Petition to exit lockdown in California backed by arcade operators

A petition to plead for the right to open for business has been raised by a candidate in the local elections in California, US.

Johnny Khamis, a former San Jose councilman who is now running for supervisor in Santa Clara Council, has raised the petition to lobby state governor Gavin Newsom to get businesses back in action.

He is being backed by many local businesses, including arcade-bar operators, said the San Jose Spotlight.

Said Khamis: “If you look across the US, states that took less draconian measures and kept their businesses open did not suffer any more than we did per capita as far as the rates of infection and decline. Shutdowns did not work for business or to keep Covid rates down. I understand the county and sate want to do what is best for the community, but now that we have the experience and statistics, we should do things differently.”