Putting politics aside (I don't care for either side much), how much more can the state of CA take? Even places like NJ and NY are backpedaling from lockdowns - they don't work and are killing local economies. NJ has resisted imposing more severe constraints - their Governor has listened. NYC is literally deserted. As a business, once you leave the city, hard to come back. Sucks for the local communities. I was in Sacramento in AUG, it was alarming to see the amount of "out of business due to pandemic" signs - and that was in AUG.
And yes, the virus is real, not going anywhere anytime soon, not even with a vaccine. Local economies cannot sit it out. You can't solve local economic issues with handouts. They extend the runway a bit but eventually that runway ends and the cliff appears. Just look around at the empty storefronts.
Emotional voting is human nature but can lead to self destructiveness.
It’s a shame that magats wouldn’t do their part with social distancing when they should have. We could have been much farther along if they’d taken this seriously at any point, instead of constantly whining at Costco about wearing a mask.