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Originally Posted by the urban politician
Thank you LA, for finally doing something reasonable.
Now if only the rest of the "lock down first, fuck everyone's feelings, think about it later" States will follow
Masking and shots should literally be the only thing we are doing now. No other policies are necessary. All COVID measures should immediately be halted as being burdensome and damaging.
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This isn't so much something LA is doing on its own.
It's actually very complicated. CA has a fairly complex and regulated statewide system of policies on when counties can open to what degree based on criteria too complex to explain. As the article sopas ej posted states, the state is allowing LA to do what it is doing as it is allowing other counties to do similar things.
But it is even more Byzantine than that. Gov. Gavin Newsom is fighting a recall election. A part of the criticism of him has been the complexity and rigidity of the lockdown policies he imposed. As is happening all over the country, COVID fatigue has got people angry at governments that are too restrictive and California has been one of the most restrictive. So the current relaxation and even abandonment of previous policies is something Newsom is being forced into to stay in office. He will probably succeed--unlike when Gov. Davis was recalled and replaced by Arnold Schwarzenegger, there's no big name, popular candidate selling Newsom's job. But still he seems to be running a little scared and loosening COVID restrictions is part of his strategy.