Governor of California
Some governors described the early PPE marketplace as the Wild West, where supplies simply went to the highest bidder.
Nine people, including a 16-year-old boy, have been confirmed dead since lightning-caused fires started weeks ago.
“This bill that I’m about to sign will give those prisoners hope of actually getting a job in the profession that they’ve been trained,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
The first-term Democrat doesn’t shy away from lofty promises, but his plans often lack detail and, in some cases, follow-through.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
California’s governor and San Francisco’s mayor worked together to act early in confronting the COVID threat. For Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio, it was a different story, and 27,000 New Yorkers have died so far.
The CEO said he was moving the company out of California and would sue Alameda County's health department because of their stay-at-home orders.
The governors in the Northeast and along the West Coast announced separate state compacts after Trump said he gets to decide when to "open up the states."
She was among the first same-sex couples to marry in California when it became legal.
Critics say the requests to delay air pollution rules are the equivalent of “wartime profiteering.”
The Golden State received test kits for COVID-19 from the federal government that did not include all the components needed to actually run a test.