California to Require Masks in Schools as Orange County Files Lawsuit

California to Require Masks in Schools as Orange County Files Lawsuit
Trustee Mari Barke sits in an Orange County Board of Education meeting in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Oct. 7, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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As in-person instruction begins across the state, California Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared in San Bernardino County for a press conference Aug. 6 while visiting a local school. 
“We want to keep our kids safe,” Newsom said. “We want them back in person for in-person instruction. We don’t want our kids back on Zoom school. We don’t want our kids back online with all the disparities that were self-evident in another classroom I was in when I asked them how their download speeds are, and the fact that a young child, in first grade, is talking about impacts of this pandemic and how disproportionate it has been.”