On one side: He (And California leadership overall) is unwilling to actually do what needs to be done to combat this (Pay people to stay fuckin' home).
But on the other: The Recall Newsom crowd clearly just want to replace him with someone that just won't give a fuck at all, open everything up 100% and keep it opened up no matter how bad things get.
Haha, this sucks man.
Yes they can. These states are big enough and hold enough power if wielded properly to do whatever they please during a pandemic.
It's a shame Prop 15 failed, it would have evaluated property taxes based on current market value and would have given a ton of revenue to local governments