Fake News Prompts Governor to Close ALL California Beaches. Let the Rebellion Begin

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I have a question for the photographer who took this photo at Newport Beach last weekend and all the media members who hyped it.

Are you happy now?



As I reported only days ago, the photo, taken with what was claimed to be a 300mm lens, but could have been 400mm telephoto lens, made the beaches at Newport Beach appear to be far more crowded than they really were last weekend. Upon the basis of that photo and the air-headed reaction to it, Governor Gavin Newsom has sent a memo to counties and law enforcement to begin closing all California beaches and parks starting Friday.

A memo sent to law enforcement and leaked to Fox News said,

After well publicized media coverage of overcrowded beaches this past weekend, in violation of Governor Newsom’s Shelter in Place Order, the governor will be announcing tomorrow [Friday] that ALL beaches and state parks will be closed, effective May 1.

Orange County, which has led the state in re-opening on the basis of SCIENCE – the huge drop in the number of coronavirus cases – reacted to Newsom’s orders with a “huh?” from County Supervisor Don Wagner. Wagner told Fox News LA,

I believe Governor Newsom has the power to close Orange County beaches. However it is not wise to do so.

Medical professionals tell us the importance of fresh air and sunlight in fighting infectious diseases, including mental health benefits.

I fear that this overreaction from the state will undermine that cooperative attitude and this our collective efforts to fight the disease, based on the best available medical information.

Newsom admitted that California is achieving its stated goal of “flattening the curve” so hospitals wouldn’t be overwhelmed by coronavirus victims. But the hospitals aren’t even “whelmed,” they’re underwhelmed and on the way to failure to thrive.

Hospitals in the state are losing hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars because they’ve been shut down to concentrate all efforts on the coronavirus.

And California is a huge landmass. Is Newsom seriously suggesting that the beaches of Big Sur need to close? If all the beaches are open he’ll achieve the social distancing he says he wants.

But now the state’s beaches and parks are being closed, according to the memo, because of the images from Newport Beach over the weekend. There were some people close together and no one has any idea if they were family groups. Not even the governor.

Newsom basically fell for fake news.

Real Clear Politics’ Sean Trende asked where have we seen this before:

Even the scenes from Orange County beaches are dependent on angle and lens type. We went through this a few weeks ago with JAX.

As I reported here, that’s exactly right. The same thing happened in Jacksonville, Fla., a couple of weeks ago. Telephoto lenses compacted the scene making it look as if people were teaming at the beaches mere inches apart. Governor De Santis didn’t fall for it.

Lefty statistician Nate Silver said closing the beaches is a mistake. You don’t say?

A congressional candidate weighed in, calling Newsom a “dictator.”

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Well, at least Gov Newsome is not doing what DeBlasio/Cuomo are doing in NYCity.
Over a ton of chicken $#!+ has been dumped all over Central Park in NYCity to discourage people from sitting and enjoying the park.
Maybe Newsome is keeping that ploy for later.

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Evers says he will reopen the State parks, not the bathrooms in them. No one day passes, yearly passes only.
Think I will go to my own lil park and do battle with the ticks.
Permethrin and diatomaceous earth.

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@Nan G: DeBlasio had, I’m sure, a surplus of chicken shit since that is his entire life.

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