areas of life, sowing resentment and pitting American against American?&#8221;
&#8220;Judging individuals by the color of their skin is antithetical to equal justice under the law,&#8221; the editorial added. &#8220;Let’s hope Californians hold on to this American principle of equality that goes back to the Declaration of Independence, the 14th Amendment, and the civil-rights movement.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-how-a-satirist-hoaxed-the-woke-mainstream-media?itm_source=parsely-api">Andrew Doyle</a>, a liberal political satirist most known for his &#8220;woke&#8221; character <a href="https://twitter.com/TitaniaMcGrath">Titania McGrath</a>, sarcastically mocked California Democrats&#8217; move as &#8220;progressive.&#8221;
&#8220;The California senate has voted to delete this from its constitution: &#8216;The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin,'&#8221; he posted via Twitter. &#8220;So progressive!&#8221;
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The California senate has voted to delete this from its constitution:
“The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.”
So progressive!<a href="https://t.co/ZrxJBmu2cS">https://t.co/ZrxJBmu2cS</a>
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To ‘End Racism,’ CA Dems Vote To Bring Back Racial Preference; Female Asian GOP State Senator Slams Measure

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Celebrities and other wealthy residents of Beverly Hills, California, and the surrounding area may be happy to contribute millions to &#8220;freedom funds&#8221; to pay bail for rioters arrested in other major cities, but they&#8217;re moving quickly to shut down demonstrations &#8212; and the possibility of an &#8220;autonomous zone&#8221; like the one taking shape in Seattle, Washington &#8212; from coming anywhere near.
Using coronavirus as an excuse, the City of Beverly Hills issued a strict order earlier this week banning protests, demonstrations, and curtailing plans for an &#8220;autonomous zone&#8221; in one of the country&#8217;s wealthiest districts.
&#8220;To preserve the peace and tranquility of residential neighborhoods, effective tonight and until further notice, no more than 10 people shall gather in an assembly in a public right of way in a residential area between the hours of 9 p.m. &#8211; 8 a.m.,&#8221; the city&#8217;s social media accounts announced.
&#8220;An assembly is defined as any gathering or group of 10 or more people on a public street, sidewalk, or other public places if those 10 people have a common purpose or goal,&#8221; the order reads. &#8220;Any assembly that is silent, such as a candlelight vigil, and gatherings on private property are exempt from this emergency order.&#8221;
The order, <a href="https://hotair.com/archives/karen-townsend/2020/06/15/panic-beverly-hills-emergency-order-bans-protests-residential-areas/">Hot Air reports</a>, stems from fallout over an &#8220;<a href="https://www.beverlyhills.org/cbhfiles/storage/files/7743569161346414255/gatheringsorder.pdf">Occupy&#8221; protest that played loud music</a> and otherwise disrupted sleeping Beverly Hills residents between the hours of 10 pm and 1 am sometime last week.
It may also be the direct result of looting and rioting that took place along the city&#8217;s tony Rodeo Drive shopping district. As in places like Chicago, Illinois, and New York City, looters and rioters took advantage of massive anti-racism protests to steal from high-end retailers like Gucci and Louis Vuitton. So far, the looters and rioters have avoided the city&#8217;s residential areas as well as residential areas surrounding Los Angeles, California, but that is not an ongoing guarantee.
Beverly Hills is, of course, home to some of the wealthiest Americans, but it is far from the only city working to prevent a CHOP-like &#8220;autonomous zone&#8221; from cropping up. Over the weekend, Asheville, North Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee; Chicago, Illinois; and Portland, Oregon, all took steps to shut down efforts at creating autonomous zones in their respective cities, either dismantling the protests before they took root, or heading off efforts to protest in specific locations.
Chicago&#8217;s protest, which involved graduate students at the University of Chicago, disbanded itself after UChicago campus police, protecting their &#8220;occupied&#8221; headquarters, refused to allow &#8220;residents&#8221; of the &#8220;autonomous zone&#8221; to use their bathrooms or have pizza delivered.
