{"id":974318,"date":"2021-11-05T22:13:36","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T02:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=974318"},"modified":"2021-11-05T22:13:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-06T02:13:39","slug":"california-town-declares-itself-a-constitutional-republic-to-defy-newsoms-covid-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-town-declares-itself-a-constitutional-republic-to-defy-newsoms-covid-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"California Town Declares Itself a Constitutional Republic to Defy Newsom\u2019s Covid Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-town-declares-itself-a-constitutional-republic-to-defy-newsoms-covid-rules%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=974318&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1232046632-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The city council of Oroville, California,&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/californiaglobe.com\/adblock\/town-council-votes-to-make-oroville-ca-constitutional-republic-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declared<\/a>&nbsp;itself a \u201cconstitutional republic\u201d on Tuesday, citing Governor Gavin Newsom\u2019s coronavirus health regulations as the reason.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution, which passed by a 6-1 vote, continues Oroville\u2019s battle with the state government over the coronavirus restrictions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to&nbsp;<em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/nov\/05\/california-constitutional-republic-covid-restrictions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a><\/em>, \u201cLast year, Oroville refused to enforce state requirements prohibiting indoor dining. Butte county, where Oroville is located, declined to recommend a mask mandate earlier this fall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oroville\u2019s population is roughly 20,000, and the city is 90 miles outside of the state capital, Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the city\u2019s resolution, legal experts cast doubt about the effectiveness of the town\u2019s efforts. According to Lisa Pruitt, a UC Davis law professor, \u201cA municipality cannot unilaterally declare itself not subject to the laws of the state of California.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhatever they mean by constitutional republic you can\u2019t say hocus pocus and make it happen,\u201d Pruitt added.<\/p>\n<p>However, Oroville city council members recognize the legality of their resolution. Some members admit the move is just to make a political statement.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s vice-mayor, Scott Thomson, spearheaded the resolution to affirm the city\u2019s dedication to the U.S. Constitution.&nbsp;Thomson said:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p>I proposed it after 18 months of increasingly intrusive executive mandates and what I felt to be excessive overreach by our government. It\u2019s just basically drawing the line. It\u2019s not necessarily against one specific mandate. We\u2019re not talking about one mandate that\u2019s been pushing on us recently. It\u2019s a barrage of mandates.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Councilman Art Hartley, who voted in favor of the resolution, said, \u201cBasically all we\u2019re doing is making a political statement\u2026it has absolutely no teeth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other council members are worried about the fiscal impact of this resolution, as Oroville has received millions in coronavirus funding throughout the pandemic. City Attorney Scott Huber&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/krcrtv.com\/news\/oroville-declares-itself-a-constitutional-republic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assured<\/a>&nbsp;the city council that funding would remain intact, saying \u201cas a result, there is no risk of loss of funding with it,\u201d because the resolution did not change the city\u2019s ordinance.<\/p>\n<p>Huber further compared Oroville\u2019s resolution to&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-ln-city-of-sanctuary-cedillo-20190208-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">other<\/a>&nbsp;California cities that defied federal immigration policies when declaring themselves \u201csanctuary cities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city council of Oroville, California,\u00a0declared\u00a0itself a \u201cconstitutional republic\u201d on Tuesday, citing Governor Gavin Newsom\u2019s coronavirus health regulations as the reason. 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