They had their chance, and they blew it.
That appears to be the stance of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is about to issue an order to close all state beaches starting Friday, according to a memo cited by CNN.
“We wanted to give all of our members a heads up about this in order to provide time for you to plan for any situations you might expect as a result, knowing each community has its own dynamics,” the widely circulated memo said, blaming the overcrowding of beaches last weekend.
Here’s the full memo:
Newport Beach in Orange County, where temperatures were on the rise, reportedly saw some 90,000 beachgoers over the two-day period despite the state’s stay-at-home orders.
The announcement from Newsom shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, considering what he had to say about the situation at a press conference earlier in the week.
“Those images are an example of what not to see, people, what not to do if we’re going to make the meaningful progress that we’ve made in the last few weeks extend into the next number of weeks,” Newsom said on Monday. “This virus doesn’t take the weekends off.”
The closure didn’t sit well with Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner, who said late Wednesday that the governor’s decision is “not wise” even though he has the authority to do so.
“Medical professionals tell us the importance of fresh air and sunlight in fighting infectious diseases, including mental health benefits,” Wagner wrote in a statement to the Associated Press. “Moreover, Orange County citizens have been cooperative with Calif. state and county restrictions thus far. I fear that this overreaction from the state will undermine that cooperative attitude and our collective efforts to fight the disease, based on the best available medical information.”
Wagner wasn’t the only critic — Twitter was filled with them, mostly from one side of the aisle:
In California – it's permissible to defecate on the sidewalk, but it's not okay to dip your toe in the Pacific Ocean. Thank you, @GavinNewsom https://t.co/B4Dx92nZj4 pic.twitter.com/MHMqJXdggD
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) April 30, 2020
What’s the “science” behind his decision? NONE. California has 51 COVID deaths per million. “Gov. Newsom to announce closure of all beaches and state parks” | FOX 11 Los Angeles https://t.co/UucwvBpkL5
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) April 30, 2020
This is what fascism looks like. Vote him out California https://t.co/aJlAGmynnr
— CJTRUTH (@cjtruth) April 30, 2020
This order is unconstitutional — Governor Newsom, it’s not your beach, and we are not your serfs! Time to take this state back through massive civil disobedience of unconstitutionally overbroad orders! No more! Memo says California governor will order all beaches closed https://t.co/sIe1UTxTK8
— Harmeet K. Dhillon (@pnjaban) April 30, 2020
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further proof california is a shit hole
your comment is further proof your a shithead
Huh? Learn to spell and get back to us, dumbass.
What are you talking about, moran?
I think he means “your” instead of “you’re” in the second instance.
A little explanation for the innocents here: it is sort of a TBP tradition to use certain misspelled words, other folks use ‘moar’ or ((( ))) for their own purposes. Noobs always go for the lures. I have a grab bag of troll tricks that I can’t disclose at the moment.
deploy them with aplomb
Hook ’em
Reel ’em
Land ’em
you’re = you are
yer kidding me right?
fer sher
Some people you have to reel in and some just jump into the pail.
this comes in the wake of… https://ussanews.com/News1/2020/04/28/totalitarian-california-bans-protests-at-state-capitol-after-opposition-to-gov-gavin-newsoms-coronavirus-lockdowns-order/
they’re actively trying to piss people off..
it’s going to get real interesting out here.
Of course they’re pissing people off. It’s a PLAN.
These people knew all along the predictive victim analysis was based on estimated BS numbers and they also know blanket lockdowns will result in a secondary wave of viral infections.
The economic and social blowback was factored in and expected.
Yes, planned with skill and attention to detail. Allowing Big Box gatherings and then mandated return to indoor co-cells with a few others is the perfect prescription for limping the virus through the heat and sunshine.
Well seeded for Round 2.
well now Newsom has backpedaled the order to be “Orange County Beaches only” to be closed.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/all-state-and-local-beaches-in-orange-county-must-temporarily-close-gov-gavin-newsom-says/ar-BB13reXr
this is a fuckin laffer given the giant capital bold “ALL” they included in the original notice from the police chiefs.
If only I still lived in the Bay area, I’d slap on some sunscreen and head to the beach just to say “Fuck you!” to the governor. I’ll settle for walking my dog daily through the park that our local mayor has decreed out of bounds.
Sunscreen blocks the UV radiation necessary for your body to produce much-needed vitamin D. That is part of the reason we have such low vitamin D levels throughout our society. Prudent, limited exposure is the best approach, and not at high noon when the UV is at its maximum. Once you’ve gotten a good dose, then put on the sunscreen if you are going to be out longer.
UV works even on cloudy days in good weather. Get some sun and fresh air, it’s good for you.
and it kills germs and viruses.
And most notably vampires!
More like 2 of the o’clock in the p.m. where the sun reaches it’s zenith at our latitude.
I had read that cats falling from a tall building have a better chance of surviving than those falling from a short building. It seems the idiot cats that fall from a greater height tend to relax after a few seconds of falling while the other cats don’t. Maybe now that we are relaxed about the threat, our survival chances are better.
At this juncture, we are relaxing in our reaction to the fear-mongering and have the feels that it’s summer, why not open up the beaches and shit? But that’s not how things ought to be, folks should wait until Big Brother gives the ok.
That free fall theory seems sensible.
