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Nov 30, 2020 • 17 tweets • 2 min read
Gov. Gavin Newsom kicks off his press conference with new COVID-19 numbers:
* 14,034 new cases
* 14,657 - seven-day average
* 9,881 - peak average back during the July surge
* In one to two weeks, California will probably experience another uptick in cases
* Positivity rate is 6.2% over 14 days
* California is ranked 39th in the states in regards to case rates
* 223,947average tests per day
Nov 16, 2020 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
NEW: Gov. Newsom is "pulling an emergency brake" in the state's county reopening blueprint, as well as "strengthening" California's mandatory mask requirement. About 94% of the state's population is being pulled back into the purple tuer.
The state is sounding the emergency alarms based on a "significant" increase in new cases, Newsom said. Counties will now move back into a more restrictive tier after just one week if their numbers are concerning.
Oct 12, 2020 • 15 tweets • 2 min read
Will live tweet this press conference, which is starting soon. (they're running a little behind, but will start momentarily)
Padilla said his office began receiving reports this weekend of "unofficial" drop boxes in Fresno, Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
They're being labeled as "official," even though they hadn't been placed by the county election offices.
Oct 12, 2020 • 15 tweets • 2 min read
Gov. Newsom kicks off his noon press conference congratulating California Novel Laureates
Nobel* Clearly not getting a spelling prize here
May 26, 2020 • 20 tweets • 4 min read
I'm in the Assembly gallery for the Committee of the Whole. It's the first time in a quarter century that the Assembly has used the process, which allows members to focus and discuss one topic without taking a vote. Today's topic: CA's dire state budget outlook.
76 members have scattered throughout the gallery, with some pocketed in corners or the press bay, others at their desks and in chairs scooted off to the side.
May 8, 2020 • 17 tweets • 2 min read
Newsom is at a flower shop in Sacramento for his noon press conference. He's acknowledging that for the businesses opening in Phase 2, the progress doesn't mean customers will return or that revenue will jump back to pre-covid days.
Revised tweet to take away the $ before 31!
Newsom said the state's PPE inventory is growing, and there's now more than 31 million masks in the stock pile.
Apr 14, 2020 • 24 tweets • 4 min read
Right as his press conference is set to start, Newsom's office releases what California needs to do in order to modify the stay-at-home order:
1. Monitor communities through testing, contract tracing, isolating and supporting those infected or exposed.
2. Ability to "prevent infection" of at-risk people 3) Hospital and health systems have to be able to handle the surges 4) Have to "develop therapeutics to meet the demand" 5) Businesses, schools and child care centers have to "support physical distancing"
Sep 10, 2018 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Ahead of his climate summit this week, @JerryBrownGov has signed SB 100, setting goal for 100 percent of California electricity from renewable sources by 2045. He has also signed an executive order for the state to achieve carbon neutrality, also by 2045.
“Today California sends an unmistakable message to the nation and the world,” @kdeleon, who authored SB 100, says. “Regardless of who occupies the White House, California will always lead on climate change.”
Apr 1, 2018 • 17 tweets • 8 min read
Following four nights of boisterous protests over the shooting of Stephon Clark, Saturday evening arrived quietly in Sacramento. sacbee.com/news/local/art…
Tonight's vigil is meant to put a spotlight on the role of the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department in the shooting, an organizer told @nashellytweets. The sheriff's department provided the helicopter. sacbee.com/news/local/art…
