California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that five major U.S. banks will temporarily suspend home mortgage payments for people who have been affected by the coronavirus quarantine.
The Associated Press <a href="https://amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/25/gavin-newsom-4-banks-suspend-mortgage-payments/">reported</a> that Wells Fargo, U.S. Bank, Citi, and JP Morgan Chase would “defer mortgage payments for three months,” and that state “chartered banks and credit unions will offer similar deferrals.”
“I thought the Great Recession was overwhelming, and we really had to react. This one is much bigger,” Diana Dykstra, CEO of the California-Nevada Credit Union League, told the AP. “People’s health is on the line, it’s deeper and broader than that crisis was. It was a housing crisis. This is a crisis for everyone.”
Bank of America, the fifth bank, was criticized by Newsom for allegedly agreeing to only defer mortgage payments for one month, but spokesman Bill Halldin told the AP the 30-day time frame was not a limit and that they company would consider further delaying payments depending on how long the crisis lasts.
Newsom, the AP reported, also explained that more than “1 million Californians have filed for unemployment benefits since March 13 as businesses shut down or dramatically scaled back because of a statewide ‘stay-at-home’ order to prevent the spread of the virus.” More than 3 million Americans across the country have filed for unemployment benefits during that time, meaning California alone accounts for a third of the total number.
Newsom also said the Golden State is increasing its supply of medical equipment, protective gear, and hospital beds. In a press conference on Sunday, President Donald Trump announced that California would receive four large medical stations with 2,000 beds and help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as well as the help of a U.S. Navy hospital ship on the coast near Los Angeles. The president also said he would be sending thousands upon thousands of respirators, surgical masks, face shields, coveralls, and gloves to the state.
California would further be helped by the $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill passed by congress this week. As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-passes-2-trillion-relief-bill-pelosi-has-message-for-disappointed-house-democrats">reported</a>, the bill amounted “to some $2.2 trillion in relief measures, including $1,200 checks to most American adults (and another $500 for most children), a $500 billion loan program for struggling businesses, cities and states, nearly $400 billion for employee-retention funds for small businesses and another $130 billion for hospitals, among other provisions.”
The bill would also expand unemployment benefits, increasing weekly benefits by up to $600 on top of what is already provided by states, meaning someone in California could receive up to $1,000 a week in unemployment benefits in addition to the one-time $1,200 checks that would be passed out to American adults. The bill is expected to pass the House of Representatives soon. Democrats had previously blocked a bill that would bring relief for middle-class families while introducing their own bill loaded with left-wing demands that had nothing to do with the coronavirus crisis.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-passes-2-trillion-relief-bill-pelosi-has-message-for-disappointed-house-democrats">Senate Passes $2 Trillion Relief Bill; Pelosi Has Message For ‘Disappointed’ House Democrats</a>
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-ted-cruz-explains-how-2-trillion-relief-bill-got-passed-and-what-it-means-for-americans">WATCH: Ted Cruz Explains How The $2 Trillion Relief Bill Got Passed And What It Means For Americans</a>

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Gov. Gavin Newsom Announces Five Major Banks Won’t Collect Mortgage Payments From Those Affected By Coronavirus Quarantine

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California officials announced that the first child under the age of 18 in the United States to die was a 17-year-old boy who lived north of Los Angeles in Lancaster, California. Gov. Gavin Newsom responded to the boy’s death by exhorting, “&#8221;We had the tragic life of a teenager, which underscores how the virus can impact anybody. We’re doing the investigation to see how it occurred … I can’t impress upon the young people enough the seriousness of the moment … Let us not have to announce again that a teenager lost their lives because we didn’t take this moment seriously,&#8221; as <a href="https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Coronavirus-updates-Santa-Clara-County-death-15153322.php">The San Francisco Chronicle</a> reported.
Barbara Ferrer, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, echoed of the death and two others in the county, &#8220;Each loss we experience in L.A. County is tragic, and we are sending our heartfelt condolences to the families and loved ones who’ve had to endure this tragedy. Covid-19 does not discriminate by age, race or income level.”
Now Los Angeles County Department of Public Health officials are asserting that they may not be sure that coronavirus was the cause of the boy’s death, saying, ““Though early tests indicated a positive result for COVID-19, the case is complex and there may be an alternate explanation for this fatality,” as <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/us/california-coronavirus-death-child.html">The New York Times</a> reported. Officials announced that his death would be investigated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris said the boy was initially treated at a hospital that did not test him for the coronavirus, fuming, “How do you take a kid in for having respiratory problems and you don’t test him? I am so livid.”He added, “I’m really upset right now. I thought this was a disease that affected people my age, Now I realize our kids are at risk — that’s something totally different. We are enforcing the law in Lancaster. I will not lose another child.”
The boy reputedly died from septic shock, which can result from an infection that can cause severely low blood pressure and organ failure. The boy recently started having respiratory problems.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said, “We are anywhere from about 6 to 12 days behind what we are seeing in New York City &#8230; where more than one American is dying each hour … Everybody is hopeful and some are putting out that hope of us being back in churches by Easter or synagogues by Passover, of restarting the economy in a couple of weeks,” as <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8149783/Teenage-boy-died-complications-coronavirus-suffered-septic-shock.html">The Daily Mail</a> reported. He added, “We will not be back to that normal in that short period of time. I said to be prepared for a couple months like this.”
The 1,000-bed Navy hospital ship Mercy is traveling from San Diego to Los Angeles; it intends to treat non-coronavirus patients to relieve the burden on hospitals. The Daily Mail noted, “California is expanding production efforts to manufacture 1 billion globes, 500 million N-95 masks and 200 million shields. On Monday, the California National Guard said it would be deployed across the state for humanitarian purposes to distribute food and medical supplies and help with food banks and aid officials on the Grand Princess cruise ship.”
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A newly released poll has found that President Donald Trump&#8217;s approval rating for how he has handled the coronavirus outbreak has skyrocketed over the last week.
&#8220;In the new poll, 55% of Americans approve of the president&#8217;s management of the crisis, compared to 43% who disapprove,&#8221; ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/coronavirus-upends-nation-americans-lives-changed-pandemic-poll/story?id=69696172">reported</a>. &#8220;Trump’s approval on this issue is up from last week, when the numbers were nearly reversed. Only 43% approved of Trump&#8217;s handling of the pandemic and 54% disapproved in last week&#8217;s poll.&#8221;
The poll comes after China&#8217;s lies and cover-up of a coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan has thrown the world into a recession and has upended life for billions of people across the world.
&#8220;Over the course of a week, the president has shifted his approach and tone, giving daily briefings on the crisis since Saturday, alongside the White House task force leading the response to the coronavirus and announcing some severe measures to combat the virus,&#8221; ABC News added. &#8220;During the two days in which the poll was conducted, the president signed an economic relief bill to help combat the coronavirus, ensuring free testing and paid leave for certain workers, governors and local leaders across the country have imposed more stringent restrictions on travel and day-to-day movements, trading on Wall Street was halted again after the stock market continued to plunge and the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus hiked to over 9,000 across all 50 states.&#8221;
The number of confirmed cases in the U.S. increased by over 4,000 on Thursday as the U.S. now has over 14,000 confirmed cases, a number that is growing rapidly.
The rapid spread of the coronavirus in California led Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom to declare a shelter-in-place order to stop the rapid spread so that the state&#8217;s hospitals do not get overwhelmed.
“A state as large as ours, a nation-state, is many parts, but at the end of the day, we are one body,” Newsom said. “There is a mutuality and there’s a recognition of our interdependence that requires of this moment that we direct a statewide order for people to stay at home.”
“That directive goes into force and effect this evening and we are confident that the people of the state of California will abide by it, will do the right thing, they’ll meet this moment, they’ll step up, as they have over the course of the last number of weeks to protect themselves, to protect their families, and to protect the broader community in this great state in the world that we reside in,” Newsom continued.
“As I say, there is a social contract here, people I think recognize the need to do more and to meet this moment,” Newsom said. “People will self-regulate their behavior, they’ll begin to adjust and adapt as they have been quite significantly. We will have social pressure that will encourage people to do the right thing, just a nod and look saying, ‘hey, maybe you should reconsider just being out there on the beach, being 22 strong at a park.’”
“I don’t believe the people of California need to be told through law enforcement that it’s appropriate just to home isolate, protect themselves, go about the essential patterns of life but do so by socially distancing themselves from others and do so using your common sense,”  Newsom said.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: California&#39;s statewide &quot;stay-at-home&quot; order will go into effect tonight. Newsom says he&#39;s &quot;confident&quot; people will abide by the new order <a href="https://t.co/0tthiG4W6R">https://t.co/0tthiG4W6R</a> <a href="https://t.co/NvY7RAOsTI">pic.twitter.com/NvY7RAOsTI</a>
&mdash; CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSLA/status/1240816931025928193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Los Angeles County and the city of Los Angeles announced a series of strict orders on Thursday night aimed at stopping the outbreak of the coronavirus, which originated in China.
&#8220;The Los Angeles County order requires all indoor malls, shopping centers, playgrounds and nonessential retail businesses to close and prohibits gatherings of more than 10 people in enclosed spaces,&#8221; The Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-19/as-coronavirus-spreads-california-puts-national-guard-on-alert-asks-u-s-navy-for-help">reported</a>. &#8220;The city of Los Angeles order is much more restrictive. It requires all nonessential businesses to close, with companies able to operate only through work-at-home arrangements. The order also bans all public gatherings of any size outside homes.&#8221;
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said, “All businesses, including museums, malls, retail stores, for-profit companies and nonprofit organizations, must stop operations that require workers to be present in person. No public and private gatherings of any size that would occur outside of a single home will be allowed, with clear exceptions.”
The Los Angeles Times noted that &#8220;essential businesses&#8221; include &#8220;grocery stores, food banks and outdoor farmers markets; schools; child care; businesses that provide food, shelter, social services and other necessities of life for economically disadvantaged people; gas stations; banks and financial institutions; hardware stores, plumbers and electricians; healthcare operators and facilities; transportation services; and residential facilities.&#8221;
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I’m issuing a Safer at Home emergency order — ordering all residents of <a href="https://twitter.com/LACity?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LACity</a> to stay inside their homes and immediately limit all nonessential movement. We’re taking this urgent action to limit the spread of COVID-19 and save lives. <a href="https://t.co/4yVdjXMEJ0">https://t.co/4yVdjXMEJ0</a> <a href="https://t.co/QscQUbqkaC">pic.twitter.com/QscQUbqkaC</a>
&mdash; Mayor Eric Garcetti (@MayorOfLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorOfLA/status/1240801250720927745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2020</a></blockquote>
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California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom issued a statewide order on Thursday night for the entire state of California to stay home in an effort to combat the coronavirus which he said would infect the majority of the state within the next 8 weeks if extreme measures were not taken.
“We’re not victims of circumstance, we can make decisions to meet moments, and this is a moment we need to make tough decisions,” Newsom said. “This is a moment where we need some straight talk and we need to tell people the truth.”
“We need to the bend the curve in the state of California and in order to do that we need to recognize the reality,” Newsom continued. “The fact is, the experience we are having on the ground throughout the state of California, the experience that is manifesting all across the United States, and for that matter, around the rest of the world, requires us to adjust our thinking and to adjust our activities.”
“In the state of California many people are very familiar with these adjustments,” Newsom continued. “A number of days ago, there were six bay area counties that led with stay-at-home orders. Now, as I speak, some 21.3 million Californians reside in a community in a city and or county that have similar orders.”
“A state as large as ours, a nation-state, is many parts, but at the end of the day, we are one body,” Newsom said. “There is a mutuality and there’s a recognition of our interdependence that requires of this moment that we direct a statewide order for people to stay at home.”
“That directive goes into force and effect this evening and we are confident that the people of the state of California will abide by it, will do the right thing, they’ll meet this moment, they’ll step up, as they have over the course of the last number of weeks to protect themselves, to protect their families, and to protect the broader community in this great state in the world that we reside in,” Newsom continued.
“As I say, there is a social contract here, people I think recognize the need to do more and to meet this moment,” Newsom said. “People will self-regulate their behavior, they’ll begin to adjust and adapt as they have been quite significantly. We will have social pressure that will encourage people to do the right thing, just a nod and look saying, ‘hey, maybe you should reconsider just being out there on the beach, being 22 strong at a park.’”
“I don’t believe the people of California need to be told through law enforcement that it’s appropriate just to home isolate, protect themselves, go about the essential patterns of life but do so by socially distancing themselves from others and do so using your common sense,”  Newsom said.

