Governor says new normal needed
California Gov. Gavin Newsom told state residents last week the coronavirus pandemic will end soon, but Californians will never be “going back to normal.”
“When this pandemic ends – and it will end soon – we’re not going back to normal,” he said, speaking from empty Dodger Stadium. “Normal was never good enough. Normal accepts inequity.
“It’s why Latinos are dying from COVID at a higher rate than any other racial or ethnic group, why essential workers’ wages aren’t enough for them to afford the essentials, and why mothers have been leaving the workforce in staggering numbers.”
What Newsom, whose detractors say they have enough signatures to force his recall election, did not say was why he and his Democratic Party have allowed such inequities to go on for so long.