California Republicans Urge Newsom to Surrender COVID Emergency ‘Power Grab’

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California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during a visit by First Lady Jill Biden at The Forty Acres, the first headquarters of the United Farm Workers labor union, in Delano, Calif., March 31, 2021.

Mandel Ngan/Pool via Reuters

It was last July when California state senator Melissa Melendez first introduced a resolution in the legislature to end the COVID-19 state of emergency in her state.

Four months into the pandemic, Democratic governor Gavin Newsom had used his emergency powers to issue 47 executive orders and to unilaterally change hundreds of laws, according to the resolution.

Ryan Mills

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Ryan Mills

Ryan Mills was an enterprise and media reporter at National Review. He previously worked for 14 years as a breaking news reporter, investigative reporter, and editor at newspapers in Florida. Originally from Minnesota, Ryan lives in the Fort Myers area with his wife and two sons.

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