A Sacramento judge ordered that radio host Larry Elder ’s name be placed on the Sept. 14 gubernatorial recall ballot, rejecting Secretary of State Shirley Weber’s claim that he filed incomplete information about his taxes. “California judge rules that the election law Elder allegedly violated DID NOT EVEN APPLY to a recall election AND even if it did, Elder “SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIED.” I will be on the ballot,” Elder wrote on Twitter shortly after the ruling. Superior Court Judge Laurie Earl ruled that the requirement that candidates provide tax returns applied to direct primary elections, not a recall. “I don’t find that Mr. Elder was required to file tax returns at all,” Earl said at a hearing. Elder announced last week that he was entering the race, but his name was not among Weber’s initial list of 41 candidates to qualify for the ballot. She is expected to release a final list later on Wednesday. Watch on Deadline In the recall election, voters will be asked …
Gavin Newsom And Marjorie Taylor Greene Trade Barbs On Twitter Over Vaccines: “Disgraceful…Murderous” – Updated
UPDATED, with Greene comment and Newsom response: California Governor Gavin Newsom called out Tucker Carlson and other figures on the right specifically for spreading vaccine misinformation and urged others to do so. In an appearance on MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin Reports , Newsom said that the 25% of California residents who remain unvaccinated was due to an “overwhelming majority of misinformation by right wing pundits. Period, full stop. Time to be a little bit more specific. The Ron Johnsons of the world. The Marjorie Taylor Greenes of the world. The Tucker Carlsons of the world. I watch them. I listen. I pay attention. They are misinforming. They are literally putting people’s lives at risk. People are dying because of the misinformation, either knowingly or unknowingly, regardless, time to call it out.” Newsom added that he recognizes that there are good people who have “real hesitancy and real concerns, and we are working in California in leading the way in …
Newsom Says He Will End Mask Requirement For Vaccinated Workers As Long As Safety Board Agrees- Updated
UPDATED with latest: California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Monday that he is prepared to issue an executive order later this week to immediately implement a loosening of work-site mask-wearing regulations if, that is, the state’s Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board approves them on Thursday. Under normal procedures, the board’s decision would have to be reviewed by state attorneys and wouldn’t take effect until the end of the month. Newsom’s executive order would close that gap and immediately implement the rules later this week. Of course, the governor himself set June 15 – Tuesday – as the date for the loosening of restrictions. Newsom hinted several times last week — see previous updates below — that he expects the board’s ruling to comport with the state’s already-announced guidelines. Of course, having state guidelines released before the board makes its ruling and also having the state “reopen” before mask-at-work rules are official is more than a …
California Calls For Universal Masking In Indoor Public Settings 1 Week After Newsom Said, “We Don’t Need Masks”
On July 20, California Governor Gavin Newsom , amid increasing Covid 19 infections in the state, urged every eligible resident to get vaccinated. When asked about other preventative measures the governor, who is facing a recall election in September, said increased vaccination was all the state needed. “The answer to the Delta variant is vaccination,” said Newsom. “We don’t need masking. Just get vaccinated.” What a difference a week — ok, eight days — makes. In response to the spike in Covid cases and hospitalizations and new CDC guidance calling for masking measures to prevent the spread of the highly-transmissible Delta variant, the California Department of Public Health updated its Guidance for Face Coverings, recommending mask use for indoor public settings, regardless of vaccination status. “The Delta variant has caused a sharp increase in hospitalizations and case rates across the state. We are recommending masking in indoor public places to slow the …
Newsom California Recall Vote Locked In A Virtual Dead Heat, According To New Poll; Governor In Trouble With Latino Voters
A new statewide poll of 1,000 registered voters shows a virtual dead heat between Californians who want to see Governor Gavin Newsom recalled and those who don’t. The Inside California Politics/Emerson College poll, conducted July 30-August 1, 2021, found 46% of respondents in favor of recalling Newsom and 48% of voters against his recall . Those numbers are within the poll’s 3% margin of error, making the results a virtual — if not literal — dead heat. Six percent of voters were undecided. Support for recalling the once-popular governor, who crushed Republican challenger John Cox in 2018 by a margin of 62%-38%, the largest share of the vote for any Democratic candidate for governor in state history, according to Ballotpedia . More recently, the last Inside California Politics/Emerson College poll in mid July had Newsom ahead of the vote to recall 48% to 43% with 9% of voters undecided. Watch on Deadline Newsom has lost support from a majority of Latino …
