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To: ggersh who wrote (161150)	8/10/2020 8:15:02 PM
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To: ggersh who wrote (161150)	8/10/2020 8:23:09 PM
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Demovrats @Work Stealing a billion California Coronavirus Update: Governor Gavin Newsom Addresses Major Data Issues Amid Resignations, New Ethics Complaint About $1B Deal: “I’m Governor, The Buck Stops With Me” By Tom Tapp Tom TappDeputy Managing Editor More Stories By Tom Top Coronavirus Advisor To California Governor Gavin Newsom Resigns Abruptly Amid COVID-19 Data Disaster Homeless Sex Offender Charged In Connection With ‘World Poker Tour’ Star Susie Zhao Death Multiple Errors By Newsom’s Team Caused Massive Blockage In California Coronavirus Reporting System; 250,000-300,000 Records Still Delayed VIEW ALL August 10, 2020 1:38pm 48COMMENTS FacebookTwitterPrintEmailShow more sharing options California Governor Gavin NewsomState of California via Twitter California Governor Gavin Newsom held his first press conference in a week after it was revealed that his administration’s COVID-19 data collection database had been undercounting daily coronavirus case numbers for at least two weeks. On Sunday, the state’s Director of Public Health resigned, presumably over the data lapse. Dr. Sonia Angell was the first Latina ever to hold the role and her resignation came after less than a year on the job. Newsom issued a terse, one-sentence statement thanking Angell. Newsom was asked repeatedly about the resignation during his news conference. He repeatedly refused to discuss specifics of Angell’s resignation before saying, “I’m governor, the buck stops with me.” RELATED STORYTop Coronavirus Advisor To California Governor Gavin Newsom Resigns Abruptly Amid COVID-19 Data Disaster As Newsom made his remarks, The Sacramento Bee reported that another recent resignation — that last week of CalPERS’ chief investment officer, who oversaw the massive state retirement fund — followed an anonymous complaint to the California ethics watchdog agency amid allegations that the CIO had approved a $1 billion deal with a firm in which he’s a shareholder. Newsom did not comment about the reported ethics complaint He did speak about the data issues at length. On Friday, California’s Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly held a news conference and admitted that multiple errors on the state’s part had caused a backlog of 250,000-300,000 records in its case data reporting system. That system is used primarily to parse and distribute coronavirus data. The error caused an undercount in the state’s daily new COVID-19 cases data for the past two weeks, said Ghaly. Hospital counts and deaths were apparently not impacted. The data disaster is particularly embarrassing for the governor, who is fond of saying “data is foundational” to his coronavirus decisions. Newsom said on Monday that the system is decades old, one “we inherited,” and not up to the demands of a pandemic. He said the state has “data bases that were never made for the world we live in.” “We are committed to addressing these foundational data issues,” said the governor, before promising a “stubborn, long term, grinding effort” to create a system that works. “We’re not going to just…band aid this,” said Newsom. “We are now accountable, accountable to be transparent in these things. At the news conference on Monday, Ghaly announced Sandra Shewry, who led the Department of Health Services under former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, would be acting public health director. In 2007, the state split the Health Services entity into the Department of Health Care Services and Department of Public Health. Ghaly also said the state “nearly quadrupled” its capacity to process data over the weekend. As part of that, it was able to process all 250,000+ backlogged test records. Newsom said that, after the data is back recorded to the day to which it properly belongs, the state will provide and update on numbers. The governor reported 7,751 new coronavirus cases in the state. Newsom said that number of new cases is “accurate,” and not affected by the backlog. Startlingly, the governor said 58.8 percent of COVID case numbers have “affected the Latino population.” There were 66 new deaths for a total of just over 10,000. Newsom cautioned that that number may be low, as it often is on Monday, due to a regular backlog from the weekend. There has been an average of 137 deaths per day over the past 14 days. The number of people hospitalized has dropped below 6,000, that’s down 19 percent over the past 14 days. There are currently 1,727 coronavirus patients in the ICU. That’s a 13 percent decrease.

To: ggersh who wrote (161150)	8/13/2020 11:38:49 AM
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To: ggersh who wrote (161150)	8/13/2020 12:27:50 PM
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JESSE JACKSON CONDEMNS 'PILLAGING' IN CHICAGO AS 'HUMILIATING, EMBARASSING' Gersh bonus points for the No Snitching Sign-G- "Silence is violence" foxnews.com Black Lives Matter holds rally in Chicago to support those arrested after looting, unrest Black Lives Matter members in Chicago held a rally on Monday to support the more than 100 arrested last night following widespread looting and rioting that caused at least $60 million in property damage and saw 13 police officers injured, according to a report. The rally was organized by Black Lives Matter Chicago and was held at a police station in the South Loop where organizers say individuals are currently being held in custody. At least one organizer called the looting tantamount to "reparations." “I don’t care if someone decides to loot a Gucci or a Macy’s or a Nike store, because that makes sure that person eats,” said Ariel Atkins, a BLM organizer, according to NBC Chicago. “That makes sure that person has clothes.” CHICAGO MAYOR LIGHTFOOT PUSHES BACK AGAINST QUESTION ABOUT RIOTERS BEING ENCOURAGED BY 'LACK OF CONSEQUENCES' Protesters hold a banner as Ariel Atkins (not seen), a lead organizer for Black Lives Matter Chicago, talks to reporters Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, outside the Chicago Police Department's District 1 station in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) “That is reparations,” Atkins continued. “Anything they wanted to take, they can take it because these businesses have insurance.” The unrest was prompted by a social media post urging people to converge on Chicago’s business district after police shot a man on the South Side around 2:30 p.m. Sunday. CHICAGO RAISES BRIDGES, RESTRICTS DOWNTOWN ACCESS TO TRY AND PREVENT MORE RIOTING Officers had responded to a call about a man with a gun in the Englewood neighborhood. While being pursued by police, the man, who was on foot, “turned and fired shots” at officers before being struck himself and taken to a local hospital, Deputy Chief Delonda Tally told Fox 32 Chicago. Latrell Allen, 20, was charged with attempted murder Monday after firing on officers, according to Chicago police. A video posted on Facebook around 6:30 p.m. falsely claimed that officers had shot and killed a 15-year-old boy. The shooting prompted hundreds of people to descend on downtown Chicago early Monday with vandals smashing the windows of dozens of businesses and making off with merchandise, cash machines and anything else they could carry, police said. WIDESPREAD LOOTING IN CHICAGO CAUGHT ON VIDEO AFTER POLICE-INVOLVED SHOOTING Yogi Dalal hugs his daughter Jigisha as his other daughter Kajal, left, bows her head at the family food and liquor store Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, after the family business was vandalized in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) “This was not an organized protest. Rather, this was an incident of pure criminality," Police Superintendent David Brown told reporters. "This was an act of violence against our police officers and against our city.” BLM organizers criticized police reports surrounding the shooting, noting that none of the officers involved had body cameras, which investigators confirmed, according to NBC Chicago. JESSE JACKSON CONDEMNS 'PILLAGING' IN CHICAGO AS 'HUMILIATING, EMBARASSING' Black Lives Matter Chicago issued a statement obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times that read, “The mayor clearly has not learned anything since May, and she would be wise to understand that the people will keep rising up until the [Chicago Police Department] is abolished and our Black communities are fully invested in,” the group said in a statement. “Police say a lot of things,” Atkins added. “Even though the Department of Justice said with the consent decree they are no longer allowed to chase people, they decided they were going to chase, and they shot this young man multiple times." Fox News' Bradford Betz and The Associated Press contributed to this report