Neighboring Placer County is again at odds with Governor Newsom. The Board of Supervisors has voted to submit more letters questioning his emergency executive powers, which they’ve been doing during most of the pandemic. Supervisor Robert Weygandt says the letters support resolutions by two local Republican lawmakers, Assemblyman Kevin Kiley and State Senator Melissa Melindez. The resolutions allow the Legislature to declare that the governor’s State of Emergency, imposed in March of last year, is at an end…

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Last September, the Board voted to end its local health emergency, citing low infection rates and plenty of hospital space. That resulted in the resignation of its health officer. They also have not enforced any state mandates. But Weygandt says there’s still been a major impact that they’ve tried to address…

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Placer County has also been a leader in vaccine distribution. So far, the resolutions have not received a hearing in the Legislature.