当数百人周五聚集在州议会大厦抗议加州的家庭禁止令时，州长加文·纽瑟姆说该州离修改禁止令只有几天了。
当警察封锁萨克拉门托国会大厦的入口时，抗议者被观察到与加州公路巡逻队成员发生争执。一些人举着美国国旗，另一些人举着抗议标志。示威中的几名成员被执法人员拘留。
在萨克拉门托的示威游行中，可以看到一面旗帜在飘扬，上面写着州长阿道夫·希特勒，以示对纽森政府的反对。KCRA萨克拉曼多电视台在推特上发布了这个标志的视频。
今年4月，在州议会大厦举行的抗议活动被CHP禁止，此前一次抗议的参与者没有遵守社会距离协议。
“发放许可证是为了给示威者提供安全的环境来表达他们的观点，”卫生防护中心在4月份的一份声明中说。“在这种情况下，发放车队许可证的理解是，抗议将以符合国家公共卫生指导的方式进行。事实并非如此，在考虑对该集团或任何大型集团的许可时，热电将考虑这一经验。”
萨克拉门托的示威是该州举行的几次示威之一，呼吁重新开放海滩和商业。
纽森在周五的讲话中似乎承认了示威游行，他在讲话中提到“人们抗议现状，这也是我们美国人的一大特权，我们应该庆祝一下。我们应该感谢表达自我的人们。”
他继续说道:“但很明显，今年的表达是对经济、家庭命运和未来、这个国家、国家以及我们共同努力建设的世界的沮丧、担忧和深深理解的焦虑。
2020年4月20日，尽管加州萨克拉门托的州议会大厦的就地避难规定仍然有效，数百人聚集起来抗议封锁。
尽管纽森没有给出明确的日期，加州的家庭订单何时会被取消，但他表示时间表已经变得更短了。
纽瑟姆说:“我们已经非常接近对家庭订单进行真正有意义的补充了。”。“大约四五天前，我们说‘几周，而不是几个月’。我想说“很多天，而不是几周”只要我们在某些修改中继续保持谨慎和深思熟虑，我想我们会做一些宣布。"
“我们都不耐烦了，我们非常焦虑，非常渴望开始翻开新的一页，扭转局面，”纽森补充道。
新闻周刊联系了纽森州长的办公室和加州高速公路巡逻队寻求评论。
纽森为周二重新开放加州制定了一个四阶段计划。加州目前正处于该计划的第一阶段。进入第二阶段，重新开放制造业和其他不被视为高风险环境的业务，可能需要数周时间。
全国各地都发生了其他反对在家办公的抗议活动。在密歇根州周四的一次示威活动中，当立法者就延长密歇根州的紧急状态进行辩论时，携带枪支的人进入了州议会大厦。
密歇根民主党众议员丹·基尔迪称密歇根的抗议“在很多方面都很危险”
“今天的抗议将以公共健康为代价，”基尔迪在周四的声明中说。“抗议者公然无视医学专家的建议，将自己的生命和所有美智健的健康置于危险之中。”
DEMONSTRATORS HOLD PROTEST AT CALIFORNIA CAPITOL DESPITE POLICE BAN, NEWSOM SAYS STATE 'DAYS' FROM LIFTING SOME RESTRICTIONS
As hundreds of people gathered at the state Capitol building Friday to protest California's stay-at-home order, Governor Gavin Newsom said that the state was only days away from modifying the order.
Protesters were observed arguing with members of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) as officers blocked the entrance to the Capitol in Sacramento. Some individuals held American flags while others held protest signs. Several members of the demonstration were detained by law enforcement.
Showing opposition to Newsom's administration, a banner was seen flying over the demonstration in Sacramento which depicted the governor as Adolf Hitler. Video of the sign was posted on Twitter by Sacramento television station KCRA.
Protests at the state Capitol building were banned by the CHP in April after participants in an earlier protest failed to follow social distancing protocols.
"Permits are issued to provide safe environments for demonstrators to express their views," the CHP said in an April statement. "In this case, the permit for the convoy was issued with the understanding that the protest would be conducted in a manner consistent with the state's public health guidance. That is not what occurred, and CHP will take this experience into account when considering permits for this or any large group."
Sacramento's demonstration was one of several held around the state, calling for the reopening of beaches and businesses.
Newsom seemed to acknowledge the demonstrations in his remarks Friday, in which he mentioned "people protesting the status quo, which is also a wonderful point of privilege we have here in the United States and we should celebrate that. We should thank people for expressing themselves."
"But that expression obviously this year is one of frustration and concern and deeply understandable anxiety about the economy and the fate and future of their families and this state and the nation and the world collectively we're trying to build," he continued.
Hundreds of people gather to protest the lockdown in spite of shelter-in-place rules still being in effect at California's state capitol building in Sacramento, California on April 20, 2020.
Although Newsom did not give a definite date of when California's stay-at-home orders would be rescinded, he indicated the timeframe had grown smaller.
"We're getting very close to making really meaningful augmentations to that stay-at-home order," Newsom said. "We said 'weeks, not months' about four or five days ago. I want to say 'many days, not weeks.' As long as we continue to be prudent and thoughtful in certain modifications, I think we'll be making some announcements."
"We're all impatient and we're deeply anxious and deeply desirous to start to turn the page and turn the corner," Newsom added.
Newsweek reached out to Governor Newsom's office and the California Highway Patrol for comment.
Newsom laid out a four-phase plan for reopening California on Tuesday. California is currently in the first phase of the plan. Moving on to phase two, which would reopen manufacturing and other businesses not deemed to be high-risk environments, could take weeks.
Other protests against stay-at-home orders have occurred across the country. During a Thursday demonstration in Michigan, individuals bearing firearms made their way into the state capitol building as lawmakers were debating an extension of Michigan's state of emergency.
Michigan Democratic Congressman Dan Kildee called the Michigan protest "dangerous in so many ways."
"Today's protest will come at the expense of public health," Kildee said in a Thursday statement. "Protesters openly defied the advice of medical experts, putting their own lives and the health of all Michiganders at risk."
