According to a Disney spokesperson (via The Sacramento Bee), Disney Executive Chairman Bob Iger has quit California Governor Gavin Newsom’s task force to reopen the economy. According to the report, the spokesperson would not say when or why Iger quit the task force.
Iger originally joined the task force back in April to help advise Newsom and the state of California on how best to reopen the economy after the COVID-19 shutdown. Iger was one of more than 70 business leaders that would provide advice to the Governor.
Since then, Disneyland has announced a reopening date, only to have to cancel their reopening due to a lack of guidance from the state.
Most recently, Newsom was preparing to announce guidelines this week, but the theme park industry is asking him to hold off on announcing anything after reading a draft proposal of the guidelines. It is unclear if the request from Disneyland and others will delay the Governor’s plans to announce theme park reopening guidelines.
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