But one of Gov. Hair Gel’s directives is too much for even the chief of the Los Angeles Police. In September, Newsom signed the No Secret Police Act (SB 627), which prohibits federal, state, and local law enforcement (including his hated ICE and DHS) from wearing ski masks, neck gaiters, or any face‑covering that hides identity.
Good luck with enforcement, Gavin. LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell won’t be helping you with that one:
The reality of one armed agency approaching another armed agency to create conflict over something that would be a misdemeanor at best, or an infraction. It doesn’t make any sense.
It’s not a good public policy decision, and it wasn’t well thought out in my opinion.
“From a practical standpoint, our role when we get to a scene is to de-escalate the situation, not to ramp it up,” McDonnell said. “Trying to enforce a misdemeanor violation on another law enforcement agency, that’s not going to end well. And that’s not going to be good.”
“From a public safety standpoint for anybody in that environment. Potentially you have a crowd that could be agitated and trying to get their point across,” he added. “And then you have the ICE agents who are doing their job. And for us to come in then and try and create an enforcement action for wearing a mask, it’s not a safe way to do business.”
Someone needs to get down on the floor and explain this one on one to Gavin Newsom just like you’re speaking to a four year old.
Next we will work on the Supremacy Clause