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McClintock: The Unseen Death Toll of Covid-19 Measures

April 16, 2020 9:53 amApril 22, 2020 12:17 pm

In 1957, the Asian flu pandemic killed 116,000 Americans, the equivalent of 220,000 in today’s population. The Eisenhower generation didn’t strip grocery shelves of toilet paper, confine the entire population to their homes or lay waste to the economy. Special to California...

California Lockdown: Residents Tired of Being Treated as Lepers

April 16, 2020 2:20 amApril 16, 2020 7:10 am

Burning down the village to save it will only ensure the total collapse of the economy. UPDATE BELOW: Gov. Gavin Newsom is continuing to enlist loyal Californians to apply social pressure on each other to “flatten the curve” of...

Independent Contractors to Receive Unemployment Benefits Under New Program

April 15, 2020 3:41 pmApril 16, 2020 7:41 am

On Tuesday, California Labor Secretary Julie Su announced that independent contractors and gig workers in California will be able to receive unemployed benefits. Relief for independent contractors The benefits will not come from normal unemployed insurance, but rather from a...

Some Decisions Don’t Add Up in California’s COVID-19 Spending and Policy

April 15, 2020 2:07 amApril 14, 2020 8:03 pm

While California residents have been under strict stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus crisis, the homeless vagrants living on city streets have been exempted from the city, county and statewide orders. Living in unsheltered filth, together with diseases many already have,...

Los Angeles Begins New Coronavirus Assistance Program as Pandemic Hits Peak

April 14, 2020 8:19 pm

On Monday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a new ‘Angelino Card’ program that will give additional funds to select residents affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Angelino Cards Los Angeles residents with households below the federal poverty line who...

Governor Newsom Introduces Plan for Coronavirus Restriction Removal

April 14, 2020 2:38 pmApril 15, 2020 6:15 am

On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom, joined by Department of Public Health Director Sonia Angell, outlined the steps that California needs to take to return to normal following the COVID-19 coronavirus lockdown. Six phases and six indicators The Governor laid out...

Experts Significantly Lower Coronavirus Death Projections in California

April 14, 2020 2:12 amApril 14, 2020 2:39 pm

On Monday, health experts at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington lowered COVID-19 coronavirus death projections for California substantially from around 1,750 a week ago to 1,483. In March, the University of Washington initially...