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FILE - In this June 17, 2009 file photo, George Gascon, center, San Francisco's new police chief, hugs outgoing chief Heather Fong, right, as then Mayor Gavin Newsom, left, applauds during an introduction and news conference at City Hall in San Francisco. Newsom, now governor of California, on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 endorsed Gascon, in the race for the top prosecutor's job in Los Angeles. Newsom endorsed Gascon in his campaign to unseat District Attorney Jackie Lacey, who is seeking a third term to lead the largest local prosecutor's office in the nation. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg,File)

Newsom endorses former cop in Los Angeles prosecutor’s race

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 21, 2020 file photo People sit at tables at the Beach House Grill in San Diego. As California faces multiple crises, encouraging signs are starting to emerge in the coronavirus fight. Two of the state's three most populous counties are now off a statewide monitoring list, meaning they could be eligible to open schools within weeks, and Gov. Gavin Newsom indicated guidelines for reopening businesses and other sectors of the economy will be out this week. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

With virus cases down, California looks to reopen businesses

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 17, 2020, file photo, Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The fight over who would fill a potential vacancy in one of California's U.S. Senate seats had gone public, with a Hispanic group openly pressuring Gov. Gavin Newsom to pick a Latino. The seat now held by Sen. Kamala Harris, Joe Biden's choice for vice president. A long list of possible contenders includes Rep. Karen Bass, who was on Biden’s vice presidential shortlist and heads the Congressional Black Caucus. (Greg Nash/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Latinos pressure California governor on US Senate appointee

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, George Washington High School stands in San Francisco. As millions of California children are already back in the virtual classroom, families, teachers and districts are still scrambling to figure out some of the basics: How and when they can resume in-person learning and how to get the in-demand technology needed for distance learning in the meantime. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

California schools scrambling for info, tech as year begins

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 30, 2020, file photo, Gov. Gavin Newsom removes his face mask before giving an update on the state's initiative to provide housing for homeless Californians amid the coronavirus pandemic, during a visit to Pittsburg, Calif. Newsom has had a summer of muddled messaging and bad news in the coronavirus fight, a trend crystallized by the governor's delayed response to a data error that caused a backlog of nearly 300,000 virus test results. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

California governor on the hot seat over pandemic response

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 17, 2020, file photo, Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., speaks during a House Judiciary Committee meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. The potential ascendancy of Sen. Kamala Harris to the vice presidency next year has kicked off widespread speculation about who might replace her if Democrats seize the White House. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is already being lobbied by hopefuls and numerous names are emerging in the early speculation. Bass, who was on Joe Biden's vice presidential short list, would likely get consideration. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Talk of Harris successor sets off California guessing game

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD - Associated Press

Worshippers practice social distancing using every other pew in The Church at Liberty Square resuming Sunday services in Cartersville, Ga., Sunday, June 7, 2020, for the first time since a major outbreak of the coronavirus disease at the chuch. The outbreak of COVID 19 sickened scores of worshippers and killed several. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Churches fight coronavirus restrictions by alleging states favor protesters

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2020, file photo, a woman works out at an outdoor gym in Los Angeles. Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, that California was turning the corner in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, citing a significantly lower number of confirmed new cases as the state begins to clear backlogged cases from a data failure. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Governor: New data show California is ‘turning the corner’

By DAISY NGUYEN - Associated Press

California Gov. Gavin Newsom displays a face mask as he urges people to wear them to fight the spread of the coronavirus during a news conference in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Friday, June 26, 2020. Gov. Newsom is cautiously optimistic that California is getting a grip on a resurgence of the coronavirus. But he warned Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, that the state is a long way from reopening some of the businesses it shuttered for a second time last month when new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths began surging. The seven-day average and rate of positive tests are both down, as are hospitalizations and intensive care cases. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

California governor cautiously upbeat as virus numbers ease

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom displays a face mask as he urges people to wear them to fight the spread of the coronavirus during a news conference in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Friday, June 26, 2020. Gov. Newsom is cautiously optimistic that California is getting a grip on a resurgence of the coronavirus. But he warned Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, that the state is a long way from reopening some of the businesses it shuttered for a second time last month when new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths began surging. The seven-day average and rate of positive tests are both down, as are hospitalizations and intensive care cases. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

Gavin Newsom warns California is long way from reopening

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Orange County board to sue California over school closures

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This Oct. 31, 2018 photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows San Quentin death row inmate Johnny Avila Jr. The CDCR announced that Avila, 62, was pronounced dead Sunday, July 26, 2020, at an outside hospital from what appears to be complications related to COVID-19. An exact cause of death will be determined by the coroner. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP)

Protesters chained to governor’s home as prison deaths mount

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom gestures during an update June 26, 2020, in Rancho Cordova, Calif., on the coronavirus pandemic. Newsom said Monday, July 27, 2020, the state will spend $52 million to tackle the outbreak in eight Central Valley counties. He said the money will go toward helping improving isolation, quarantine, and testing policies and to helping health care workers. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

California’s Central Valley now a coronavirus hot spot

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 28, 2020, file photo, Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, left, chair of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, wears a face mask while standing behind a plexiglass barrier during a budget committee hearing in the Senate in Sacramento, Calif. California lawmakers are preparing to return to work after an extended summer recess because of the coronavirus. Lawmakers will have about five weeks to pass bills when they return to work on Monday, July 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Little time, big agenda when California lawmakers return

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 15, 2020, file photo, a farmworker, considered an essential worker under the current COVID-19 guidelines, covers his face as he works at a flower farm in Santa Paula, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday, July 24, 2020, pledged to do more to protect Latinos and essential workers from economic and health harms caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but he said he will do so by working with the Legislature, not acting on his own. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

California governor pledges support for essential workers

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 17, 2020 file photo hospital personnel stand outside Providence St. John's Medical Center in Santa Monica, Calif. California will spend $315 million more to buy hundreds of millions of protective masks as the coronavirus continues to ravage the state, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. A new contract with Chinese manufacturer BYD will provide the state 120 million more tight-fighting N95 respirator masks and 300 million looser-fitting surgical masks. California first signed a $1 billion deal with the company in April and began receiving earlier shipments of masks in June after delays. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez,File)

California buys more masks, but some workers still lack

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

In this May 14, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his revised 2020-2021 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday, July 17, 2020, that most counties will start the school year online due to soaring coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, but counties that have seen little of the virus, mostly towns and rural communities in California's north and east, can bring students and teachers back to campus. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

California parents sue Gavin Newsom to reopen schools

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this May 14, 2020, file photo, California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses his revised 2020-2021 state budget during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday, July 17, 2020, that most counties will start the school year online due to soaring coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, but counties that have seen little of the virus, mostly towns and rural communities in California's north and east, can bring students and teachers back to campus. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, Pool, File)

Gavin Newsom sued over ban against at-home Bible studies

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 18, 2020, file photo, people visit Pier 39, where some stores, restaurants and attractions have reopened, during the coronavirus outbreak in San Francisco. San Francisco is one of many places experiencing a surge of cases and Mayor London Breed expressed frustration Friday, July 17, 2020, that people aren't following guidance to avoid social gatherings. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

California classrooms closed for fall as virus cases surge

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press

Dusty Lego-style toys are scattered in the playground of an elementary school in Los Angeles, Friday, July 17, 2020. California Gov. Gavin Newsom laid out strict criteria Friday for school reopenings that makes it unlikely the vast majority of districts will have classroom instruction in the fall as the coronavirus pandemic surges. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

New California rules mean most schools will start online

By JOCELYN GECKER and KATHLEEN RONAYNE - Associated Press