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Los Angeles Announces Strict New Orders To Stop Spread Of Coronavirus

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California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom announced during a press conference late on Thursday that he has issued a statewide order for the entire state of California to shelter in place due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, which originated in China.
“We’re not victims of circumstance, we can make decisions to meet moments, and this is a moment we need to make tough decisions,” Newsom said. “This is a moment where we need some straight talk and we need to tell people the truth.”
“We need to the bend the curve in the state of California and in order to do that we need to recognize the reality,” Newsom continued. “The fact is, the experience we are having on the ground throughout the state of California, the experience that is manifesting all across the United States, and for that matter, around the rest of the world, requires us to adjust our thinking and to adjust our activities.”
“In the state of California many people are very familiar with these adjustments,” Newsom continued. “A number of days ago, there were six bay area counties that led with stay-at-home orders. Now, as I speak, some 21.3 million Californians reside in a community in a city and or county that have similar orders.”
“A state as large as ours, a nation-state, is many parts, but at the end of the day, we are one body,” Newsom said. “There is a mutuality and there’s a recognition of our interdependence that requires of this moment that we direct a statewide order for people to stay at home.”
“That directive goes into force and effect this evening and we are confident that the people of the state of California will abide by it, will do the right thing, they’ll meet this moment, they’ll step up, as they have over the course of the last number of weeks to protect themselves, to protect their families, and to protect the broader community in this great state in the world that we reside in,” Newsom continued.
Newsom said that the order would be enforced through social pressure from people&#8217;s peers.
“As I say, there is a social contract here, people I think recognize the need to do more and to meet this moment,” Newsom said. “People will self-regulate their behavior, they’ll begin to adjust and adapt as they have been quite significantly. We will have social pressure that will encourage people to do the right thing, just a nod and look saying, ‘hey, maybe you should reconsider just being out there on the beach, being 22 strong at a park.’”
“I don’t believe the people of California need to be told through law enforcement that it’s appropriate just to home isolate, protect themselves, go about the essential patterns of life but do so by socially distancing themselves from others and do so using your common sense,”  Newsom said.
Newsom said that coronavirus outbreak was spreading so quickly that California that the virus would &#8220;impact&#8221; about 56% of California&#8217;s population.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: California&#39;s statewide &quot;stay-at-home&quot; order will go into effect tonight. Newsom says he&#39;s &quot;confident&quot; people will abide by the new order <a href="https://t.co/0tthiG4W6R">https://t.co/0tthiG4W6R</a> <a href="https://t.co/NvY7RAOsTI">pic.twitter.com/NvY7RAOsTI</a>
&mdash; CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSLA/status/1240816931025928193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Gavin Newsom Issues Order For All Of California To Stay Home