The &#8220;CHOP&#8221; or &#8220;Capitol Hill Occupied/Ongoing Protest&#8221; &#8212; formerly the &#8220;CHAZ,&#8221; the &#8220;Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone&#8221; &#8212; is now in its second week in Seattle, and remains with the blessing of the mayor, who compared the demonstration to a &#8220;block party&#8221; and suggested that Seattle was embracing a &#8220;summer of love&#8221; in tolerating the six-square blocks of anarchy.
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Celebs Say No: ‘Emergency Order’ Bans Protests, Autonomous Zones In Beverly Hills

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Between 1974 and 1986, a series of murders, rapes, and burglaries terrorized California. In 12 years, the man known in different parts of the state as the East Area Rapist, the Original Night Stalker, and the Visalia Ransacker committed at least 13 murders and more than 50 rapes and 100 burglaries.
Like so many famous serial killers, the Golden State Killer taunted victims and police by making creepy phone calls and writing letters.
The serial killer and rapist would break into suburban couples’ homes at night, tie up the man and stack plates on his back, and then say he would kill both of them if he heard the dishes fall while he raped the wife.
On April 24, 2018, U.S. Navy veteran and former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was charged with crimes associated with the Golden State Killer – more than 30 years after the crime sprees ended. DNA linked DeAngelo with the murders and rapes. He was charged with eight counts of first-degree murder and charges relating to kidnapping and abduction attempts. He couldn’t be charged for the numerous rapes due to the statute of limitations at the time.
The Associated Press has now <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/06/16/golden-state-killer-suspect-expected-to-plead-guilty/">reported</a> that DeAngelo is expected to plead guilty in exchange for a plea deal that allows him to avoid the death penalty. He is expected to plead guilty on June 29 and be sentenced once the surviving victims and relatives of his murder victims have a chance to confront him in court.
Ron Harrington, whose younger brother and sister-in-law were murdered by DeAngelo in August 1980, said they would accept either punishment.
“We are so totally supportive of the death penalty and yet we are totally supportive of this decision to let the Golden State Killer plead to life without possibility of parole,” Harrington said.
“Almost 40 years have passed and literally some of the victims have passed away, there are foundational issues from an evidentiary standpoint,” he added. “You’ve got victims who have now passed away, how are they going to testify?”
The AP reported that “District attorneys in six counties that had been seeking the death penalty issued a joint statement that did not address that issue, but noted the scope of crimes that started more than four decades ago and involved dozens of victims across 11 counties over more than a decade.”
“Victims of a crime are entitled to finality in their criminal cases, as well as the expectation that the person convicted of committing the crime will be punished,” the DAs wrote in their statement, adding that they “are working closely with the victims in this case to ensure their statements are considered by the Court prior to sentencing.”
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The ‘Golden State Killer’ Terrorized California in The 1970s And 80s. The Man Accused Of The Crimes Is Expected To Plead Guilty.

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One sheriff’s deputy is dead, another was severely injured, and a third officer was shot during what’s being called an “ambush” attack in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller, 38, was killed by an improvised explosive device after he and two other officers pursued a man suspected of having guns and bomb-making materials inside it. The deputies had responded to a 911 call about the suspicious van, but when they arrived, the van drove away. Officers pursued the suspect, 38-year-old Steven Carrillo, who drove down a driveway at his home and ambushed the deputies with guns and explosives when they got out of their vehicles, The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/cb0e5c0ae7ac0a9b500a030cabdfc55c">reported</a>. Carrillo is reportedly an active-duty U.S. Air Force sergeant.
Gutzwiller was killed during the attack in Ben Lomond, described by the AP as “an unincorporated area near Santa Cruz.” An emotional Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart announced Gutzwiller’s death on Sunday, calling him “a beloved figure here at the sheriff’s office.”
“Sergeant Damon Gutzwiller was shot and taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead,” Hart said. “Another deputy was either shot or struck by shrapnel and struck by a car as the suspect fled the property. We are hopeful the deputy will recover.”
“Damon showed up today to do his job, to keep this community safe, and his life was taken needlessly,” Hart added.
Carrillo, the suspect, was shot after he tried to carjack a different vehicle and treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Hart said the suspect would be charged with first-degree murder.
The second injured deputy, who has not been named, was “wounded by gunfire or shrapnel and struck by a vehicle as the suspect fled,” the AP reported.
