A few stories have just been posted that show California isn’t entirely lost.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger called on officials to alter the mask mandate after California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state political glitterati were pictured maskless with Laker legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson during the NFC Championship game.
“Let’s do away with blanket COVID-19 masking policies — they don’t make a difference when they’re not consistently followed or enforced,” Barger said in a statement. “We need to trust the public to make the best personal decisions for themselves based on their unique risks and circumstances.”..Barger also pointed to the inconsistent adherence and enforcement during the game.
Granted, it’s not a complete nixing of ineffective policies. However, at least the trajectory is more promising than it has been.
Next, the state Assembly has mercifully killed the single-payer healthcare bill recently proposed.
Lawmakers declined to vote on a high-profile effort to overhaul California’s healthcare system on Monday, putting an end to a proposal that would have guaranteed medical coverage to every resident by levying billions in new taxes.Assembly Bill 1400 by Assemblyman Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) did not have the necessary votes to move forward ahead of a key deadline Monday. Instead of forcing a vote that could be politically damaging for some of his Democratic colleagues, Kalra opted to let the bill die, angering the California Nurses Assn. that has championed single-payer for years….Critics of the single-payer plan have been flooding Californians’ cellphones and social media with ads criticizing the bill, saying it would “cause massive disruption to Californians’ healthcare at the worst possible time” and urging people to call lawmakers to tell them to reject AB 1400.Opponents say even with its massive price tag, the proposal would still come up short of paying for the healthcare system overhaul. Exactly how much the proposal would have cost if it ultimately became law is still unknown. The Assembly recently approved a Republican request for the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office to review the cost and effects of the legislation.
Finally, a California city named after a Confederate general will keep its name, even after several years of woke hysteria.
Fort Bragg, which is named for the slaveholding southern general Braxton Bragg, established a citizen’s commission to study a name change after the 2020 death of George Floyd.The city of 7,300, which is on the northern California coast, was established in 1857 and used as a military post to help quell rebellious Native American populations, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat reported.The question of whether to keep the controversial name had sparked passionate divisions, and no consensus has been achieved, the group said.“As a commission, we came to the conclusion that, at this time, because the citizens are so divided, this commission cannot unanimously recommend a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’,” commissioner Cesar Yanez, told the city council this week, The Guardian reported.
It looks like there are some excellent hotel deals for Fort Bragg. I may have to make that my Presidents’ Day Weekend vacation destination.
It is good to see some signs of normalcy blooming, like California poppies at the start of February.
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