In a press release and video statement Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the &#8220;significant&#8221; action he has taken to address what modeling indicates could be the massive impact of the coronavirus among the state&#8217;s largest-in-the-nation homeless population, a development that threatens to overwhelm the state&#8217;s healthcare system.
&#8220;People experiencing homelessness are among the most vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19,&#8221; said Newsom in a quote included in the press release. &#8220;California is deploying massive resources to get these vulnerable residents safely into shelter, removing regulatory barriers and securing trailers and hotels to provide immediate housing options for those most at risk. Helping these residents is critical to protecting public health, flattening the curve and slowing the spread of COVID-19.&#8221;
As <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/california-governor-says-60-000-010314386.html">Reuters</a> reports, Newsom revealed in a video statement streamed online Wednesday that modeling has shown that more than 60,000 homeless people could become infected by the virus in California over the next eight weeks. The potential impact of that development on the healthcare system would be severe, Newsom warned.
&#8220;Over the next eight-week period, we have modeled that of the 108,000 unsheltered Californians that are out on the streets, if you had an attack rate of about 56%, you&#8217;re looking at 60-plus thousand individuals that may have COVID-19,&#8221; Newsom said in a Facebook address, as reported by Reuters. &#8220;That creates a deep point of anxiety for the existing population but moreover for our healthcare delivery system, our capacity to move people in and out of the shelters safely without contacting other people and putting them at risk as well.&#8221;
So far, California has seen 598 confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection and at least 17 reported fatalities as a result of the virus.
Below is the <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2020/03/18/governor-newsom-takes-emergency-actions-authorizes-150-million-in-funding-to-protect-homeless-californians-from-covid-19/?fbclid=IwAR2M-hOQjhwEzAY7nDSzXasrgjszOFooB545al-DRxzitvzJ3mAMeT_C_EA">press release</a> from the office of the governor issued Wednesday detailing the governor&#8217;s &#8220;significant, additional actions to protect Californians experiencing homelessness from COVID-19,&#8221; including $150 million in emergency funding specifically to address the homeless crisis, allowing local governments &#8220;flexibility&#8221; in creating emergency shelters, and the purchasing of trailers and the leasing of hotel and motels for emergency housing:
<blockquote>Governor Gavin Newsom today took a series of significant, additional actions to protect Californians experiencing homelessness from COVID-19. The State of California is providing emergency aid to local governments and implementing emergency protective measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 among this particularly vulnerable population, many of whom have no option to self-quarantine or isolate.
“People experiencing homelessness are among the most vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19,” said Governor Newsom. “California is deploying massive resources to get these vulnerable residents safely into shelter, removing regulatory barriers and securing trailers and hotels to provide immediate housing options for those most at risk. Helping these residents is critical to protecting public health, flattening the curve and slowing the spread of COVID-19.”
Today’s actions include:
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<li>Emergency Funding: Governor Newsom directed the first allocation of the $500 million in emergency funding recently authorized by the Legislature for COVID-19 related activities – $150 million for local emergency homelessness actions. To deploy this first funding allocation, the state will provide:
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<li>$100 million directly to local governments, for shelter support and emergency housing to address COVID-19 among the homeless population, and</li>
<li>$50 million to purchase travel trailers and lease rooms in hotels, motels, and other facilities in partnership with counties and cities to provide immediate isolation placements throughout the state for homeless individuals.</li>
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<li>Executive Order for Local Flexibility: Governor Newsom <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/3.18.20-EO.pdf">signed an executive order</a> providing flexibility to local governments to spend their emergency homelessness funding on immediate solutions tailored to combatting COVID-19 and its impacts on the homeless population. The Governor also waived certain regulatory barriers for any shelters or facilities built with this emergency funding.</li>
<li>Public Health Guidance for Homeless Shelters: The California Health &amp; Human Services Agency issued official public health guidance to homeless service providers statewide about social distancing measures in shelters, access to hygiene supplies, health screening protocols, and isolation protocols for people with COVID-19 or those demonstrating symptoms. That guidance is <a href="https://www.bcsh.ca.gov/hcfc/documents/covid19_homeless_guide.pdf">available here</a>.</li>
<li>Purchasing Trailers: The state is immediately procuring 1,309 travel trailers from FEMA and private vendors to provide quarantine capacity – moving people out of shelters and into isolation placements, focused on people with COVID-19 or those demonstrating symptoms. The purposes of this emergency protective measure is to protect healthy people in those facilities and create capacity in the existing shelter network. These trailers will be deployed to California’s largest population centers.</li>
<li>Leasing Hotels &amp; Motels, in Partnership with Counties: The state provided California’s counties with tailored lists of hotels and motels that are potentially available to lease for the next several months. The state is also offering to contact hotels and negotiate leases, if a county requests that assistance. In total, the state has identified over 950 hotels across 53 counties that are potentially eligible for participation in the state’s leasing program. The state and counties have already begun outreach to these hotels and motels now, and when we identify a willing partner, we initiate lease negotiations with the owner.</li>
<li>First Hotel Leases: Yesterday, the state executed hotel leases for the first two properties and is transferring control to Alameda County. This includes a total of 393 rooms in Oakland. These rooms will be put to use as emergency protective measures by the local governments as isolation capacity for homeless individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 or are symptomatic, or otherwise at significant risk.</li>
</ul>
Unsheltered people living on the streets and those living in large shelter settings are particularly susceptible to COVID-19. The state has previously issued <a href="https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/CDPH%20Document%20Library/Self_Isolation_Guidance_03.16.20.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">guidance</a> that people 65 years of age and older and those with underlying medical conditions are particularly susceptible to having serious health impacts as a result of the virus, including higher mortality rates.
On Monday, the Governor issued an <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2020/03/16/governor-newsom-issues-executive-order-to-protect-renters-and-homeowners-during-covid-19-pandemic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">executive order</a> that authorizes local governments to halt evictions for renters and homeowners, slows foreclosures, and protects against utility shutoffs for Californians affected by COVID-19. This order was in part a preventative measure to ensure that low-income Californians do not lose a safe roof over their head as a result of an eviction related to a loss of income or sickness due to COVID-19. The Governor hopes to see other local efforts to protect renters, low-income homeowners, and small businesses, following the leadership of local jurisdictions such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, and San Jose, which have already implemented or are working towards local measures.
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California Governor Sounds Alarm, Takes ‘Significant’ Action Over Homeless Coronavirus Threat

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Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced Tuesday evening that the California public school system, which consists of more than 6 million students at over 10,000 locations, will be unlikely to open before summer break. 
According to <a href="https://ktla.com/news/california/california-students-may-not-return-to-school-before-summer-gov-newsom-says/">KTLA-5</a>, the governor revealed his assessment in order to encourage parents to prepare for the challenges of uprooting the standard school day for an extended period of time. 
“I would plan and assume it is unlikely that many of these schools, few if any, will open before the summer break,” said Newson during the press conference, reports the news agency. 
“I don’t want to mislead you, to six-plus million kids in our system and their families, they need to make some plans at a time when a lot of plans are already being curtailed,” he said. “But planning with kids is some of the most challenging planning.”
According to <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-17/schools-closures-mobilize-meals">The Los Angeles Times</a>, Newsom said that over 98% of public schools in the state have already closed, and California has begun developing plans to ensure that students continue to learn while out of class. 
The news agency reports that “teachers in most closed schools are trying to continue instruction through online coursework and extended homework assignments.”
The California governor’s decision was announced shortly after Kansas Governor Laura Kelly (D-KS) announced, definitively, that schools would stay closed for the remainder of the academic year, reports <a href="https://fox4kc.com/tracking-coronavirus/all-kansas-public-schools-cease-in-person-classes-for-the-rest-of-the-year-governor-says-amid-pandemic/">Fox News</a>. 
“I am ordering all K-12 to close and cease in-person instruction for the duration of the 2019-2020 semester,” said Kelly, reports the news agency. “The steps we’re announcing today will create the space we need at the state level… so that we can get ahead of this threat and limit its long term impact.”
The Trump administration is looking at different ways to give American citizens relief from the pandemic, following an increase in national cases — nearly <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html">900 cases</a> in the last 24 hours and 5,587 total as of Tuesday evening — and large-scale disruptions to normal life. 
As The Daily Wire previously reported, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said in a press conference Tuesday that the Trump administration has been considering the idea of sending a paycheck to every American citizen as an emergency measure. 
“The president has instructed me we have to do this now,” said Mnuchin. “Americans need cash now — and I mean now, in the next two weeks.”
“I think we’re going to do something that gets money to them as quickly as possible. That may not be an accurate way of doing it. Some people obviously shouldn’t be getting a check for $1,000 but we’ll have an idea at the end of the day what we will be doing,” he said.
Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) announced Monday morning that he was in favor of sending a one-time $1,000 check to every American adult in order to combat the economic effects of the coronavirus. Romney&#8217;s proposal would also provide grants to small business, student loan deferment for recent college graduates, and expand access to Pell Grants for affected college students.

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Millions Of Students ‘Unlikely’ To Return To School Until Summer, Says California Governor

Some inmates in Los Angeles County jails are being released and far fewer bookings are occurring amid growing concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
As reported by the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-16/la-jail-population-arrests-down-amid-coronavirus">Los Angeles Times</a>, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department revealed that it&#8217;s taking decisive measures in an attempt to &#8220;combat coronavirus,&#8221; including releasing over 600 inmates from its jails and slashing the number of arrests officers usually make.
&#8220;Sheriff Alex Villanueva said deputies and police officers across the county have been directed to cite and release people whenever possible, instead of arresting them, and to seek medical clearance before booking anyone who shows symptoms,&#8221; the Times reports. &#8220;Countywide, he said, arrests have dropped from a daily average of 300 to 60, while the jail population was reduced by more than 600 inmates.&#8221;
&#8220;Our population within our jail is a vulnerable population just by virtue of who they are and where they’re located,&#8221; Villanueva told the press Monday. &#8220;So we’re protecting that population from potential exposure.&#8221;
L.A. County Sheriff&#8217;s Department is not the only office in California to take drastic action. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/san-francisco-public-defender-seeks-immediate-release-of-some-jail-inmates-due-to-coronavirus">The Daily Wire</a> reported Monday, the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office filed motions last week &#8220;seeking the immediate release of all inmates being held pretrial in county jails who are considered more susceptible to catching coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).&#8221;
“We are taking action to protect older adults and those with compromised immune systems who are extremely vulnerable right now,” <a href="https://sfpublicdefender.org/news/2020/03/public-defender-seeks-immediate-release-for-people-in-jail-with-short-sentences-and-heightened-risk-of-coronavirus/">said</a> S.F. Public Defender Mano Raju. “People who are incarcerated in jail are already exposed to an unsafe environment. The cramped and unsanitary conditions in jail put the older or immunocompromised population at a much greater risk of contracting and spreading coronavirus.”
In its report on the release of inmates in Los Angeles County, the L.A. Times also notes that on Wednesday the state of California announced the suspension of visitations to state prisons.
The LA County sheriff&#8217;s actions come amid increased calls to release inmates from civil rights advocates across the country, among them the Legal Aid Society, which is joining with public defenders to push for inmate release and for a moratorium on all arrests.
&#8220;A coronavirus outbreak in our overcrowded, poorly maintained jails and prison facilities would be devastating, swift, and deadly,&#8221; NYC Defenders said in a statement promoted by the Legal Aid Society last week.
&#8220;We’re calling for an immediate moratorium on NYPD arrests,&#8221; the Legal Aid Society tweeted. &#8220;We are in the midst of a pandemic and our last priority should be to cycle New Yorkers through our broken criminal justice system, separated from their families, communities, and quality services.&#8221;
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BREAKING: NYC Defenders call for immediate release of vulnerable incarcerated New Yorkers in response to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COVID19</a>.
 &quot;A coronavirus outbreak in our overcrowded, poorly maintained jails and prison facilities would be devastating, swift, and deadly.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/lAykgT1eKD">pic.twitter.com/lAykgT1eKD</a>
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We’re calling for an immediate moratorium on NYPD arrests.
“We are in the midst of a pandemic and our last priority should be to cycle New Yorkers through our broken criminal justice system, separated from their families, communities, and quality services.”
More: <a href="https://t.co/hnkno2iwHf">pic.twitter.com/hnkno2iwHf</a>
&mdash; The Legal Aid Society (@LegalAidNYC) <a href="https://twitter.com/LegalAidNYC/status/1239606155133030400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Along with the criminal justice system implementing significant measures in California, major cities are imposing severe restrictions on residents&#8217; and businesses activities. The most drastic of the coronavirus &#8220;shut down&#8221; responses thus far has been implemented in San Francisco.
In a <a href="https://www.sfdph.org/dph/alerts/files/HealthOrderC19-07-%20Shelter-in-Place.pdf">health order</a> issued Monday, San Francisco’s Department of Public Health ordered that all individuals living in the county, excluding the homeless population, must &#8220;shelter at their place of residence except that they my leave to provide or receive certain essential services or engage in certain essential activities and work for essential business and government services.&#8221; All businesses and government agencies must &#8220;cease non-essential operations at physical locations in the county,&#8221; the order mandates, and all “non-essential gatherings of any number of individuals&#8221; and &#8220;non-essential travel&#8221; are prohibited. &#8220;Violation of or failure to comply with this Order is a misdemeanor punishable by fine, imprisonment, or both,&#8221; San Francisco&#8217;s health order states.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/san-francisco-imposes-strictest-shutdown-in-nation-leaves-many-unanswered-questions">San Francisco Imposes Strictest Shutdown In Nation, Leaves Many Unanswered Questions</a>
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Open door to prison cell

