{"id":3699,"date":"2020-08-11T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3699"},"modified":"2020-08-11T13:32:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T20:32:58","slug":"governor-newsoms-coronavirus-task-force-is-falling-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=3699","title":{"rendered":"Governor Newsom&#8217;s Coronavirus Task Force is Falling Short"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Ainsley Jackman<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over three months ago, Gov. Newsom gathered big names from multiple industries to create an economic task force for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Their purpose was to &#8220;craft ideas for short, medium, and long-term solutions&#8221; and guide California through a safe but speedy recovery from the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the powerful minds apparently at work within the task force, it\u2019s hard to pinpoint anything productive they\u2019ve done thus far. In fact, the task force has been so secretive when it comes to what it\u2019s actually doing that the public has begun to question if they\u2019ve done anything at all. State Senator Melissa Melendez captures this sense recently, saying &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t think it\u2019s appropriate that three months later we still don\u2019t know what they\u2019re working on.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s appropriate that three months later we still don\u2019t know what they\u2019re working on,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/senatormelendez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@senatormelendez<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Tell us, Governor. Where are the solutions you promised? CA\u2019s struggling families &amp; small businesses need answers.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CADeservesBetter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CADeservesBetter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VzzINVAdXP\">https:\/\/t.co\/VzzINVAdXP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CAGOP (@CAGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAGOP\/status\/1287781443104411648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But if the task force has taken on a larger role than it appears in steering Newsom\u2019s the lockdown strategy, the results are hardly confidence-inspiring anyway. Health experts blame the second wave of infections we are experiencing now on California\u2019s large-scale reopening early on in the pandemic. And the new shutdowns that came as a result are causing another round of job loss and failing businesses\u2014they just can\u2019t recover from the unpredictable opening and closing orders. Not to mention the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/2020\/07\/the-consequences-of-not-allowing-students-to-return-to-school\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">disastrous effects<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shutting down in-person schooling will have.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gov. Newsom and his task force failed to implement a consistent COVID-19 reaction plan like other states and countries have successfully done. Instead, an inconsistent back-and-forth strategy has both spiked infection numbers and further hindered our economy\u2014the very opposite of what was promised us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s more, he did all of this by ignoring the State Legislature and the power of local governments to push all of California into the disaster we\u2019re experiencing. These inexcusable decisions largely prevented individual cities and counties from evaluating the best response for their individual situation and responding accordingly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Newsom has proved through his reaction to the pandemic that he is all too willing to wrestle power from others to dictate state laws instead. He has set up a faulty system based on his own positions, rather than using the consistent science-based plans in consultation with localities, businesses, and families.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Ainsley Jackman Over three months ago, Gov. Newsom gathered big names from multiple industries to create an economic task force for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Their purpose was to &#8220;craft ideas for short, medium, and long-term solutions&#8221; and guide California through a safe but speedy recovery from the pandemic. 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