LOS ANGELES—With demand for COVID-19 vaccines waning just weeks before the state lifts all public health restrictions, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on May 27 a $116.5 million incentive program, including $1.5 million prizes for 10 vaccinated residents that will doled out through a raffle-type drawing. Newsom called it the “most significant incentive program in the United States of America.” Beginning immediately, the next 2 million state residents who receive their first dose—and ultimately their second—will receive $50 gift cards. Those cards will be either a pre-paid MasterCard or a grocery store gift card for Kroger or Albertsons. On June 4 and June 11, the state will hold drawings to award $50,000 to 15 vaccinated people on each of those dates. Everyone who has been vaccinated with at least one dose in the state by those dates will be eligible, even those who were vaccinated prior to the drawing being announced. …