A California Highway Patrol officer was also injured during the attack, receiving a gunshot wound to the hand.
KPIX <a href="https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/06/06/suspect-in-custody-after-officer-involved-shooting-in-santa-cruz-county/">reported</a> that Gutzwiller “had been with the [Sheriff’s] department since 2006 and was married with a small child and a second child on the way.”
“Damon will be deeply missed,” Hart said, according to the outlet. “He was a beloved figure with the sheriff’s department.”
On Sunday, the AP <a href="https://www.heraldpalladium.com/news/wire/fbi-looks-for-link-between-2-ambush-killings-of-officers/article_9785dc2c-dd7a-5816-a2ba-c00b12dcc7c5.html">reported</a> that the FBI is looking into the incident and another to see if there are any links.
“The FBI office in San Francisco confirmed Sunday its investigators were working with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department to determine a possible motive and links to other crimes committed in the San Francisco Bay Area, including the attack that killed a Federal Protective Service officer and critically wounded another officer on May 29. Both involved shooters in a van,” the AP reported.
The second attack killed Federal Protective Service officer Dave Patrick Underwood, 53, and critically wounded a second officer.
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California Deputy Killed, 2 More Officers Injured In ‘Ambush’ Attack

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On Monday night in Fairfield, California, looters found a new and outrageous way to break in and loot a store: they rammed a forklift truck through the entrance of a Best Buy at the Solano Town Center.
Police stated the vandals were not local, that construction work on the mall property was ongoing and the vandals used that equipment. Lt. Jausiah Jacobsen, who said one arrest had been made, stated, &#8220;We were able to get a lot of license plates and log those and it&#8217;s clear to us that these were all people who came from outside of town to take advantage of Fairfield,&#8221; as <a href="https://abc7news.com/6227299/">ABC7 News</a> reported.
Jacobsen continued, &#8220;These people were clearly here to cause havoc and terrorize, they were here to loot and damage. That&#8217;s what their intent was and what they were doing.”
Some local residents spoke to ABC7 about their grief at the destruction. Cesar Gomez tearfully told ABC7, &#8220;I&#8217;ve got my broom and dustbin. This is my town. I was born and raised here.”
David Barnum of Dixon added, &#8220;It&#8217;s just insane. I can&#8217;t believe that&#8217;s happening so close to my house. It feels honestly like this should be somewhere else. This should be, dare I say, Los Angeles or&#8230;It&#8217;s not rural out here but it&#8217;s not packed urban like the crazy places you see on TV.”
Barnum said, &#8220;Unfortunately I do think we have a few more days of it. I thought it was going to end the first day and I went to UC Davis yesterday and saw all the destruction there and it&#8217;s just going to keep on happening for awhile until someone figures out — someone decides — this needs to stop. I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going to tell them that they should.”
Fairfield lies halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento; it is the home of Travis Air Force base and has a population of roughly 110,000 people.
On Monday, California governor Gavin Newson <a href="https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/governor-gavin-newsom-june-1-california-covid-19-briefing-transcript">stated</a>:
<blockquote>And if leaders are going to meet, not just this moment, but the moments in front of us, we better start listening. We better start hearing people. We better own up to our own responsibility, on accountability that led to this moment. Society becomes how we behave. We are our behaviors. Each and every one of us as an obligation to do more and better. And folks in my position, more still. I get that. I own that, but leaders can be found everywhere. Leadership is not just some fancy title. We are desperate for leadership in this country. Desperate for leadership in the State of California, desperate for leadership in communities, large and small. Leaders can be found anywhere. You don’t have to be something to do something to soften the edges.</blockquote>
He added, “To those that want to exploit this moment, that want to flame the violence and fear, we hear you as well, but we don’t have the same sensitivities as it relates to those that are trying to exercise their voice from a place of hurt and pain. When you try to cause pain on others, when you’re out there to exploit conditions, not advance the cause of justice, that is not serving the greater good. And we need to also call that out. The looting, the violence, the threats against fellow human beings, that has no place in this state and in this nation.”
