Gov. Gavin Newsom is shuttering all Orange County beaches in an aggressive move that immediately met resistance in the wealthy coastal county whose beaches made national news last weekend when visitors descended there in summer-like weather
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So far, Newsom had resisted a full-scale shutdown of California’s state-operated parks and beaches, electing instead to prod people away with partial measures like closing parking lots and falling back on social pressure as a deterrent. Local officials have gone further in closing trails and beaches, although some of those public spaces are beginning to reopen as infection rates flatten., suggested the governor was preparing to close all beaches statewide.
Newsom has already angered local Orange County elected officials by suing the city of Huntington Beach over its failure to build enough housing, and Democrats are defending multiple House seats they claimed in 2018. His administration also drew Orange County outrage in February when it proposed housing coronavirus-exposed people in a state developmental center in Costa Mesa.
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