L.A. Releases More Than 600 Inmates, Slashes Arrests To ‘Combat Coronavirus’

On Wednesday evening, California officials announced severe restrictions on events and gatherings, including calling for the cancellation or postponement of all events involving more than 250 people and specifying how smaller events should be managed. The move comes as San Francisco and counties in Washington and Oregon have imposed similar restrictions on gatherings.
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state&#8217;s actions in a <a href="https://twitter.com/jessemelgar/status/1237982304733024256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1237982304733024256&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fcalifornia-bans-gatherings-250-prevent-coronavirus-six-foot-spacing-rule-2020-3">press release</a> Wednesday evening.
&#8220;Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California public health officials this evening issued an updated policy on gatherings to protect public health and slow the spread of COVID-19,&#8221; the press release reads. &#8220;The state&#8217;s public health experts have determined that gatherings should be postponed or canceled across the state until at least the end of March. Non-essential gatherings must be limited to no more than 250 people, while smaller events can proceed only if the organizers can implement social distancing of 6 feet per person.&#8221;
&#8220;Gatherings of individuals who are at higher risk for severe illness for COVID-19 should be limited to no more than 10 people, while also following social distancing guidelines,&#8221; the new restrictions specify.
&#8220;Changing our actions for a short period of time will save the life of one or more people you know,&#8221; Newsom said in a statement included in the release. &#8220;That’s the choice before us. Each of us has extraordinary power to slow the spread of this disease. Not holding that concert or community event can have cascading effects — saving dozens of lives and preserving critical health care resources that your family may need a month from now. The people in our lives who are most at risk — seniors and those with underlying health conditions — are depending on all of us to make the right choice.&#8221;
Below is the full text of the California Department of Public Health&#8217;s<a href="https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/CDPH%20Document%20Library/Gathering_Guidance_03.11.20.pdf"> new policy on gatherings</a> (formatting adjusted):
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To protect public health and slow the rate of transmission of COVID-19, gatherings as described below should be postponed or canceled across the state of California for at least the remainder of the month of March.
The California Department of Public Health finds the following:
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<li>Large gatherings that include 250 people or more should be postponed or canceled.
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<li>This includes gatherings such as concerts, conferences, and professional, college, and school sporting events.</li>
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<li>Smaller gatherings held in venues that do not allow social distancing of six feet per person should be postponed or canceled.
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<li>This includes gatherings in crowded auditoriums, rooms or other venues.</li>
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<li>Gatherings of individuals who are at higher risk for severe illness from COVID-19 should be limited to no more than 10 people.
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<li>This includes gatherings such as those at retirement facilities, assisted living facilities, developmental homes, and support groups for people with health conditions.</li>
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<li>A “gathering” is any event or convening that brings together people in a single room or single space at the same time, such as an auditorium, stadium, arena, large conference room, meeting hall, cafeteria, or any other indoor or outdoor space.</li>
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This applies to all non-essential professional, social, and community gatherings regardless of their sponsor. Gatherings that do not meet the aforementioned criteria should only be conducted when they are essential—that is, if the activity is essential and could not be postponed or achieved without gathering, meaning that some other means of communication could not be used to conduct the essential function.
What will this achieve?
The timely implementation of aggressive strategies that create social distance and those that reduce close contact of people not regularly together, including limiting gatherings, has proven effective in prior pandemics at delaying rates of transmission and reducing illness and death.
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By decreasing the prevalence of disease across California we will:
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<li>Reduce the number of Californians who contract COVID-19 before an effectivetreatment or vaccine is available.</li>
<li>Protect those most likely to experience severe symptoms, such as older Californians andthose with underlying chronic conditions.</li>
<li>Preserve and protect our health care delivery system, including our health care workforce,so they can care for the least healthy individuals in the community for any medicalcondition, not just COVID-19.</li>
<li>Minimize the social and economic impacts of COVID-19 over the long run.</li>
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How long will these limitations apply?
This guidance will remain in place at least through the month of March. As with all guidance that relates to COVID-19 response, authorities will revisit this guidance on a regular basis to evaluate the continued public health need for it and to evaluate if any elements need to be changed. To stay informed, continue to monitor this link: <a href="https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Guidance.aspx">https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Guidance.aspx</a>
What is Social Distancing and how is it achieved?
Social distancing is a practice recommended by public health officials to stop or slow down the spread of contagious diseases. It requires the creation of physical space between individuals who may spread certain infectious diseases. The key is to minimize the number of gatherings as much as possible and to achieve space between individuals when events or activities cannot be modified, postponed, or canceled.
Although the Department expects most events with more than 250 attendees to be postponed or canceled, we emphasize that the venue space does matter. Achieving space between individuals of approximately six feet is advisable. Additionally, there is a particular focus on creating space between individuals who have come together on a one-time or rare basis and who have very different travel patterns such as those coming from multiple countries, states or counties.
What can be done to a make a gathering safer if it is essential or small?
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<li>Stagger activities.</li>
<li>Add frequency of an event to spread out attendance, e.g. hold more, smaller gatherings.</li>
<li>Add distance between where individuals sit or stand around tables.</li>
<li>Add additional hand washing stations and restrooms.</li>
<li>Limit the number of people in lines.</li>
<li>Avoid direct physical contact, such as hand-shaking, holding hands, and hugging.</li>
<li>Extend hours to allow for staggering of attendance or participation.</li>
<li>Use phones, videos or video conferencing to reduce the need for close interactions.</li>
<li>Consider ways to encourage anyone with fever and respiratory symptoms to stay homewhen sick, such as
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<li>Offering refunds or support reselling of tickets for persons who become ill.</li>
<li>Placing messages on websites, tickets, and venue entrances reminding people to protect one another by staying home if sick.</li>
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Examples of Essential Events this Does Not Apply To
The goal of this recommendation is to prevent people physically coming together unnecessarily, where people who have the infection can easily spread it to others. This guidance does not apply to activities such as attendance at regular school classes, work, or essential services.
Please see the <a href="https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Guidance.aspx">guidance for schools document</a> for additional information.
Certain activities are essential to the functioning of our state and must continue. Hence, this does not apply to essential public transportation, airport travel, or shopping at a store or mall. Other <a href="https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Guidance.aspx">specific guidance</a> can be found on the CDPH website to help people take actions that can protect them in those settings.
This does not apply to congregate living situations, including dormitories and homeless encampments. For more information on what can be done to protect homeless individuals, please see the <a href="https://www.bcsh.ca.gov/hcfc/documents/covid19_guidelines.pdf">Guidance for Homeless Assistance Providers on Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)</a> (PDF).
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California Announces Severe Restrictions On Events, Gatherings

