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June 4, 2021 7:15 PM By ADAM BEAM
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Rich Pedroncelli
FILE - In this April 14, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses an outline for what it will take to lift coronavirus restrictions during a news conference at the Governor s Office of Emergency Services in Rancho Cordova, While California will end most coronavirus rules on June 15, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday, June 4, 2021 he will not lift the “state of emergency” that has been in place since March 2020.
Rich Pedroncelli
FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2018, file photo, State Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, talks with Senate Republican Leader Patricia Bates, of Laguna Niguel, during the Senate session in Sacramento, Calif. While California will end most coronavirus rules on June 15, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday, June 4, 2021 he will not lift the “state of emergency” that has been in place since March 2020.
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Rich Pedroncelli
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) Most of California’s coronavirus restrictions on businesses and public gatherings will end June 15. But Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday that he’s not ready to give up the broad powers he has to impose those rules, saying he will keep a statewide state of emergency declaration in place.
Newsom first declared a state of emergency on March 4, 2020. He has the power to do that under the California Emergency Services Act, a series of state laws designed to help the government act quickly in times of crisis.
The declaration means California can be reimbursed from the federal government for many of its pandemic-related expenses. But it also gives Newsom authority to suspend state laws and impose new rules. Since declaring this emergency, Newsom has issued at least 58 executive orders to alter or suspend hundreds of laws because of the virus.
On Friday, June 4, Governor Newsom announced that he has no plans to relinquish his disastrous ‘one-man’ rule.
“If Newsom believes the state is safe enough to reopen, then it’s safe for people to be able to make decisions for themselves without his arbitrary and capricious rules,” said Senate Republican Leader Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita). “I believe it is time for him to hang up his crown and restore our democracy. In California we don’t grow bananas, so there’s no need for a banana republic.”
Republican Senator Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore) introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution 5 (SCR 5) which would terminate the governor’s emergency powers. Legislative Democrats have refused to schedule SCR 5 for committee hearings.