VICTORY!! -Gavin Newsom Backs Down; 'Hard Close' of Orange County Beaches Only California Gov. Gavin Newsom has backed down from closing all beaches in the State of California, explaining to reporters and to local officials on Thursday that the closure would apply only to Orange County. On Wednesday, Los Angeles Fox affiliate KTTV 11 reported that Newsom intended to close all beaches and state parks in the state, effective May 1. In his daily coronavirus press briefing, he said the “hard close” would only apply to Orange County. Asked whether a state police chiefs’ memo warning about the imminent statewide closure had been inaccurate, Newsom said: “Bottom line: that was their memo. That memo never got to me.” Reporters — such as Bill Melugin of KTTV, who broke the story — suggested that Newsom was being less than honest about his policy and that he had, in fact, backed down. https://www.breitbart.com/health/2020/04/30/gavin-newsom-backs-down-hard-close-of-orange-county-beaches-only/