Diana Becton, the district attorney for Contra Costa County, California, accused of enforcing state and local coronavirus regulations, allegedly violated these rules over the summer to host a wedding reception in her bay area yard, according to with local reports.
She left tickets for her neighbors saying there would be “20 to 30” extra cars parked in the area during the August 1 celebration, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. It happened while the county was being monitored for a high risk of transmitting COVID-19.
She told the newspaper that she held a “small outdoor wedding and followed state and local restrictions” – although these rules do not allow for wedding receptions. Although witnesses reportedly saw guests wearing masks and distancing themselves socially, food and alcohol were served, and the music reportedly played late into the night.
SANTA ANA, CA – AUGUST 21: Contra Costa district attorney Diana Becton during a press conference on the Golden State Killer in Santa Ana, CA on Tuesday, August 21, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen / Orange County Register via Getty Images)
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“She would have to be deaf, dumb and blind to not know that our governor and our state health officials have strongly discouraged, and sometimes banned, meetings of any size,” Harmeet Dhillon, CEO of the Center for American Liberty, told Fox News on Sunday.
Mainly because Becton created a task force last year to crack down on violators of state and local coronavirus guidelines.
“We take these complaints very seriously,” she told county officials in mid-November, according to the local news site Danville San Ramon, while her office “noticed an increase” in complaints about people who disrespected masks and masks. rules of social distance.
Becton’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News. She told the Chronicle that she hoped “she didn’t do anything that violates the rules” and that no one at her event contracted the virus.
“His dull tone, rude comment about how ‘we don’t just get married in my community, we have a celebration’, which is literally every community in the world,” said Dhillon. “Literally, every civilization celebrates marriage with a meeting. It is human nature.”
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“It surprises me,” said Dhillon. “I just celebrated my 10th wedding anniversary this weekend. It did not occur to me, as a person who respects the law, although I disagree with it, to throw a party – although it is very clear that some celebrations are now prohibited by law. “
Contra Costa DA is not the only prominent Democrat in California to receive criticism for alleged hypocrisy in breaking the party’s coronavirus guidelines.
Governor Gavin Newsom, currently the target of a recall effort amid adverse reactions to how to deal with state affairs, sparked a stir in November for attending a maskless lunch at the expensive French Laundry restaurant in California’s wine country, where meals can cost up to thousands of dollars before alcohol is considered. The California Medical Association CEO was among the guests.
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Newsom’s office did not immediately respond to questions about the Becton incident, although he issued an apology after his own incident, saying he needed to “preach and practice, not just preach”.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed went to a similar meal there, similarly sparking criticism, and San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo may have violated his own COVID restrictions after traveling to Thanksgiving dinner with his parents, while publicly urging city residents not to do so.