Government
Bedrock, USA: A County Declares the End of the Pandemic
Episode 4 of the podcast looks at how a far-right majority governing California’s Shasta County used its newfound power to lift Covid restrictions.
Portraits of five Shasta County supervisors inside a government building in Redding.
Photographer: Max Whittaker for Bloomberg
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On Feb. 1, 2022, voters in Shasta County, California, decided to recall Leonard Moty. His seat on the county board of supervisors would now be filled by a candidate backed by the recall campaign.