Coronavirus Archives - Page 44 of 47

California Governor and Legislators Suspend Procedures and Rules to Pass Emergency $500 M to $1 Billion Coronavirus Funding

March 17, 2020 11:04 amMarch 17, 2020 11:24 am

The California Legislature passed emergency funding Monday providing $500 million to be used to combat COVID-19, and authority for total expenditures up to $1 billion to the Governor. There were no Assembly or Senate Budget Committee hearings, and the Proposition...

Seven Bay Area Counties in Lockdown Under ‘Unprecedented’ Shelter-in-Place Order Over Coronavirus

March 17, 2020 7:26 amMarch 20, 2020 7:54 am

‘A bad flu season is 80,000 dead. We’ve got about 18,000 dead from influenza this year; we have 100 from corona.’ Seven Bay Area counties announced Monday unprecedented shelter-in-place restrictions, confining millions of residents to their homes for three...

Grocery Stores Across California Begin Mass Hirings In Response to Panic Stricken Shoppers

March 16, 2020 2:24 pmMarch 16, 2020 5:19 pm

‘We just didn’t have the manpower to deal with all the jackals here.’ Grocery stores and Supermarket chains have taken the unusual step of mass hiring new employees in response to the greater demand that has been brought on...

Coronavirus Update: California Gov. Gavin Newsom Directs All Bars, Brew Pubs and Wineries to Close, Tells Those Over 65 to Stay Home

March 15, 2020 4:11 pmMarch 15, 2020 9:14 pm

How is the governor targeting some industries for closure and not others which also serve the public? California Gov. Gavin Newsom held a Sunday afternoon press conference and issued new directions to the state’s residents due to coronavirus: Newsom...

Coronavirus and Leviathan: Is Gov. Newsom Exploiting a Crisis to Expand State Government Power?

March 15, 2020 8:08 amMarch 15, 2020 8:09 am

Executive Order N-25-20, issued on March 12 by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, “readies state to commandeer hotels & medical facilities to isolate & treat COVID-19 patients,” and also “readies the state to commandeer property for temporary residences and medical facilities...

Hysteria and Collusion As Gov. Newsom Orders Large Gatherings Cancelled

March 14, 2020 9:59 amMarch 17, 2020 11:19 am

This week California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered all “gatherings must be limited to no more than 250 people” – except strangely, Disneyland, Magic Mountain, Universal Studios Hollywood, and other large theme parks, and gambling casinos. The next day Disneyland announced...

The Fate of Offices: A Long-Term Coronavirus Effect No One is Discussing

March 13, 2020 8:13 pmMarch 17, 2020 12:25 pm

With more and more Californians being ordered to work from home for the next several weeks, a potential long term effect on office rentals and telework could be felt. Telework during the COVID-19 outbreak While the economic impact worldwide is...