California Gov Expected To Close All Beaches And Parks

NPR reports:

A California Police Chiefs Association memo sent Wednesday informed its members that Gov. Gavin Newsom will order all California beaches and state parks to close, effective Friday, May 1.

“After the well-publicized media coverage of overcrowded beaches this past weekend, in violation of Governor Newsom’s Shelter in Place Order, the Governor will be announcing [Thursday] that ALL beaches and all state parks in California will be closed, effective Friday, May 1st,” the memo reads.

The governor’s order would come days after widely-circulated photos showed weekend crowds descending upon beaches in southern California. Newsom scolded Californians for not abiding by the statewide stay-at-home order and social distancing measures.

#BREAKING Newsom to order all California beaches closed after seeing Orange County crowdshttps://t.co/SRZk37ELwy

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) April 30, 2020

BREAKING: A source has provided me with this bulletin that will be sent out to all California police chiefs notifying them that tomorrow, Governor Newsom will announce the closure of ALL beaches and state parks effective May 1st in response to recent beach crowds in OC . @FOXLA pic.twitter.com/RG53HhmySf

— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) April 30, 2020