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Looters Use Forklift To Break Into California Best Buy

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On Sunday, Fox News LA reporter Bill Melugin reported that some store owners in Santa Monica, California were standing guard to protect their property, as two of them stood outside the “Helen’s Bicycles” store and another stood atop its roof brandishing firearms. Melugin showed photos of the assumed store owners on Twitter, writing, “Armed business owners are now stationed outside and on top their properties in Santa Monica. They are taking their protection into their own hands now. @FOXLA.”
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BREAKING: Armed business owners are now stationed outside and on top their properties in Santa Monica. They are taking their protection into their own hands now. <a href="https://twitter.com/FOXLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FOXLA</a> <a href="https://t.co/GTawCJPA2g">pic.twitter.com/GTawCJPA2g</a>
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Earlier Sunday afternoon, an NBC correspondent stated, “Absolute Chaos along 4thstreet in Santa Monica … looting with impunity on both sides of the street. No police in sight. We’ve watched this happen to dozens of stores for 45 minutes.”
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Absolute Chaos along 4th street in Santa Monica&#8230; looting with impunity on both sides of the street. No police in sight. We’ve watched this happen to dozens of stores for 45 minutes now&#8230; <a href="https://t.co/WOdEhIz3th">pic.twitter.com/WOdEhIz3th</a>
&mdash; Gadi Schwartz (@GadiNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/GadiNBC/status/1267221077777768448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 31, 2020</a></blockquote>
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As the afternoon turned into evening, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villaneuva stated, “There are no lawful protestors left on the streets. We are about to bring buses and begin making mass arrests.”
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L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villaneuva: &quot;There are no lawful protestors left on the streets. We are about to bring busses and begin making mass arrests.&quot; Looting continuing in Santa Monica and Long Beach. <a href="https://t.co/0BtueEPWjX">pic.twitter.com/0BtueEPWjX</a>
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It appeared police in Santa Monica started making arrests as day turned into evening:
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Police in Santa Monica appear to have started making arrests. <a href="https://t.co/IR9wvVoal5">https://t.co/IR9wvVoal5</a> <a href="https://t.co/SDQKggD0qa">pic.twitter.com/SDQKggD0qa</a>
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Actor James Woods, watching the mayhem, commented, “So I’m watching the looting in Santa Monica live on local TV. There’s a thug who puts an armful of clothing into his car and locks the door! Then off he goes to loot some more, but secure in the knowledge his swag is safe! There are levels of irony that are impossible to top.”
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So I’m watching the looting in Santa Monica live on local TV. There’s a thug who puts an armful of clothing into his car and locks the door! Then off he goes to loot some more, but secure in the knowledge his swag is safe! There are levels of irony that are impossible to top.
&mdash; James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1267253524464713728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Santa Monica, which abuts the Pacific Ocean, is not part of the city of Los Angeles; it has its own police department. On Sunday afternoon, the city of Santa Monica issued a statement saying a curfew would be in place at 4 p.m., reading:
<blockquote>The City of Santa Monica will join our neighboring cities in extending our curfew to tonight, May 31, 2020 at 4 p.m. through tomorrow, Monday, June 1 at 5:30 a.m. Emergency responders are exempt, as are those traveling to and from work or seeking or giving emergency care.  The City of Santa Monica values peaceful protest as vital to our democracy.  
As of 1:15 p.m., a peaceful protest is underway along Ocean Avenue between Montana and Colorado. The Santa Monica Police Department is on site and has a presence throughout the community. The public’s safety is our top priority and we ask the community to avoid Ocean Avenue at this time.  </blockquote>
The 3rd Street Promenade, which was trashed by rioters, is only blocks from Ocean Avenue.
<a href="https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/an-emotional-gov-newsom-talks-privilege-race-amid-protests/2299774/">California Governor Gavin Newsom</a> stated on Saturday, “We have to be more resolved now than ever to do more and be better as human beings, as parents, as leader in our own right and to model better behavior,” urging protesters to express themselves “thoughtfully and gently — but forcefully” so that “we, collectively, can not only hear your voice but we can resolve to do something with the lesson that we learn.”
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Store Owners In Santa Monica, CA, Stand Armed To Guard Their Business, Report Says

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Federal Protective Service officer Patrick Underwood was killed Friday night in a shooting at a federal office building in Oakland, California, as riots raged over the death of George Floyd.
