"We're in the most diverse city in the most diverse county in the most diverse state, which is the most diverse democracy in the world," @GavinNewsom says #CaliforniaRecall
"Racial justice is on the ballot tomorrow night. Economic justice is on the ballot tomorrow night," @GavinNewsom says, adding in social justice and environmental justice. #CaliforniaRecall
"We still have people who are in complete denial, who don't believe climate change is real," says @GavinNewsom, name-dropping @larryelder. "He believes in more offshore drilling off the coast of Long Beach." #CaliforniaRecall
"In the you-can't-make-this-up-files," @larryelder said slave owners should be considered for reparations, @GavinNewsom says, adding Elder "is to the right of Donald Trump" #CaliforniaRecall
.@GavinNewsom adds that @JoeBiden is proof that Democrats defeated Donald Trump. Newsom attacks Texas abortion law. "We have not defeated Trumpism, and Trumpism is still on the ballot in California," he says #CaliforniaRecall
We must defeat recall to show "Trumpism is defeated across the United States of California," @GavinNewsom says, then transitions to "we must focus on the things that unite us." #CaliforniaRecall
"There are two dreams: The American Dream and the California Dream. No other state in the country attaches itself to the the dream," says @GavinNewsom as he introduces @JoeBiden#CaliforniaRecall
"If you're working a 40 hour week, you shouldn't be living in poverty!" @JoeBiden exclaims. "I'm so tired of trickle down economics." #CaliforniaRecall
"California, the eyes of the nation are on you," @JoeBiden says. "The rest of America is counting on you, and so am I." #CaliforniaRecall
Director of Oakland's La Clínica de la Raza opens @GavinNewsom's vaccine press conference by saying that his "controversial" decision to shut down the state saved lives, and history will show that.
"History will prove that your decisiveness, the leadership you showed, even when it wasn't popular, will go down in record to have saved many, many lives," she says of @GavinNewsom
"It is always an honor to be the backdrop to the great governor @GavinNewsom," says @LibbySchaaf
BREAKING: @GavinNewsom is set to announce that state employees and all health care workers (public + private employees) must be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing and wear masks.
"We are exhausted, respectfully, exhausted by the ideological prism too many Americans are living under" regarding "politicization of the vaccine and mask wearing," @GavinNewsom says.
"You don't have the choice to go out and drink and drive and put everyone else at risk," @GavinNewsom says. "That's the equivalent, at this moment, with the deadliness of this Delta variant."
At the risk of bringing on early-onset carpal tunnel, I've decided to live-tweet as much of today's Cal/OSHA meeting as I can handle... Follow this thread for updates 🧵
After numerous buzzing sounds, Board president says, "People keep calling my phone, so I have to get it off the desk."
BREAKING: Dr. Mark Ghaly confirms that California's mask mandate will NOT be lifted on June 15 at K-12 schools when students/staff are indoors.
Unvaccinated workers will also have to keep wearing masks at businesses, Ghaly says.
Ghaly says businesses aren't required to have someone at the door checking customers' vaccine status; instead, they can just post requirements on a paper near the door, and it puts the burden on customers to self-attest their vaccine status.
BREAKING: @GavinNewsom will today unveil a slate of proposals for California's public schools:
- Universal pre-k by 2024
- Savings accounts for 3.7 million kids
- $14.5 billion to "reimagine K-12 public schools and reduce class sizes"
.@GavinNewsom says his budget will have the biggest investment in K-14 education in California history. "We are putting out a blueprint over the next five years for a total transformation in education, which includes a new grade, TK," he says.
"We need to do more in the classroom to address what's going on outside the classroom," @GavinNewsom says, adding that Elkhorn Elementary School he's at has washers/dryers for the community. "We've talked about community schools, but we haven't followed up with real resources."