Inland Empire Cities Weathered the Pandemic, According to Financial Reports
A sign reads "End All Mandates" as supporters and truckers gather before a "People’s Convoy" departs for Washington, to protest COVID-19 mandates, in Adelanto, Calif., on Feb. 23, 2022. Mario Tama/Getty Images
California cities were whiplashed during the twelve months that ended on June 30, 2021. They suffered from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s overly draconian coronavirus lockdown, then benefited from an influx of federal COVID funding to provide a comforting salve.
John Moorlach
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John Moorlach is the director of the California Policy Center's Center for Public Accountability. He has served as a California State Senator and Orange County Supervisor and Treasurer-Tax Collector. In 1994, he predicted the County's bankruptcy and participated in restoring and reforming the sixth most populated county in the nation.
