I don’t buy it is because of masks and BS.
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — California, which has some of the strictest mask and vaccination mandates in the country, has improved to a “moderate” rate of transmission for COVID-19, the only one of the 50 states to drop to that level, according to the latest CDC data.
https://abc7.com/california-covid-rate-californa-transmission-cdc-data/11141316/
https://www.foxla.com/news/california-becomes-only-u-s-state-to-improve-to-yellow-moderate-covid-19-transmission-level
h/t ST. FLOYD OF FENTANYL