The Department of Homeland Security announced Underwood&#8217;s death in a press conference on Saturday but did not name Underwood until Sunday morning when his friends and family released details of his life to media outlets.
&#8220;We have witnessed an outright assault on our law enforcement community last night in Oakland, California,&#8221; Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf told media Saturday. &#8220;An assassin cowardly shot two Federal Protective Service contractors as they stood watch over a protest.&#8221;
&#8220;My brother, Dave Patrick Underwood, a federal officer, was murdered 5/29/20 in Oakland California, while on duty during the riots,&#8221; Underwood&#8217;s sister wrote on social media. &#8220;This Violence Must Stop.&#8221;
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&#8220;According to the FBI&#8217;s San Francisco branch, the shooting occurred at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building when a vehicle approached the building and opened fire at the security officers,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/federal-protective-service-officer-killed-oakland-shooting">Fox News reported</a> on Sunday. The shooters &#8220;began firing gunshots at contract security officers for the Federal Protective Service of the Department of Homeland Security,&#8221; <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-protective-service-officer-killed-another-injured-oakland-shooting-amid-n1219561">NBC News added</a>.“The FBI has deployed investigators and the Evidence Response Team to the crime scene,” the FBI said in a statement, per Fox News. “We will continue to work this investigation alongside the Oakland Police Department.”
So far, the FBI and other agencies have refused to say whether the shooting was connected to riots that ravaged the Bay Area on Friday and Saturday.
&#8220;About 1,000 protesters in Oakland smashed windows, sprayed buildings with &#8216;Kill Cops&#8217; graffiti and were met with chemical spray from police, who said several officers were injured by projectiles,&#8221; according to Fox News. The <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/George-Floyd-Protests-live-updates-Oakland-quiet-15305914.php">San Francisco Chronicle says</a> that arsonists lit &#8220;dozens and dozens&#8221; of fires overnight on Saturday, forcing San Francisco mayor London Breed to declare a curfew. The curfew, which begins at 8 pm and lasts until 5 am, will be in effect Sunday as well.
The Department of Homeland Security has said that there were a number of threats made against federal buildings across the country.
Acting Department of Homeland Security Ken Cucinelli <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-protective-service-officer-killed-another-injured-oakland-shooting-amid-n1219561">told media that</a> &#8220;there are currently threats by some to attack police stations and federal buildings. That violence will not be tolerated. We&#8217;re also committed to ensuring that it won&#8217;t succeed anywhere, and let me be clear when someone targets a police officer or a police station with an intention to do harm and intimidate that is an act of domestic terrorism.&#8221;
Underwood, who &#8220;grew up in Pinole, [California,] and still lived there,&#8221; &#8220;was one of the kindest souls I have ever had the pleasure of meeting,&#8221; a family friend told ABC News. &#8220;A man full of empathy and compassion whose smile would light up a room. Humbleness and humility were his two greatest assets. The world needs him and more like him, especially in these troubling times.&#8221;
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A California district attorney has launched an investigation into Joe Biden accuser Tara Reade for potentially lying as an expert witness in court proceedings.
The Monterey County District Attorney’s office confirmed the probe on Tuesday, according to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/26/california-tara-reade-investigation-283592">Politico</a>. Officials are investigating whether Reade, who sat as an expert witness in a pair of sexual assault cases, lied about her qualifications to testify. Reade testified under the name Alexandra McCabe for years.
“We are investigating whether Ms. McCabe gave false testimony under oath,” Monterey County chief assistant district attorney Berkley Brannon told Politico. “We have no database or search engine to use to determine in how many cases she testified … However, that effort is ongoing.”
Reade went public with a decades-old allegation of sexual assault against Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, in March. Reade <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/woman-accuses-joe-biden-of-sexual-assault">said</a> in an interview with podcaster Katie Halper that Biden had assaulted her in a semi-private area of a gym on Capitol Hill while she was working for the then-Senator in 1993.
“We were alone, and it was the strangest thing. There was no, like, exchange really, he just had me up against the wall,” Reade claimed. “His hands were on me and underneath my clothes. And then he went down my skirt, but then up inside it and he penetrated me with his fingers.”
Biden issued his first statement on the allegation more than a month after the interview on May 1, denying Reade’s allegation completely.
