Governor Gavin Newsom apologizes

Video Transcript:

That a few weeks ago I was asked to go to a friend's 50th birthday. My wife and I, a friend that I've known for almost 20 years and a friend that had, well, put a lot of time and energy into his 50th birthday. It was in Napa, which was in the orange status, relatively loose compared to some other counties. It was to be an outdoor restaurant and we started the, well the program started 4 o'clock. It was one of those early reservations. I got there a little bit late at 4.30 and as soon as I sat down at the larger table I realized it was a little larger group than I had anticipated. And I made a bad mistake. Instead of sitting down I should have stood up and walked back on my car and drove back to my house. Instead I chose to sit there with my wife in a number of other couples that were outside the household. You can quibble about the guidelines, etc., etc. But the spirit of what I'm preaching all the time was contradicted and I got to own that. And so I want to apologize to you because I need to preach and practice, not just preach and not practice. And I've done my best to do that. We're all human. We all fall short sometimes. We've been out and I think for three times since, in fact, I know it's been three times because I remember all of those dinners very, very vividly since February, just three times, twice with my wife by myself outdoors. And then this one occasion with a larger group. And there were just a few extra people there than the spirit of what I am promoting. And so if we're going to minimize mixing you got to own up to that. So I just want folks to know that paid for our dinner and we had an early dinner but it didn't matter. I shouldn't have been there. I should have turned back around. And so when that happens, you got to pay the price but you also own the mistake and you don't ever make it again. And you have my word on that.