San Francisco’s Emergency Rules Threaten Food Deliveries
San Francisco officials have imposed one of the tightest lockdowns in the country, which has made residents of the nation’s second-highest density city increasingly dependent on deliveries from grocery stores and restaurants. If officials there want people to stay home and avoid interacting with others at the checkout lines, they should do everything they can […]
Governor—Don’t Use Coronavirus as an Excuse for Early-Release of Prisoners
The governor—or any other elected official—should not use the coronavirus pandemic that has resulted in millions of Californians losing their jobs and placed the entire state under stay-at-home orders to advance pet projects, including releasing more prison inmates. However, that’s exactly what Governor Gavin Newsom is doing. He is giving early release to some 3,500 […]
Why California Can’t Cut its Way Past COVID
Coronavirus is forcing Californians into isolation. But it has brought us together in one way: by fusing our biggest problems into one colossal crisis. That crisis could be our once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform the state—if we can ignore the conventional wisdom that this is a time to shelter our ambitions in place. For Californians, COVID-19 […]
California Needs to Reassess Stay-at-Home Orders to Prevent an Economic Tragedy
Before the public health and economic disasters wreaked by the COVID-19 pandemic ruins more lives, California policymakers need to carefully assess the costs of a long-term lockdown and make common sense adjustments. About one-sixth of California workers have filed for unemployment insurance since Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide shelter-at-home order to prevent the spread […]