The polls in the golden state of California closed at 11 p.m ET on Tuesday, with various outlets currently projecting Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) as the victor. With 415 delegates at stake, the socialist senator from Vermont&#8217;s victory will gain the needed boost after former Vice President Joe Biden swept several key eastern and southern states.
According to the <a href="https://apps.npr.org/liveblogs/20200303-super-tuesday/?utm_campaign=npr&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_term=nprnews&amp;utm_medium=social">Associated Press, </a>as of this writing, Bernie Sanders stands in first place with 27.3% of the vote with just 7% of precincts reporting – 142,553 votes in total. Trailing Sanders in second place is former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg at 19.3% – 100,634 votes. Former Vice President Joe Biden stands in third place with just 17.4% – 91,159.
The socialist senator from Vermont&#8217;s projected victory comes as no surprise, given that he spent massive sums of money in the state while Joe Biden spent very little. From the Associated Press:
<blockquote>California has the largest delegate haul of the night — 415.
Bernie Sanders spent about $7 million on ads in the state (of the $15.5 million he spent across Super Tuesday states), according to data as of Feb. 27 from Advertising Analytics and provided to NPR.
Joe Biden spent nothing on California TV ads and just $4,000 on digital ads. Mike Bloomberg, in contrast, spent more than $71 million and polled below the 15% threshold required to get any delegates in all of these contests.</blockquote>
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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is projected to win the California primary, according to the AP. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SuperTuesdayResults?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SuperTuesdayResults</a> <a href="https://t.co/IctpSpzGYF">https://t.co/IctpSpzGYF</a> <a href="https://t.co/rOZpfRbN4G">pic.twitter.com/rOZpfRbN4G</a>
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As noted by <a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/3/3/21155139/california-primary-live-results-super-tuesday-2020">Vox</a>, California&#8217;s position in the primary has significantly increased in recent years after having typically taken place in June, usually after a nominee had been chosen.
Though Bernie is the projected winner, the suspense now is exactly how many delegates he will pick up the state versus Joe Biden. If he does perform strongly in California and in Texas, Sanders and Biden will be virtually tied in the fight to win the nomination.
UPDATE: With 12% of precincts reporting, Bernie Sanders still holds a commanding lead at 28.7% – 429,744 votes; Mike Bloomberg at 18.8% – 281,700; Joe Biden at 17.2% – 257,301 votes.

Bernie Sanders Hosts Primary Night Rally

Bernie Sanders Projected To Win California Super Tuesday

2020 Election

As the golden state of California voted in the Super Tuesday primary, the heavily populated Los Angeles County reportedly experienced an upsurge of technical issues at several polling places, where people waited in line for several hours to cast their ballots due to allegedly faulty voting machines.
&#8220;Los Angeles voters who showed up to cast ballots in person on Tuesday reported long wait times and operational errors at a number of the county’s newly designed vote centers, experiences adding up to an inauspicious beginning for L.A.&#8217;s first fully redesigned election system in more than half a century,&#8221; reported the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-03/california-primary-election-los-angeles-county-voting-issues-experiences">Los Angeles Times</a>.  &#8220;While some Angelenos had a different experience — giving the new voting machines high marks and applauding the extended hours of operation — a number of the in-person locations were unprepared to handle the throngs of voters who wanted to participate in the most talked-about California presidential primary in at least a generation.&#8221;
Jefferson Stewart, a software designer, reported to have waited in line for over 90 minutes to cast his vote at the Westchester Family YMCA. At the Eagle Rock Recreation Center, Christian Donovan said he arrived early to vote on Tuesday but was delayed with two of the six voting machines being out of order.
“That was a little disconcerting,” said Donovan. “And, at the time, it didn’t really cause a huge issue for me because there weren’t that many people there, but I can see how if there was a large crowd the line could stack up.”
Omar Noureldin, a resident in Arcadia,  reported seeing a line of people trailing down two flights of stairs at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles that eventually poured out onto the sidewalk. “Those people that are in line around the corner are probably going to be there for three hours — if they wait,” he said.
The main issue: lack of proper staff and malfunctioning voting machines. L.A. County voting officials did not immediately confirm the exact source of the problem. More from the Los Angeles Times:
<blockquote>Election day was the ultimate stress test for the county’s new $300-million voting system. L.A. officials have spent months trying to raise awareness about two of the biggest changes: <a class="Link" href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-02-24/california-presidential-primary-could-hinge-on-big-voting-changes-in-los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the elimination of neighborhood polling places and the debut of ballot-marking touchscreen devices in regional vote centers, available to everyone and spread throughout the county</a>.
The task was made that much more daunting by its scale. With 5.5 million voters, L.A. County is the largest voting bloc in California and larger than the electorate in all but 11 states.
Voters seemed to like the ballot-marking devices when they worked. The machine allows choices to be made on a touchscreen and then prints a paper ballot. Once the selections are reviewed, a voter feeds the paper ballot back into the machine where it’s deposited in a sealed ballot box.
Some 22,000 machines were deployed at 978 vote centers scattered across L.A. County. Another 6,000 were ready to be deployed as replacements. Elections officials did not respond to inquiries from The Times on Tuesday afternoon about how many machines had failed and were taken out of operation.
Voters reported a number of machines out of service at vote centers in Arcadia, the Carthay Square neighborhood in Los Angeles and Rancho Palos Verdes. In these locations and elsewhere, the result was a long line stretching outside and into nearby parking lots.</blockquote>

Voters Cast Ballots In The California Primary Election

California Primary: Los Angeles County Reporting Technical Issues: Long Lines, Malfunctioning Machines, Lack Of Staff

A new bill introduced by a member of the California state assembly would force stores that separated toys, clothing and childcare items into boys’ and girls’ sections to pay a $1,000 fine.
Democratic Assemblymember Evan Low, from Silicon Valley submitted AB 2826, which <a href="http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2826">states</a>:
<blockquote>This bill would require a retail department store with 500 or more employees to maintain undivided areas of its sales floor where, if it sells childcare articles, children’s clothing, or toys, all childcare items, all clothing for children, or all toys, regardless of whether a particular item has traditionally been marketed for either girls or for boys, shall be displayed. Beginning on January 1, 2023, the bill would make a retail department store that fails to correct a violation of these provisions within 30 days of receiving written notice of the violation from the Attorney General liable for a civil penalty of $1,000, as provided.</blockquote>
It adds:
<blockquote> (a) A retail department store shall maintain one, undivided area of its sales floor where, if it sells childcare articles, all childcare articles, regardless of whether a particular item has traditionally been marketed for either girls or for boys, shall be displayed.
(b) A retail department store shall maintain one, undivided area of its sales floor where, if it sells children’s clothing, all clothing for children, regardless of whether a particular item has traditionally been marketed for either girls or for boys, shall be displayed.
(c) A retail department store shall maintain one, undivided area of its sales floor where, if it sells toys, all toys, regardless of whether a particular item has traditionally been marketed for either girls or for boys, shall be displayed.</blockquote>
A <a href="https://a28.asmdc.org/press-releases/20200226-let-kids-be-kids-assemblymember-low-expands-gender-neutral-retail">press release</a> from Low&#8217;s office read:
<blockquote>Clothing and toys sections of department stores that are separated along gender lines pigeonhole children. No child should feel stigmatized for wearing a dinosaur shirt or playing with a Barbie doll, and separating items that are traditionally marketed for either girls or boys makes it more difficult for the consumer to compare products. It also incorrectly implies that their use by one gender is inappropriate.</blockquote>
Low stated, “I was inspired to introduce this bill after 8-year-old Britten asked, ‘Why should a store tell me what a girl’s shirt or toy is?’” He added, “Her bill will help children express themselves freely and without bias. We need to let kids be kids.”
The press release continued, &#8220;Abercrombie &amp; Fitch and John Lewis recently launched unisex apparel lines for kids. In 2015, Target made headlines when it removed gender-based signs in some departments, including home and toys.&#8221;
Brad Dacus, president of the Pacific Justice Institute-Center for Public Policy, countered:
<blockquote>California is killing freedom, innovation, and common sense with its endless bans, fines, and mandates. Compassion for our LGBTQ+ friends and neighbors does not require us to embrace absurdities on gender. No child should be bullied or stigmatized, and neither should the State bully retailers into making it harder for moms and dads to find boys and girls clothing and toys. It’s time for voters to demand more accountability of their elected officials.</blockquote>

