Gov. Gavin Newsom at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Sept. 16, 2019.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday issued a statewide order for all residents to ‘stay at home’ amid a coronavirus outbreak.
“We need to bend the curve in the state of California,” Governor Gavin Newsom said, as he announced a statewide order for Californians to stay home. “There’s a social contract here, people I think recognize the need to do more. They will adjust and adapt as they have.”
Newsom added: “Home isolation is not my preferred choice…but it is a necessary one. This is not a permanent state, it is a moment in time.”
California Street, usually filled with iconic cable cars, is seen mostly empty in San Francisco, California on March 17, 2020.
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