California imposes overnight curfew to stem coronavirus

[discocrisco01]

Source: Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is imposing an overnight curfew on most residents as the most populous state tries to head off a surge in coronavirus cases that it fears could tax the state’s health care system, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday.

What officials are calling a limited stay-at-home order requires nonessential residents to stay home from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. starting Saturday.

It affects counties with the most severe restrictions, 41 of the state’s 58 counties that are in the “purple” tier under California’s color-coded system for reopening the economy. That covers 94% of the state’s nearly 40 million residents.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/us-news-gavin-newsom-california-coronavirus-pandemic-47ec9b65c376bf64ccd8460978b9f6fb

[Auggie]

1. Okay with me, said this California resident

Hell, make it two nights.

[onecaliberal]

2. This will do nothing. Bars are already closed

[Codeine]

6. No, a lot of them are still open

using outdoor seating. Newsome’s latest PR missteps are going to undermine this effort, and I expect many counties - including the one I’m in, sadly - will simply fail to comply in any meaningful fashion.

[onecaliberal]

8. The county I'm in won't comply.

The bars here are already closed and the local sheriff publicly announced she will not enforce the curfew like she said she wouldn’t enforce the mask order. Fucked up county in a fucked up country.

[ansible]

3. And yet he'll continue to be exempt from any restrictions he makes

Planning any more Michelin restaurant dinners, Mr. Governor?

[Raine]

4. This is not going to go over well

he's already on the road to recall this should speed that up!

[C Moon]

5. The increased curve we currently have, is higher than the increased curve we had in April.

Something had to be done—especially with the holidays approaching and people meeting up, talking, drinking, hugging...plus most of it will be indoors because of the colder temperatures.

[eissa]

7. Stupid move, my county won't even enforce this

Our local Sherriff already released a statement saying "this is a public health crisis and we are not going to solve it by arresting people and making criminals out of the members of our community."

Newsom is the poster child for the "limousine liberal." He has lost much credibility in dealing with this pandemic, our state is in an economic mess, and the homelessness crisis has only gotten worse. Unless he's able to turn all of this around in two years, he will most likely lose to anyone who runs against him in 2022.