“I want to address allegations by a former staffer that I engaged in misconduct 27 years ago,” Biden said. “They aren’t true. This never happened.”
“While the details of these allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault are complicated, two things are not complicated,” he continued. “One is that women deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, and when they step forward they should be heard, not silenced. The second is that their stories should be subject to appropriate inquiry and scrutiny.”
Multiple people have said that Reade told them of the alleged assault soon after it happened or within a few years of it happening. Reade’s brother, her former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-neighbor-claims-tara-reade-told-her-about-joe-biden-sexual-assault-in-mid-1990s">neighbor</a>, her ex-husband, and at least one anonymous friend have all said that Reade described the alleged assault to them sometime between when it happened and 1996.
Reade also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/secretary-of-senate-rejects-biden-request-to-release-docs-on-tara-reade">claims</a> that she filed a complaint with the Senate personnel office, although she says she did not expressly accuse Biden of sexual assault or even harassment in the report. The report or any evidence of its existence has yet to be found.
At least one detail of Reade’s story appears flawed or misremembered. Reade claims that Biden assaulted her in an unspecified “side area” somewhere between Biden’s old Senate office and the gym he frequented at the time.
A review of the area by <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-74-former-biden-staffers-think-about-tara-reades-allegations">PBS NewsHour</a> noted that:
<blockquote>The layout of that route and building has not changed. A recent walk through that area showed the subway tunnel contains no out-of-view areas, like an alcove. The remaining portion of the route includes multiple stairwells as well as corridors lined with offices. It is a main thoroughfare for senators and staffers. Some former staffers told the NewsHour that if Biden did assault Reade in any of these places, it would have been a brazen attack in an area with a high risk of being seen.</blockquote>
Reade also changed her story in the months leading up to her accusation of sexual assault. At first, her public story was that Biden had sexually harassed her, which was in line with the stories of others accusing Biden of inappropriate touching and comments.
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Three days after President Trump ramped up pressure on governors to reopen churches, and with over 1,200 California churches saying they will not comply with a prolonged lockdown, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that churches in the state would be allowed to reopen — but only at 25 percent capacity or a maximum of 100 people per service.
In response, Orange County Supervisors, condemning Newsom&#8217;s new guidelines as overly restrictive, voted unanimously on Tuesday that churches are &#8220;essential,&#8221; while the Orange County Sheriff made clear that his deputies will not be enforcing some social distancing rules, including the church restrictions.
&#8220;Counties can now begin re-opening houses of worship and in-store shopping for retail,&#8221; Newsom <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1265039521113993216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1265039521113993216&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fread-it-house-republicans-sue-pelosi-for-defying-231-year-constitutional-tradition-with-proxy-voting-pelosi-responds">tweeted</a> Monday along with new guidance on the next phase of reopening. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-unveils-new-guidelines-after-trump-calls-for-houses-of-worship-to-reopen">The Daily Wire</a> reported, under Newsom&#8217;s new guidelines, places of worship will only be allowed to reach 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever is the lowest, and the limits will remain in place &#8220;for the first 21-days of a county public health department’s approval of religious services and cultural ceremonies activities at places of worship.&#8221;
But Orange County officials say Newsom&#8217;s guidelines for churches go too far. As reported by <a href="https://voiceofoc.org/2020/05/oc-supervisors-deem-churches-essential-sheriff-wont-enforce-mask-requirements-or-church-restrictions/">Voice of OC</a>, Orange County Supervisors agreed with the Trump administration on Tuesday that churches are &#8220;essential&#8221; in a unanimous resolution that followed &#8220;pressure from a series of religious leaders and residents over the past few weeks during the coronavirus pandemic.&#8221;
&#8220;These guidelines allow houses of worship to open with many restrictions,&#8221; said Chairwoman Michelle Steel at the meeting Tuesday. &#8220;They even discourage singing and gathering for holidays.&#8221; Supervisor Lisa Bartlett noted that many of the houses of worship in the area are quite large; restricting services to 100 people would require an unmanageable number of services to minister to all of their members.
