Yuba City, CA (MPG) – Assemblyman James Gallagher (R-Yuba City) issued the following statement in response to Governor Newsom’s statewide curfew announcement: 

"An arbitrary curfew will only further decimate struggling businesses that already face some of the toughest hurdles in the country after the governor moved over 90% of California to the ‘Purple Tier’ prohibiting restaurants, gyms, theatres, and churches from operating indoors while severely restricting capacity in other sectors.

“The governor likes to tout that his actions are scientifically driven, but evidence simply does not support such drastic action limiting people’s freedom. This virus does not suddenly come out at night, and there is little evidence that shifting businesses’ operating hours has any impact. 

“None of these orders matter unless Californians buy in and change their behavior. The better policy to respond to this spike in cases is to call on all Californians to step up and make responsible choices to follow basic health guidelines to limit the spread without shackling our freedoms and the economy. A curfew undermines the public’s faith that the guidelines are science-driven.”

Assemblyman James Gallagher represents the 3rd Assembly District, which encompasses all of Glenn, Sutter, Tehama and Yuba counties as well as portions of Butte and Colusa counties.