pre-teen boy and girl playing basketball on the playground

California Bill Would Punish Stores With Separate Boys And Girls Departments

Gender

Former Vice President Joe Biden is looking at a &#8220;surprise ray of hope,&#8221; <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/01/joe-biden-california-primary-118371">according to Politico</a>, which reported Monday that only a small number of California residents have early voted in Tuesday&#8217;s primary &#8212; and Biden&#8217;s numbers are on an upward trajectory &#8212; leaving plenty of room for Biden to closer to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in Super Tuesday&#8217;s biggest contest.
Californians have been waiting until Super Tuesday to cast their ballots, according to the Washington, D.C.-based outlet, and fears that Biden would do poorly in other western states after losing big to Sanders in the Nevada caucuses, haven&#8217;t materialized. In fact, it seems more Californians than normal have waited to vote, leaving an opening for Biden to shorten Sanders&#8217; lead in the delegate-rich state.
&#8220;The portion of returned ballots at this stage is much lower than in recent elections — and [Biden&#8217;s] campaign is counting on a late surge of support among those holdouts after his dominant performance on Saturday,&#8221; Politico said. &#8220;[T]he decline,&#8221; an expert added, &#8220;in returned ballots so far is occurring among the most dedicated voters: Those who have participated in the past five elections.&#8221;
That means Democratic voters are holding their fire, waiting to see what their options are on Tuesday and, perhaps, considering whether to cast a strategic ballot to keep Sanders off the 2020 Democratic presidential ticket.
&#8220;They’re waiting for a signal,&#8221; another expert noted, &#8220;and I think this is a signal. If you were debating between which of the Democrats who aren’t Bernie Sanders or even Elizabeth Warren to throw your hat behind, you’re probably going Joe Biden’s way.”
That outlook likely improved Monday afternoon, after Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) announced that she would be suspending her campaign, pulling her team from Super Tuesday states that, just 24 hours ago, she intended to compete in. She follows former South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg, who exited the race Sunday night, likely at the behest of Democratic officials who need the &#8220;moderate&#8221; vote to consolidate behind a single candidate.
The only competition left is Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and she likely poses a greater threat to Sanders than to Biden, at least in California, where progressives are looking for a viable alternative to the Vermont socialist, who might be just a tad too likely to distribute their wealth. She&#8217;s also more than likely to ink a deal with a winning candidate.
The news looks rosy for Biden on the fundraising front, as well. The campaign took in $2 million in the days between the South Carolina debate and the primary election, and $5 million in the 24 hours after Biden&#8217;s win. A pro-Biden Super PAC added to the largesse, netting $2.5 million, and several backers announced a Hollywood fundraiser for the former Veep to take place after the massive Tuesday primary.
Biden, for his part, told a crowd of supporters that tomorrow is Super Thursday, so that&#8217;s going well.
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Joe Biden: &quot;Tomorrow is Super Thursday.&quot;
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The latest polls show Sanders, of course, with a commanding lead, but Biden is moving upward &#8212; a surge that&#8217;s taken place over the last three days, <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/ca/california_democratic_primary-6879.html">according to RealClearPolitics</a>, Any movement for Biden in California is nothing short of miraculous; the campaign had mostly written off the Golden State back in December, focusing instead of states that Biden knew he could win.

Joe Biden

Biden Gets ‘Surprise Ray Of Hope’ In California After Drop-Outs Give Him The Edge

The husband of Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey reportedly pointed a gun at Black Lives Matter protesters who knocked on the man’s front door during a protest outside of his home. 
Melina Abdullah, a professor of Pan-African studies at California State University, Los Angeles, told <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/los-angeles-district-attorney-s-husband-allegedly-pulled-gun-black-n1146976">NBC News</a> she was attending a protest Monday morning outside of the man’s home, and rang the doorbell to invite the district attorney to talk to other BLM activists gathered outside. 
After Abdullah rang the doorbell, an elderly African American man opened the front door and pointed a gun at her chest and at the protest organizer, who was also on the porch, reports the news agency.  
In a partial video clip of the interaction posted to Twitter, Lacey&#8217;s husband tells the person on his porch to “get off of my porch” while pointing a gun at the woman. 
<blockquote>MAN: Right now, get off!
WOMAN: Good morning. 
MAN: Get off of my porch. 
WOMAN: Are you going to shoot me?
MAN: I will shoot you, get off of my porch. 
WOMAN: Can you tell Jackie Lacey that we’re here. 
MAN: I don’t care who you are, get off of my porch, right now.
WOMAN: [unintelligible]
MAN: We’re calling the police right now. 
WOMAN: Good. </blockquote>
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I’m front of DA Jackie Lacey’s house for that community meeting she promised with the <a href="https://twitter.com/BLMLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BLMLA</a> crew. Rang her bell to invite her.
Her husband pulled a gun, cocked it, pointed it at my chest and said “I’ll shoot you. I don’t care who you are.” <a href="https://twitter.com/WP4BL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WP4BL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RealJusticePAC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RealJusticePAC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/shaunking?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@shaunking</a> <a href="https://t.co/WtazUWSJIC">pic.twitter.com/WtazUWSJIC</a>
— Melina Abdullah (@DocMellyMel) <a href="https://twitter.com/DocMellyMel/status/1234477243260272641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
&#8220;We heard the gun cocking, and I thought I was being paranoid,&#8221; Abdullah told the news agency. &#8220;But then he opened the door, leading with the gun. He saw me and lowered it, pointing it at my chest.&#8221;
&#8220;We don&#8217;t know how crazy he is, we didn&#8217;t know if he&#8217;d actually shoot me so we did&#8221; back away, said Abdullah. &#8220;I’m a mother of three kids, and I really don’t want to get to shot.&#8221;
The incident occurred only a day before Lacey will face an election for a third-term as LA County district attorney. 
According to the <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-02/police-called-to-jackie-laceys-home-in-response-to-protesters-outside">Los Angeles Times</a>, the protesters arrived early in the morning, before the sun had come up, and about thirty people had gathered in front of Lacey’s home at the time of the incident. 
The Times reports that Lacey has previously agreed to have a meeting with activists in response to a decision to not criminally charge Ed Buck, a man with a history of having other men overdose on drugs inside of his home. Lacey has maintained the DA’s office was unable to prosecute Buck because the evidence in the case was improperly acquired. 
As the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/los-angeles-d-a-walks-into-black-lives-matter-led-ambush-over-police-shootings-ed-buck-case">Daily Wire</a> previously reported, Lacey has been criticized by Abduhllah before, including at a meeting last November where the professor accused the district attorney of lying “in the faces of the families of those killed by police.”

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On Friday evening, authorities confirmed that two people – a woman from Santa Clara County, California, and a patient from Washington County, Oregon – had contracted coronavirus from unknown sources within the community.
According to The <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/02/28/coronavirus-live-updates/">Washington Post</a>, the woman from Santa Clara County, in Northern California, is 65-years-old and has not recently traveled outside the country. The patient tested positive for coronavirus on Friday, according to “people familiar with the case.&#8221;
The second case, which has occurred in an unknown individual from Washington County, Oregon, was confirmed by state health authorities, reports the news agency. The patient, who is an adult and currently at Westside Medical Center in Hillsboro, Oregon, didn’t have contact with other people known to have the coronavirus, and had not recently traveled outside the country.
The two cases confirmed Friday night represent the second and third community spread cases that have been found in the United States. The first case, a person from Solano County, California, was the first confirmed instance of community-spread coronavirus in the United States, and the patient is currently at the <a href="https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/coronavirus-patient-and-precautions-uc-davis-medical-center/">UC Davis Medical Center</a> in Sacramento, California.
The two California cases have occurred within 100 miles of Travis Air Force Base in Northern California, where some of the 400 U.S. citizens aboard the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/s0215-Diamond-Princess-Repatriation.html">Diamond Princess</a> Cruise Ship were for quarantine. As of Thursday evening, six passengers from the cruise ship out of the 3,711 people on board have died, including five Japanese citizens and a British citizen, reports <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriaforster/2020/02/28/six-people-from-the-diamond-princess-cruise-ship-have-now-died-from-covid-19-after-quarantine-failure/#490eb1043654">Forbes</a>.
According to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-death-age-older-people-higher-risk-2020-2">Business Insider</a>, the Chinese Center for Disease Control has indicated that the virus has a mortality rate of 0.2% for people between the ages of 10-39, 0.4% for people between the ages of 40-49, and 1.3% for people between 50-59.
According to the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/specific-groups/children-faq.html">CDC</a>, reports indicate that young children “generally” present mild symptoms if they do contract the virus. According to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-death-age-older-people-higher-risk-2020-2">Business Insider</a>, about 80% of people who contract coronavirus only exhibit mild symptoms. 
However, the mortality rate among individuals older than 60 is higher, but could be due to factors such as pre-existing medical conditions, particularly conditions related to smoking. The news agency reports that people between the ages of 60-69 have a mortality rate of 3.6%, people between 70-79 have a mortality rate of 8%, and people over the age of 80 have a mortality rate of 14.8%.
Nancy Messonier, director of the CDC and Prevention’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, stated earlier this week that the spread of the coronavirus was inevitable, but the degree to which people will be infected is still an open question.
“It’s not a question of if but rather a question of when and how many people in this country will have severe illness,” said Messonier, reports the <a href="https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2020-02-25-coronavirus-spread-us-inevitable-cdc-official-says">American Hospital Association</a>.
Vice President Mike Pence, who has been appointed to lead the coronavirus task force, has praised the Trump administration’s response to the outbreak, saying that “we&#8217;re all going to come together as Americans and deal with this issue and put the health and safety of the American people first,” reports <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/pence-tells-rush-limbaugh-who-said-coronavirus-has-been-overhyped-n1144976">NBC News</a>.
According to The <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/northern-californian-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-in-first-us-case-with-no-link-to-foreign-travel/2020/02/26/b2088840-58fb-11ea-9000-f3cffee23036_story.html">Washington Post</a>, Governor Gavin Newsom indicated Thursday that California has strong procedures for identifying people who have come in contact with coronavirus patients, saying “the protocols have been perfected” through previous public health outbreaks.
The symptoms of coronavirus include coughing, fever, and shortness of breath.