Supervisor Don Wagner invoked constitutional rights. &#8220;Can you imagine having told George Washington or John Adams or Patrick Henry or Ben Franklin that your First Amendment right to worship and your First Amendment right to protest can be limited by the government if we think there’s maybe just too many of you?&#8221; Wagner asked, Voice of OC reports. &#8220;You would’ve taken your life in your hands making that claim to George Washington.&#8221;
The resolution declaring churches essential, officials stressed, does not supersede Newsom&#8217;s order. However, Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes also announced on Tuesday that he and his deputies would not be enforcing the state&#8217;s restrictions on churches or the county&#8217;s mask mandate.
&#8220;My department is being put in the middle of some strife that occurs throughout the community — in positions that are not consistent with the First Amendment,&#8221; said Barnes, adding: &#8220;We are not the mask police nor do I intend to be the mask police.&#8221;
Prior to his announcement Monday, Newsom had said churches would not be able to reopen until the third phase of his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ca-governor-lays-out-4-stage-reopen-plan-months-before-churches-gyms-sports-hair-nail-salons-open">four-phase plan</a>.
But last week, Trump announced that he was instructing the CDC to declare churches &#8220;essential.&#8221; &#8220;At my direction, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is issuing guidance for communities of faith,” Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-need-more-prayer-not-less-trump-says-houses-of-worship-are-essential-calls-for-their-reopening">said</a> in a press conference Friday. “I’m identifying houses of worship ⁠— churches, synagogues and mosques ⁠— as essential places that provide essential services.”
&#8220;These are places that hold our society together and keep our people united. The people are demanding to go to church and synagogue, go to their mosque,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;The governors need to do the right thing and allow these very important, essential places of faith to open right now, or this weekend.&#8221;
Meanwhile, religious leaders representing over 1,200 churches in the state <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-churches-prepared-to-defy-governor-resume-in-person-services-says-attorney">informed</a> Newsom in an open letter that they would begin to hold church services starting on May 31, regardless of what the governor proscribed.
&#8220;The clergy of this state are convinced that they must reopen their ministries to fully serve the needs of their communities,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.tylerbursch.com/announcements/a-letter-to-governor-gavin-newsom-from-churches">letter</a> reads. &#8220;The spiritual services of ministries are absolutely essential to the health and welfare of the people of California. For example, a study published on May 6, 2020, in JAMA Psychiatry found &#8216;that religious service attendance is associated with a lower risk of death from despair among registered nurses and health care professionals. These results may be important in understanding trends in deaths from despair in the general population.&#8217; The addiction and counseling services conducted in churches need to resume. In sum, a great crisis has arisen from the secondary effects of the COVID-19 shutdown. The societal effects are not temporary and will last a lifetime in many individuals. In times of crisis, the clergy have a calling and responsibility to lead and care for their congregants and community.&#8221;
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Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced Tuesday afternoon that California counties that have been permitted to enter deeper into stage two of the governor’s reopening plan can also now begin to reopen barbershops and hair salons. 
During the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KGET17News/videos/706769336756627/">press conference</a>, the governor indicated that the new guidelines mark a pivotal transition that will require each person to take accountability for their own actions in order to prevent future outbreaks. 
“It is incumbent upon all of us to take seriously this moment,” said Newsom. “The reality is this pandemic has just begun, it hasn’t ended.”
Under the new guidelines, 47 California counties can allow barbershops and hair salons to reopen. According to <a href="https://abc7news.com/when-is-phase-3-for-california-reopening-date-ca-opening-guidelines-to-reopen/6210597/">ABC-7</a>, the eleven remaining counties, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, have been prohibited from moving forward because they have not yet reported that they have the coronavirus spread under control. 
“We want to see how some of these phase-in approaches go before we make even more meaningful modifications to them,” said Newsom during the press conference. “We’re making progress, we’re moving forward, we’re not looking back, but we are walking into the unknown, the untested, literally and figuratively, and we have to be guided by the data that brought us to this place.”
The <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-26/hair-salons-barber-shops-can-reopen-this-week-newsom-plan">Los Angeles Times</a> reported that Newsom told retailers on Monday that they could also begin to reopen. The governor has since said that additional guidance for other businesses and locations, such as summer camps, schools and the entertainment industry, will be released in the coming days. 
