Los Angeles Vaccination Super Site Closing Just Weeks After It Opened And One Day After Newsom Expands Eligibility

“I see a much brighter future than some are seeing, and I see it happening sooner than many expect,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday. Newsom was addressing fears about a return to in-person instruction for the state’s students in 2021.

With Governor Gavin Newsom announcing on April 6 that California would be ready to "fully open" by June 15, the fate of Los Angeles' many social clubs — which includes three Soho House locations as well as West Hollywood's San Vicente Bungalows — is looking up. For proof of this optimism, look no farther than The Britely, which was originally slated to open in the spring of 2020 but was delayed due to the pandemic and construction setbacks, and finally opened its doors on April 2.

“I encourage everybody to avail themselves [of the vaccine] next week, everybody over 16,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday. State residents may find it hard to follow through on the governor’s advice, however, because California is set to see a 15% drop in overall vaccine supply and an 88% drop in Johnson & Johnson shots just as millions more residents become eligible for vaccination.

Los Angeles County’s weeks-long decline in new Covid-19 case rates stalled on Tuesday, even as California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state is planning to drop its restrictive Covid-19 tier system come June 15. As a result of its numbers, L.A. County will be unable to advance to the less-restrictive Yellow tier of the aforementioned reopening tiers for at least three more weeks.

“We’ll be opening up on June 15, this economy…business as usual,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday. “We are announcing now that on June 15 we will be getting rid of the colored [reopening] tiers.” Earlier in the day, the state’s top health official spoke in detail about the planned reopening.

The announced relaxation of Covid-19 guidelines across California on Friday is likely the prelude to a much wider reopening.

“Our only constraint is manufactured supply,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday. “With the expectation that more supply will be made available,” he continued, “that expectation has set up a framework where today we are announcing that we are modifying, in a stair-stepped manner, our eligibility for doses here in the state.”

California will be expanding vaccine eligibility to all residents 16 and older on April 15, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday.

Antonio Ferme editorCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced that the state will extend COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to everyone ages 16 and older on April 15.During a press conference on Thursday, Newsom also said citizens ages 50 and older will be able to get the vaccine on April 1.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday that the state will, on April 1, extend Covid-19 vaccine eligibility to everyone aged 50 and older, then to everyone aged 16 and older on April 15. Those plans jive with the hints Newsom has given about basing the state’s vaccination plan going forward on age. They also agree with the CDC’s recommendation for a Phase 2 vaccination pool including everyone over the age of 16.

What should have been a triumphal media moment for California Governor Gavin Newsom was scuttled on Wednesday by technical difficulties. Newsom had set his first televised press conference in at least two weeks to announce his much-anticipated pick to replace Xavier Becerra as the state’s attorney general.

“This system is an old, 30-year-old system,” said Governor Gavin Newsom about California’s online unemployment system after it was revealed to be massively defective in a state report last September. Newsom at the time sought to frame the issues in terms of outdated technology, not incompetence. The computers and software that make it up “need to be strewn to the waste bin of history,” he said.

“We’re anticipating within five-and-a-half weeks where we can eliminate all of the tiering,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday, “and make available vaccines to everybody across the spectrum because supply will exponentially increase.”

For the first time, Los Angeles County officials on Wednesday announced a timeline for students under 18 to be vaccinated. Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said that, while all teachers and school staff in the region are currently eligible for shots, on May 1 all students ages 16 and over will become qualified. See second-to-last bullet point below from Ferrer’s presentation.

California Governor Gavin Newsom made headlines last night when he told MSNBC’s Joy Reid that he would appoint an African American woman to succeed Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) should she resign her seat.

Vice President Kamala Harris called California Governor Gavin Newsom as she boarded Air Force Two in Las Vegas on its way to Los Angeles.

Governor Gavin Newsom has been seeking to reassure Californians that, as more and more of them get vaccinated, there is a “bright light is at the end of the tunnel.”

Los Angeles County will officially move into the state’s less-restrictive “Red” tier Monday, with the state achieving a milestone of 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in hard-hit communities and triggering an easing of requirements for counties to advance in Governor Gavin Newsom’s economic-reopening blueprint.

Los Angeles movie theaters have been cleared to reopen next week, although capacity will limited at 25 percent. The county's department of Public health said on Thursday that cinemas, along with certain other businesses, will be allowed to once again welcome customers in the coming days.

After being closed for a year, movie theaters in Los Angeles have finally been cleared to reopen early next week thanks to changes in the California reopening system that allow L.A., Orange and San Bernardino counties to enter the second tier.As part of changes to the system installed by Gov.