Category: Gov. Gavin Newsom

 Newsom Announces $116.5 Million Incentive Program To Encourage COVID Shots

LOS ANGELES—With demand for COVID-19 vaccines waning just weeks before the state lifts all public health restrictions, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced 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…


Newsom Announces $116.5 Million Incentive Program to Encourage COVID-19 Shots

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…


Newsom Signals Possible End to Most Mask-Wearing Mandates

LOS ANGELES—With California planning to lift COVID-19 restrictions on business activity and gatherings on June 15, Gov. Gavin Newsom said this week the state’s mask-wearing mandate will be mostly lifted as well—but not entirely. Speaking to Fox11 on May 10, Newsom said the state will continue to make recommendations for mask-wearing in select circumstances. But…


Governor Proposes Spending $12 Billion to Stimulus Payments

Commentary California is flush with cash and Gov. Gavin Newsom is giving it away. The state found itself with about $12 billion in unexpected revenue for the current fiscal year, and Newsom announced May 10 that he wants to give all of it away. He said he wanted to fund “nearly $12 billion in direct…


Governor Proposes Spending $12 Billion on Stimulus Payments

Commentary California is flush with cash and Gov. Gavin Newsom is giving it away. The state found itself with a $75.7 billion budget surplus for the current fiscal year, and Newsom announced May 10 that he wants to give all $12 billion of it away. He said he wanted to fund “nearly $12 billion in…


Citing Major Budget Surplus, Newsom Proposes $600 Rebate Checks

LOS ANGELES—Nearly two-thirds of residents in Southern California and across the state would receive $600 state stimulus checks under a rebate proposal Gov. Gavin Newsom announced May 10, while families with children would receive an extra $500. “We are tripling the Golden State Stimulus to get money in the hands of more middle-class Californians who…


Recall Newsom Data Shows Support Exceeded Threshold

A total of 1,719,943 signatures have been certified as verified in the campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom, California’s Secretary of State said May 5. To trigger an election, 1,495,709 verified signatures were needed, meaning supporters exceeded the minimum threshold by 15 percent. Final tallies show that 2,161,349 verified signatures were submitted to the Secretary of State’s…


Southern Californians Share Mixed Reactions to Recall 

The campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom appears to be a go, and while supporters of the initiative say they’re hopeful for a change, opponents are defending California’s political leader. “He’s trying to control our lives,” Jennifer Harty, who signed the recall petition, told The Epoch Times April 27. “We just need a fresh start….


Effort to Recall California Gov. Newsom Has Enough Signatures to Trigger Election

The campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom received the necessary number of verified signatures to trigger a recall election, California’s Secretary of State said on April 26. The campaign received more than 1.6 million verified signatures. It needed 1,495,709 valid signatures to prompt a statewide vote. “This now triggers the next phase of the recall process, a…


Effort to Recall California Gov. Newsom Has Enough Signatures to Make Ballot

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Organizers of the recall effort against California Gov. Gavin Newsom collected enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot. The California secretary of state’s office announced Monday that more than 1.6 million signatures had been verified, about 100,000 more than needed to force a vote on the first-term Democrat. People who signed petitions now…