“Leadership, I’m discovering at this moment, can be found everywhere,” said California Gov. Gavin Newsom, leader of 40 million Californians and the world’s fifth-largest economy, during his March 30 news conference regarding the 25,000 health care professionals and students volunteering to fight the COVID-19 crisis. “I’ve never been more damn inspired in my life.” After President Trump downplayed the coronavirus outbreak as a “hoax,” many frightened people turned to the nation’s governors and local leaders for calm, accurate, straightforward information, including Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.
By March 4 when Newsom declared a state of emergency to prepare for the broader spread of COVID-19, approximately 215 coronavirus
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