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The latest polls in California give 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) a commanding lead over his Democratic rivals.
About two weeks ago, a Monmouth University poll gave Sanders a seven-point lead over his nearest opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden. But in the past week, a pair of polls have shown Sanders has pulled away from his competition and is on track to run away with a good chunk of California’s 416 delegates on Super Tuesday.
A KQED/NPR poll conducted February 20-23 of 1,069 likely voters found 37% supported Sanders. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) came in second in that poll with 20% of the vote, giving Sanders a 17-point lead over his opponents. The latest <a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-02-28/bernie-sanders-leading-in-california-poll">poll</a>, from the University of California-Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, gave Sanders 34% of the vote and Warren 17%, meaning the Vermont socialist has a 2-to-1 lead in the Golden State heading into Super Tuesday.
Four years ago, Sanders lost the California primary to Hillary Clinton, who received 53% of the primary vote. Clinton walked away with 254 of the state’s delegates, while Sanders took 221. If the current 2020 poll numbers hold, Sanders would gain about 141 delegates while the rest would be split between about five other candidates.
The other big news from the Berkeley poll should concern Biden’s campaign. While Biden appears to be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-back-former-veep-retakes-top-slot-in-florida-opens-up-twenty-point-lead-in-south-carolina">on track</a> to win the South Carolina and Florida primaries, he comes in fifth place in the latest Berkeley poll. The Real Clear Politics <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/ca/california_democratic_primary-6879.html">polling average</a> of California still puts Biden in third place, but the latest poll represents a major drop in placement for the former vice president. South Carolina (54 delegates) and Florida (219 delegates) could help Biden replace what Sanders gains in California, but Biden won’t be getting all the delegates even if he win both states, he’ll get a percentage.
Biden, considered the front runner of the 2020 Democratic primary until people actually started voting, currently sits in third place with 15 delegates won from the three contests so far in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada. Sanders has 45 delegates while South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg has 25. Rounding out the top five candidates are Warren with eight delegates and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) with seven.
The Mercury News <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/02/28/bernie-sanders-takes-strong-2-1-lead-in-california-says-new-poll/">reported</a> that the Berkeley poll also represents a major drop in support for Warren, who in September led the Democratic field among likely primary voters.
“Sanders’ support relies on three basic groups, according to the poll: Californians who consider themselves “very liberal,” of which he gets about 50 percent support; Latino voters, who make up about a quarter of the likely electorate and support him in a similar margin, and younger voters. The Vermont senator takes 61 percent of voters between 18 and 29, and 53 percent of those in their 30s,” the News reported.
“California’s primary will give out 415 delegates, but only to candidates scraping at least 15% of the vote either statewide or in a congressional district,” the outlet continued. “Sanders and Warren are the only candidates now reaching that milestone, the latest Berkeley poll found, meaning that they would split the 144 delegates if that trend continues. Sanders would receive about two-thirds.”

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Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney suggested Friday that Americans should expect that there will be some disruptions to schools and transportation as a result of the coronavirus epidemic, but expressed confidence that the U.S. is well-prepared to handle the situation.
Amid <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-new-york-reportedly-monitoring-over-9000-people-for-coronavirus">reports</a> that over 8,000 people in California and several hundred in New York are being monitored for potential infection, Mulvaney addressed the issue of the virus&#8217;s spread during an appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Fort Washington, Maryland on Friday.
&#8220;Are you going to see some schools shut down? Probably. Maybe see impacts on public transportation? Sure,&#8221; Mulvaney said during the event, as reported by <a href="https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/virus-could-disrupt-u-s-schools-transportation-mulvaney-says">Bloomberg Quint</a>. &#8220;But we do this,&#8221; he stressed. &#8220;We know how to handle this.&#8221;
Addressing the impact of the epidemic on the financial sector, Mulvaney added, &#8220;Really, what I’d like to do today to calm the markets is tell people to turn their televisions off for 24 hours.&#8221;
Bloomberg notes that Mulvaney&#8217;s comments &#8220;indicate that the administration is planning for potentially bigger disruptions.&#8221;
&#8220;He spoke a day after stock markets plunged the most since 2011 over concerns that the coronavirus outbreak would continue to spread and drag down the global economy,&#8221; the outlet reports. &#8220;There are now more than 83,000 cases of the virus worldwide, with infections spreading in Europe, Asia and Latin America. Germany.&#8221;
Mulvaney&#8217;s confidence in the U.S. response to the epidemic is an echo of President Trump&#8217;s repeated assurances that the federal government is on top of the issue, as he underscored in a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-vice-president-pence-members-coronavirus-task-force-press-conference/">press conference</a> Wednesday.
&#8220;Because of all we’ve done, the risk to the American people remains very low,&#8221; Trump said, in part referencing his decision to shut down flights from high-risk areas. &#8220;&#8230;We’re ready to adapt and we’re ready to do whatever we have to as the disease spreads, if it spreads.&#8221;
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-new-york-reportedly-monitoring-over-9000-people-for-coronavirus">The Daily Wire</a> reported Thursday, over 9,000 people are currently being monitored in the U.S. for potential infection, including over 8,000 in California and another 700 in New York.
The number of monitored cases in California dwarfs all other states. “California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that 33 people have tested positive for COVID-19 and the state is currently monitoring at least 8,400 others —a day after U.S. health officials confirmed the first possible community transmission of the coronavirus in a Solano County resident,” CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/27/california-is-monitoring-8400-people-for-the-coronavirus.html">reported</a>.
<a href="https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/02/26/coronavirus-update-de-blasio-cuomo-outline-preparations-in-new-york/">CBS New York</a> reported Thursday that New York state&#8217;s health department revealed that &#8220;700 people in the state have been asked to voluntarily self-isolate for two weeks.&#8221; None of those cases are in New York City, the outlet notes; nonetheless, city officials are preparing for a potential outbreak.
&#8220;Wednesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio joined New York City health officials to outline a plan of action once the virus shows up in the city,&#8221; CBS 2 reports. &#8220;As of Wednesday, there are no confirmed cases of coronavirus in the city. All those who were in quarantine have been released – but that’s expected to change. And once it does, city leaders say they’re ready, but could use more help from the federal government.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-new-york-reportedly-monitoring-over-9000-people-for-coronavirus">California, New York Reportedly Monitoring Over 9,000 People For Coronavirus</a>
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New York and California are reportedly monitoring over 9,000 people for the coronavirus that originated in China as the United States prepares for a potential outbreak that officials say could boom over night.
&#8220;The Health Department says 700 people in the state have been asked to voluntarily self-isolate for two weeks,&#8221; CBS New York <a href="https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/02/26/coronavirus-update-de-blasio-cuomo-outline-preparations-in-new-york/">reported</a>. &#8220;That includes 83 people in Nassau County, 29 in Suffolk County, and eight in Westchester.&#8221;
&#8220;California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that 33 people have tested positive for COVID-19 and the state is currently monitoring at least 8,400 others,&#8221; CNBC <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/27/california-is-monitoring-8400-people-for-the-coronavirus.html">reported</a>, which comes &#8220;a day after U.S. health officials confirmed the first possible community transmission of the coronavirus in a Solano County resident.&#8221;
Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, an adjunct professor of epidemiology at the University of California Los Angeles who previously worked for the CDC, told <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/coronavirus-could-explode-in-the-us-overnight-like-it-did-in-italy">The Daily Beast</a> that Americans should expect an overnight boom in coronavirus cases across the U.S. but should not panic over it.
“It’s possible to say suddenly we’ll have 20 or 30 cases from one particular place,” Klausner said. “People should expect that, but people should not be overly concerned about that. If we were testing everyone for the common cold, we would find hundreds of thousands of cases.”
“It’s a cold virus, and colds are readily transmissible from person-to-person,” Klausner added. “There can be a rapid increase in the number of people with a cold virus, particularly in winter environments where people are more likely to be in close contact.”
The news comes as the Trump administration is reported considering invoking special powers through the Defense Production Act, which was “passed by Congress in 1950 at the outset of the Korean War, would mark an escalation of the administration’s response to the outbreak. The virus first surfaced in China and has since spread to other countries including the United States,” Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-usa-production-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-mulls-using-sweeping-powers-to-ramp-up-production-of-coronavirus-protective-gear-idUSKCN20L2S0?il=0">reported</a>. “The law grants the president the power to expand industrial production of key materials or products for national security and other reasons.”
“Let’s say ‘Company A’ makes a multitude of respiratory masks but they spend 80% of their assembly lines on masks that painters wear and only 20% on the N95,” a White House official told Reuters on background. “We will have the ability to tell corporations, ‘No, you change your production line so it is now 80% of the N95 masks and 20% of the other.’”
The coronavirus has infected more than 83,078 people and killed 2,855 worldwide, with 78,817 of the infections and well over 2,700 of the deaths happening in China.
China <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/business/china-coronavirus-government.html">lied</a> to the world about the outbreak; punished <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/business/wuhan-coronavirus-journalists.html">journalists</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/world/asia/chinese-doctor-Li-Wenliang-coronavirus.html">doctors</a> who sounded the alarm on the outbreak; and refused to allowed the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/health/cdc-coronavirus-china.html">CDC</a> into the country to help contain the outbreak and research the coronavirus.
Instead, China has falsely <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/03/coronavirus-china-reportedly-says-us-has-spread-fear-over-outbreak.html">blamed</a> the United States for spreading panic and fear over the outbreak because the U.S. has taken aggressive steps to contain the outbreak.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said earlier this month that U.S. officials know that China is lying about the outbreak of the coronavirus and that it did not originate in a food market, which China had claimed.
Cotton told Fox News, “the situation is very grave, in part because, as you say, China was lying from the beginning, and they’re still lying today, and also because there are so many unknowns about this virus, for example, how many people one person can infect once they have the virus, the extent to which it’s contagious before one is symptomatic, or the mortality rate.”
“This virus didn’t originate in the Wuhan animal market,” Cotton said in January. “Epidemiologists who are widely respected from China who have published a studied in the international journal The Lancet have demonstrated that several of the original cases didn’t have any contact with that food market.”
This report has been updated to include additional information.