Why don’t you be the first to try it? We’ll understand if you don’t report back real fast-like.
HAHAHAH… you know, your comment El Cabron is actually quite apropos.
that meme is so widespread in the “we believe in lockdown forever” crowd.
“why don’t you be the first to try it out”
…
well shit, WE WOULD LOVE TO TRY IT OUT BUT….CLEARLY WHEN WE TRY ANYTHING, YOUR ASSHOLES WILL PUCKER UP EVEN HARDER.
if you never allow the counter to your hypothesis to be proven, how scientific can it ever be?
I’m glad you see the idiocy of assuming that since we feel safe, we should go ahead and remove the masks. All it takes is one Fauci or Gates to come in infecting people and we are back to the lockdown.
I have found that most useless Progressives (yeah, that’s redundant), are perfectly fine with tyranny until it impacts their ability to be as free as THEY want to be….then they just say screw it and do what they want. With more record high temps this weekend, and more and more states opening up without dead in the streets (something CA already faces), these folks are simply not going to stay put. Let’s hope these will be “learning times” for these folks…but somehow I doubt it.
When the Ruskies announced they would no longer check papers, the Germans flooded the checkpoints and the wall came down. In this instance, if Gavin even hints of a relaxation, the Corona Wall will come down.
As soon as a boy touches her, it’s all over. – Doc Pangloss’ daughter
actually, the “useless progessives” continue to sit inside and complain to city council about anyone they hear/see ‘not complying’
which is why this 2nd beach closure happened.
clearly it had ZERO To do with hospitals being overwhelmed, and everything to do with public perception.
also… look at where California is on the graph.
https://mises.org/wire/new-york-vs-texas-ny-has-nearly-50-times-more-covid-19-deaths-capita
dead on the streets? hardly. we’re right down with all them hillbilly states. which is hilarious.
Indeed Mr Liberty, just like Illinois Gov. Pritzker.
“Illinois Governer J. B. Pritzker has the state in lockdown and businesses shut down until the end of May.”
“An Illinois legislator on Wednesday filed a second legal challenge to Pritzker saying the Democrat governor’s emergency powers are limited to 30 days and that Pritzker therefore had no right to extend his March 21 order through the end of May.”
“But not all Illinois residents are equal.”
“Governor Pritzker recently sent his wife and kids to Florida during the state stay-at-home orders.”
“When confronted on his family’s Florida trip Pritzker told the reporter, “In politics it used to be we kept our families out of it. Yeah, my official duties have nothing to do with my family. So, I’m just not going to answer that question.”
So, as usual, “Do as I say, not as I do.” Some of us fat slobs are more equal than the rest of you fat slobs. POS
“Most useless progressives” is not redundant, however “useless progressives” is. All progressives are useless, but some are more useless than others and a very few (mostly politicians & actors) fit in the most useless category.
Well an aspiring Stalin is gonna do Stalin type things. Now it is putting his boot to their throats…next it is going to be gulags to “educate” the people about who is in charge.
“enforce and “site” those who try and defy the orders.” LMFAO. California education at its best.
Where did you go to school, turdball?
Ad-Hominem?……..How about in a schoolhouse that actually taught language arts?
The three homophones cite, sight, and site are occasionally confused by some people when used as nouns (sight and site) or as verbs (all three words). They needn’t cause trouble: with a little thought, most people who struggle with them can settle upon the correct choice.
“with a little thought” being the telltale phrase.
Better close shit.
CA just released these fine fellows.
They look like a bunch of Hitler youth
A couple of them look like Manson followers.
A clarion call to all the good people with half-functioning brains who remain in Crazyfornia and chafe under the diktats of the “liberal,” “progressive” and completely megalomaniacal guvner Gavin “Anytwosome” Newsom:
To protest the closure of the state’s beaches and parks plus the release of felons out of prison, a state-wide Day of Dignified Defecation in Defiance of Demonic Democrat Decrees – massive public participation in shitting on the sidewalks, grounds, lobbies and reception areas at all of the guvner’s offices statewide and especially in Sacramento.
Remember to wear your protective masks and gloves (for privacy and safety purposes, of course) and bring a roll of toilet paper to share. Don’t forget to wipe, Silly. And no Lysol (C) spray — don’t want to ruin the atmospherics.
Ought to send an appropriate message and provide a stinking and stunning reminder to the guvner what Californians really think of his totalitarian, indeed bizarre, policies during this extraordinary CoVid-19 situation.
So in Commiefornia I can inject heroin on the sidewalk in front of a school while taking a shit on the same sidewalk and that’s OK.
If I want to take my kids to the beach for fresh air and exercise I’m a nut job and need to be fined $1000 or arrested……..Got it.
Cognitive dissonance must be the national theme for the 2020s. I didn’t get that message. I’ll check my spam folder.
This guy is a total clown. “This virus doesn’t take the weekends off.” Apparently stupidity doesn’t either.
Are you offering yourself as proof?
After 149 years, the gold fringe disappeared from White House flags.
Today.
that’s pretty interesting. what more do you know about this?
i believe i’ve heard that the fringe signifies maritime law , which people have questioned why it’s used in courtrooms, the white house, etc. what’s your take on removal?
Organic Act changing the United States to a Corporation who’s laws are only legal in Wash’ ton DC.