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-unveils-new-guidelines-after-trump-calls-for-houses-of-worship-to-reopen">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported, Newsom released guidelines for churches and other houses of worship to reopen after President Donald Trump called on governor’s to take action, noting that “these are the places that hold our society together and keep our people united.”
Under the new 13-page guidelines, places of worship must cap attendance at 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever represents the lower threshold. The limits on attendance remain in place “for the first 21-days of a county public health department’s approval of religious services and cultural ceremonies activities at places of worship.” 
The guidelines also encourage houses of worship to continue virtual services instead of resuming in-person services, and furthermore, just like the other guidelines put forth by the governor, individual counties reserve the power to make stricter modifications. 
It’s currently unclear how many counties will choose to reopen houses of worship now that Newsom will no longer prevent churches from doing so at the state level. Earlier this month, the governor’s decision to allow manufacturing to resume across the state at the discretion of individual counties <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-final-straw-elon-musk-says-hell-move-tesla-headquarters-out-of-california-file-lawsuit-over-restrictions">prompted fighting</a> between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Alameda County, California, which refused to allow him to reopen his plan. 
After Musk called the interim health director incompetent, filed a lawsuit against the county, and promised to take Tesla’ headquarters out of state — and potentially the entire company — Alameda County allowed them to resume manufacturing. 
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California Governor Says Some Barbershops, Hair Salons Can Now Reopen

Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) unveiled the new <a href="https://covid19.ca.gov/pdf/guidance-places-of-worship.pdf">public health guidelines</a> for houses of worship in California on Monday, several days after President Trump publicly called on services to resume as “essential” parts of American life. 
“Counties can now begin re-opening houses of worship and in-store shopping for retail,” said Newsom. “CA has continued to flatten the curve because folks are staying home, practicing physical distancing, and taking this seriously.”
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NEW: Counties can now begin re-opening houses of worship and in-store shopping for retail.
CA has continued to flatten the curve because folks are staying home, practicing physical distancing, and taking this seriously.
Let’s keep it up.
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— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1265039521113993216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2020</a></blockquote>
While the governor&#8217;s announcement says that houses of worships can resume operations, Newsom has repeatedly stressed that individual counties have the authority to implement stricter public health guidelines than the state’s own guidelines. Thus it’s unclear how many counties will actually allow houses of worship to promptly resume operations. 
Newsom originally claimed churches would not be able to reopen until phase three of his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ca-governor-lays-out-4-stage-reopen-plan-months-before-churches-gyms-sports-hair-nail-salons-open">four-phase plan</a>, but he appears to have modified this plan amidst pressure from the Trump administration and from religious leaders across the state who said they were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-churches-prepared-to-defy-governor-resume-in-person-services-says-attorney">planning to hold</a> services on May 31 with or without the governor’s approval. 
“These are places that hold our society together and keep our people united. The people are demanding to go to church and synagogue, go to their mosque,” said the president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-need-more-prayer-not-less-trump-says-houses-of-worship-are-essential-calls-for-their-reopening">during an address</a> on Friday. “The governors need to do the right thing and allow these very important, essential places of faith to open right now, or this weekend.”
Under California’s new 13-page guidelines, places of worship must cap attendance at 25% capacity or 100 people, whichever represents the lower threshold. The limits on attendance remain in place “for the first 21-days of a county public health department’s approval of religious services and cultural ceremonies activities at places of worship.”
The guidelines also encourage houses of worship to continue virtual services instead of resuming in-person services. If in-person services are held, the guidelines encourage houses of worship to adopt “a reservation system” and “strongly consider discontinuing singing, group recitation, and other practices and performances where there is increased likelihood for transmission from contaminated exhaled droplets,” among dozens of other recommendations. 
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-church-asks-supreme-court-to-take-action-against-gov-newsoms-lockdown-order">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported, the Department of Justice sent a letter to California last week informing the governor that his public health guidelines were discriminating against houses of worship and pointed out that the previous reopening plans placed houses of worship in stage three, along with movie theaters and salons. 
“California has not shown why interactions in offices and studios of the entertainment industry, and in-person operations to facilitate nonessential ecommerce, are included on the list as being allowed with social distancing where telework is not practical, while gatherings with social distancing for purposes of religious worship are forbidden, regardless of whether remote worship is practical or not,” said the letter. 
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