Gavin Newsom Is Bad For California’s Health

Gavin Newsom Is Bad For California’s Health

ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 16: California Gov. Gavin Newsom looks on during a news conference after ... [+] he toured the newly reopened Ruby Bridges Elementary School on March 16, 2021 in Alameda, California. Gov. Newsom is traveling throughout California to highlight the state's efforts to reopen schools and businesses as he faces the threat of recall. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) On September 14, the people of California will have the chance—in a recall election—to oust Governor Gavin Newsom. His record over his more than two and a half years in power is checkered. Nowhere is that clearer than on health policy. Early in the pandemic, Newsom instituted some of America's most draconian policies: shutting down schools, shuttering business, and essentially locking people in their homes. What good did that do the people of California? The state has experienced over 4 million cases of COVID-19 and 64, 000 deaths. The fatalities were far from evenly distributed. More than half of all cases were among Latinos, even though they make up less than 40% of the population. Latinos accounted for nearly one in two deaths in California. What happened when a solution finally came to the fore? He bungled again.