周六上午，加州州长加文·纽瑟姆的家庭禁止令引发了一场大型抗议集会，2000多名示威者聚集在萨克拉曼多，要求解除封锁措施。
这场名为“自由节”(Liberty Fest)的示威被组织者吹捧为该国最大的阵亡将士纪念日周末抗议活动，抗议限制冠状病毒传播的封锁措施。
中午前，数百名抗议者聚集在国会大厦对面的街道上，有些人穿着印有“抵抗”字样的t恤。起来。反抗。重新开放。”
据报道，周六示威的节目包括抗议、现场音乐、烧烤和尾门派对萨克拉门托蜜蜂。
现场的记者和官员都戴着面具，但据社交媒体分享的照片显示，大多数抗议者都没有戴面具。许多与会者在国会大厦游行时，也没有遵守疾病控制和预防中心关于社会距离的指导方针。
2020年5月1日，加州旧金山，示威者在旧金山市政厅外抗议加州州长加文·纽瑟姆继续在全州范围内维持秩序。
虽然组织者誓言要和平抗议，但有人看到一些与会者在人行道上设立理发站，无视封锁限制。根据州长的分阶段重新开放计划，这种要求服务提供商与客户保持密切联系的服务仍然被禁止。
39岁的美容师兼发型师拉·唐娜·克里斯滕森在国会大厦附近为路人理发。据报道，她在人行道上设立了六个临时理发站，尽管当局警告说她可能面临理发和美容委员会吊销执照的处罚。
“我们将为捐赠做理发，基本上是为了展示我们在美容行业的地位...是该州最卫生的行业之一蜜蜂。“为什么他们关闭了沙龙，但我们可以去家得宝、沃尔玛、塔吉特百货？这太荒谬了。”
在场的一些抗议者来自城外。总部设在洛杉矶的“自由天使基金会”在本周末安排了行程，将南加州的抗议者带到国会大厦。该组织的网站上写道:“加州正在专横地摧毁加州的经济、生计和自由健康的加州人的宪法权利。”。
一名抗议者詹妮弗·约瑟夫告诉记者蜜蜂她在参加活动的前一天晚上从奥兰治县开车过来。“是时候开放这个州了，”她说。“这不是我成长的国家。”
据报道，加州公路巡逻队已经花费了近100万美元本周末之前在州议会大厦的反封锁抗议活动的资源，这一最新的抗议活动肯定会大大增加这个数字。
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'Liberty Fest' Protesters Gather at California Capitol Against State's Coronavirus Lockdown on Memorial Day Weekend
Amajor protest rally against California Governor Gavin Newsom's stay-at-home order began at the state Capitol Saturday morning, with more than 2,000 demonstrators gathered in Sacramento to demand lockdown measures be lifted.
The demonstration, called 'Liberty Fest,' has been touted by organizers as the country's largest Memorial Day weekend protest against lockdown measures put in place to limit the spread of coronavirus.
Hundreds of protesters gathered along the street across from the Capitol building before noon, some wearing t-shirts that read: "Resist. Rise. Revolt. Reopen."
Saturday's programming at the demonstration involved protesting, live music, barbecues and a tailgate party, according to The Sacramento Bee.
Reporters and officers at the scene wore masks, but most of the protesters did not, according to images shared to social media of the event. Many in attendance also failed to adhere to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) guidelines on social distancing as they marched around the Capitol building.
Demonstrators protest California Gov. Gavin Newsom's continued statewide shelter in place order outside of San Francisco City Hall on May 01, 2020 in San Francisco, California.
While organizers had vowed to protest peacefully, some attendees were seen setting up haircut stations on the sidewalk and flouting lockdown restrictions. Such services that require the provider to be in close proximity with clients are still banned under the governor's phase-in reopening plan.
Cosmetologist and hair stylist La Donna Christensen, 39, offered passersby haircuts near the Capitol. She reportedly set up six temporary haircut stations on the sidewalk, despite warnings from authorities that she could face a license suspension from the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology.
"We're going to do haircuts for donations, basically try to show that being in the cosmetology industry ... is one of the most sanitary industries in the state," she told the Bee. "Why do they close down the salons but we can go to Home Depot, Walmart, Target? It's ridiculous."
Some protesters present came from out of town. The Los Angeles-based 'Freedom Angels Foundation' made travel arrangements to get South Californian protesters to the Capitol this weekend. "The State of California is tyrannically destroying the California economy, livelihoods, and the Constitutional Rights of HEALTHY free Californians," the group's website read.
One protester, Jennifer Joseph, told the Bee that she drove up from Orange County the night before to attend the event. "It's time to open up the state," she said. "This isn't the country I grew up in."
The California Highway Patrol has reportedly already spent nearly $1 million on resources to respond to anti-lockdown protests at the state Capitol prior to this weekend, and this latest protest is sure to significantly increase that figure.
Newsweek reached out to Newsom's office for comment. This article will be updated with any response.