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The left-wing haven of California certainly has its priorities in line. As the state faces a burgeoning homelessness crisis spurred on by drug addiction and crippling housing prices, a new bill is seeking to remedy the problem of gender conformity in toy stores.
According to <a href="https://www.kron4.com/news/california/should-toys-be-gender-neutral-proposal-would-nix-boys-and-girls-toy-aisles-in-california-stores/">Kron4</a>, Assembly Bill 2826 (AB-2826) will require retailers to have gender-neutral floor spaces inside their stores by doing away with such outdated concepts like &#8220;boys aisles&#8221; and &#8220;girls aisles&#8221; by offering children products in a &#8220;single, gender-neutral section.&#8221;
Proposed by Democratic Assemblyman Evan Low, the bill would apply to all retail department stores with more than 500 employees. Should it become law, retailers who don&#8217;t comply could be “liable for a civil penalty of $1,000.”
From the <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2826#content_anchor">AB-2826 official descriptive text</a>:
<blockquote>Existing law, the Unruh Civil Rights Act, specifies that all persons within the jurisdiction of the state are free and equal, and no matter their sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, primary language, or immigration status, are entitled to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, privileges, or services in all business establishments of every kind.
This bill would require a retail department store with 500 or more employees to maintain undivided areas of its sales floor where, if it sells childcare articles, children’s clothing, or toys, all childcare items, all clothing for children, or all toys, regardless of whether a particular item has traditionally been marketed for either girls or for boys, shall be displayed. Beginning on January 1, 2023, the bill would make a retail department store that fails to correct a violation of these provisions within 30 days of receiving written notice of the violation from the Attorney General liable for a civil penalty of $1,000, as provided.</blockquote>
The bill further goes on to say that by dividing the toys into aisles of separate genders, the retailers make &#8220;it more difficult for the consumer to compare the products and incorrectly implies that their use by one gender is inappropriate.&#8221; To remedy this, the bill sets the following guidelines for retail outlets to abide by, which include &#8220;undivided&#8221; areas in both toy and clothing sections of the stores &#8220;regardless of whether a particular item has traditionally been marketed for either girls or for boys.&#8221;
&#8220;Beginning on January 1, 2023, a retail department store that fails to correct a violation of this section within 30 days of receiving written notice of the violation from the Attorney General is liable for a civil penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000) which may be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the Attorney General in any court of competent jurisdiction,&#8221; the bill asserts.
As stated earlier, the homeless situation in California has reached crisis levels. According to the <a href="https://www.ocregister.com/2020/02/13/unhoused-symposium-at-usc-gives-federal-state-and-local-decision-makers-forum-to-address-homelessness/">Orange County Register</a>, a recent poll in the once golden state actually showed that homelessness is the state’s number one issue above climate change or immigration – gender-neutral spaces for toy stores barely makes the list.
&#8220;Of the respondents, 22.9% ranked homelessness as the top problem,&#8221; asserted the register. &#8220;Other issues lagged behind: 14.8% named climate change/environment, 9.2% said immigration, and another 7.5% simply answered &#8216;Trump.'&#8221;

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The police have been called multiple times now on supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) over a series of protests targeting officials in the Democratic Party. A video posted online Wednesday shows one of these protests by self-styled &#8220;Berners,&#8221; who showed up late Friday night with a bullhorn and a flashlight at the house of the chair of Nevada&#8217;s Democratic Party to issue warnings against conspiring to undermine Sanders in next day&#8217;s caucuses.
In the video, which was initially live-streamed on her personal Facebook page and has since been posted on Twitter, Maria Estrada, a Los Angeles-based &#8220;Berner,&#8221; stands outside the home of William McCurdy, chair of the Nevada Democratic Party, at around 11 p.m. Friday night and makes a series of declarations through a bullhorn while shining her flashlight on the house. Another &#8220;Berner&#8221; films the protest, which, as <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/26/cops-called-bernie-backers-protest-117782">Politico</a> notes, is one of &#8220;at least three&#8221; such protests targeting individuals in recent days.
&#8220;William McCurdy, Chair of the Nevada Democratic Party, I want to make sure that you understand why we&#8217;re here!&#8221; Estrada declares. &#8220;I want to make sure that you know that we do not want to see the 2016 election.&#8221;
&#8220;I want assurances there isn&#8217;t going to be any shenanigans going on tomorrow!&#8221; she insists. &#8220;The Democratic Party does not control what happens. The will of the people is what controls what happens.&#8221;
A clip of the live-streamed protest was posted on Twitter by a Politico contributor:
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Scoop w/ <a href="https://twitter.com/hollyotterbein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@hollyotterbein</a> NV Dem party chair &amp; CA SoS called the police this wknd after svrl Bernie supporters came to their homes w/ bullhorns late at night to warn abt elections/2016 They FB live’d it Jeff Weaver condemned the tactics<a href="https://t.co/BxJPlm9Zn2">https://t.co/BxJPlm9Zn2</a> <a href="https://t.co/xAnyVcKzO7">pic.twitter.com/xAnyVcKzO7</a>
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According to Politico, McCurdy, along with a member of the state Assembly, confronted the Bernie supporters about an hour after they arrived and told them they had &#8220;crossed a line.&#8221;
&#8220;If any bullshit happens tomorrow the only person who crossed the line is you,&#8221; Estrada responded.
The North Las Vegas police department told Politico that McCurdy eventually called them over the disturbance, but the protesters were gone by the time they arrived.
&#8220;At least three other times in recent days, Estrada led a group of Sanders supporters who gathered late at night outside the homes of Democratic Party officials and California lawmakers, including those of Secretary of State Alex Padilla and state Democratic Party Chairman Rusty Hicks,&#8221; Politico reported Wednesday. &#8220;Police were called at least twice.&#8221;
In a message to Politico on Facebook, Estrada defended her and her fellow Bernie supporters&#8217; actions, saying, &#8220;Protesting is our right — whether they called the police or not is irrelevant.&#8221;
Estrada ran for office in California in 2018 and got relatively close to upsetting the Democratic California Assembly speaker, and she is running again this year, Politico notes.
Despite the Bernie supporters paranoia about the Democratic Party thwarting Sanders in the Nevada caucuses, the socialist senator went on to win the state easily on Saturday, securing 47% of the vote and 24 of the state&#8217;s 36 delegates, adding to his growing momentum in the early primary contests.
Former frontrunner Joe Biden came in a distant second in Nevada, earning just 20% of the vote and 9 delegates. Third was former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who gained 14% and 3 delegates. In fourth was Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who, like Biden, once led the Democratic contest in the polls, but received zero delegates and after getting just under 10% of the vote.
Sanders is currently the clear front-runner in both the <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020_democratic_presidential_nomination-6730.html">national polls</a> (Sanders 29%, Biden 18%, Michael Bloomberg 14%, Warren 12%, Buttigieg 10%) and the <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/democratic_delegate_count.html">delegate count</a> (Sanders 45, Buttigieg 25, Biden 15, Warren 8, Amy Klobuchar 7).

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