Bars are required to close in Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, San Joaquin and Tulare counties — which have been on the state’s watch list for more than two weeks — and recommended to close in Contra Costa, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Stanislaus and Ventura counties, which have been on the watch list for at least three days.
However, Santa Clara County, which has had some of the tightest restrictions in the state, plans to reopen more businesses and activities this week.
CalMatters’ Jackie Botts evaluates whether the “first-in-the-nation” programs Newsom introduced at a rapid-fire pace — including expanded unemployment assistance, money for families whose kids were missing out on school lunches, free restaurant meals for seniors, aid for undocumented immigrants, and hotel rooms for homeless Californians — have lived up to the governor’s promises or fallen short.
Newsom will not lead California’s Democratic delegation to the party’s convention in August to choose a presidential and vice-presidential nominee — though governors typically lead their state’s delegates, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Instead, U.S. Reps. Ro Khanna of Fremont and Barbara Lee of Oakland will co-chair the delegation along with Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis, California Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks announced Saturday.