Final Rules For Masks In California Businesses Issued After Newsom Signs Executive Order
UPDATED with the latest: California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed an executive order expediting the rules around masking, social distancing and capacity limits for workers in the state. The rules were confirmed on Thursday by a Cal/OSHA safety board which oversees such decisions for businesses . As expected, the Cal/OSHA rules align with guidance issued late last week by the CA Department of Public Health, but Newsom’s signature on Thursday speeds up the usual 10-day implementation process for such orders. It also puts an end to weeks of confusion over what the reopening rules would be. Newsom, state public health officials and the Cal/OSHA board itself had all issued conflicting signals on where the state was going. The specifics for businesses are outlined below, but very broadly the message is that fully-vaccinated workers in California can be indoors at businesses without masks while unvaccinated workers cannot. Newsom’s executive order comes two …
25% Of Californians May Not Get Vaccinated, Says Study; Puts Newsom’s Victory By Vaccination Strategy At Risk
In California , 12% of adults say they will not get vaccinated, according to UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study. When one pairs that with the roughly 16% of the population under 13 years old who cannot get the vaccine and also those adults who are ineligible due to health issues, it seems about 25% of the state’s population may not get vaccinated any time soon. That’s a troubling prospect, since most infectious disease experts put herd immunity at between 70% and 85% of the population being vaccinated. If 25% will not get vaccinated, then the ceiling for vaccinations in the state is already on the low end of that projected range. Newsom has been asked every day this week about surging Covid numbers in the state and the possibility for renewed restrictions. His answers has been uniform. He has stressed the state has no plans for new restrictions, proposing the following instead: “Get vaccinated. We can end this thing quickly. If everybody got vaccinated we …
UCLA’s Hollywood Diversity Report Gets $250K In Funding As Part Of California Budget
UCLA’s Hollywood Diversity Report has been awarded funding from the 2021-2022 California state budget for the first time. The total of $250,000 will support the industry’s only longitudinal analysis that connects the relationship between the diversity of key jobs in Hollywood productions with the spending power and appetites of increasingly diverse U.S. audiences. “Films directed by women and minorities are chronically underfunded,” Ana-Christina Ramón, director of research and civic engagement for the UCLA division of social sciences and co-author of the annual report, told Deadline. “And audiences are smart, they can tell when a project is well-funded. We believe that investing in the creative vision of women and people of color will deliver content that audiences crave and at the same time have a positive impact on the diversity of jobs both above the line and below the line for those productions.” The funding is part of a larger investment from the state into the …
California Delta Variant Cases Now 83% Of Covid Infections Analyzed, Marking A 53% Rise In One Month
As he urged Californians to get vaccinated, Governor Gavin Newsom said twice this week that the share of analyzed positive Covid cases caused by the more transmissive Delta variant would be north of 60% when new numbers were announced. That’s up from about 53% in late July. The governor was underselling his point. A monthly report on positive tests sent for genomic sequencing — which IDs specific variants — revealed that fully 82.8% of the positive tests analyzed were due to the Delta Variant. That’s a 53% rise in one month. And it’s up from Delta’s tiny 5.9% share of all variants in the state in May. See chart below. According to CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, California ’s numbers mirror the national surge in Delta. The variant now makes up 83% of genetically sequenced cases nationwide, up from about 50% in early July, she said. Federal and local officials say full vaccination still delivers highly effective protection against the Delta variant. A …
California Public Mask Mandate Support Rises As Covid Cases Make Biggest One-Day Jump In 5 Months
Asked earlier this week if there is a Covid -19 data point that would push the state to reimplement restrictions, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said, “We’re not looking at physical distancing or closing anything down.” The recall-challenged governor then insisted, “The answer to the Delta variant is vaccination …We don’t need masking. Just get vaccinated.” Newsom’s state on Friday reported a 2,000-case jump in its daily Covid case numbers, from 5,577 on Thursday to 7,984 on Friday. That’s a 43% rise in new cases in one day. A more trusted indicator, the seven-day case rate per 100,000, rose from 7.1 on Tuesday to 9.5 on Friday, putting the state on the verge of “Widespread” infections, according to Newsom’s own Blueprint for a Safer Economy . That blueprint, which mandated restrictions according to the level of virus in the state’s counties, was abandoned June 15 when Newsom reopened the state. Some are now calling for a return to restrictions. Watch on …