Orange County vs. Gavin Newsom

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🗓️ 6 May 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

It all started when the weather took a turn for the better. Surfers and beachgoers flocked to Orange County shores, only to find them cordoned off, at the behest of Governor Gavin Newsom. Protestors took to the streets in Huntington Beach, demanding an end to the shutdowns. The demonstrations weren't huge. But, in the world of Republican politics, you ignore Orange County at your own peril. Guest: Gustavo Arellano, writer at the Los Angeles Times and host of L.A. Times podcast Coronavirus in California. He’s also the author of Orange County: A Personal History. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone.
0:01.6	Just a quick note before we launch into the show.
0:03.9	My guest today, Gustavo Ariano, he's a writer at the LA Times.
0:08.0	He also hosts its excellent podcast, coronavirus in California.
0:12.5	Every weekday, Gustavo talks to Californians who are in the thick of this pandemic.
0:17.0	Be sure to go check it out wherever you listen to your podcasts.
0:20.0	Okay, here's the show.
0:26.6	If you want to know about Orange County, California, there is basically
0:29.9	one guy that you call Gustavo Ariano.
0:34.0	I'm like the three-eyed Raven of Orange County.
0:36.6	I can tell you everything that's ever happened in Orange County, everything that's happening
0:40.8	right now and everything that's got to come to Orange County.
0:43.2	Gustavo writes for the LA Times.
0:45.6	He used to edit the OC weekly.
0:47.6	He was born and raised here.
0:49.4	So when I started to see these videos of protesters in the OC, people demanding access
0:55.2	to beaches that the governor had shut down to stop the spread of COVID-19.
1:00.1	Gustavo, he was the guy I wanted to talk to.
1:03.3	There's a lot of frustration here in Huntington Beach.
1:06.0	People feel the governor is overreaching.
1:10.1	These protests seemed fundamentally different than the ones I'd seen elsewhere.
1:16.0	People were fighting for their right to surf.
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