Category: Gavin Newsom

Newsom Signs Bills to Limit Single-Family Zoning in California

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday approved two measures that seek to make it easier to build more housing in the nation’s most populous state. The first, Senate Bill 9, allows for the construction of more than one housing unit on land that was formerly designated for a single unit, without the approval of local…


[Coming 09/18, 12PM ET] Fallout of Gen. Milley’s Calls to China; New Alliances Form Amid Calif. Recall

The turmoil in Washington continues over secret phone calls made by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, and his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Li Zuocheng back in the final days of the Trump administration. How do the calls, and the brewing scandal around those calls, impact US-China relations? That’s what we…


Fallout of Gen. Milley’s Calls to China; New Alliances Form Amid Calif. Recall

The turmoil in Washington continues over secret phone calls made by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, and his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Li Zuocheng back in the final days of the Trump administration. How do the calls, and the brewing scandal around those calls, impact US-China relations? Bill Gertz, national…


Fallout from Gen. Milley’s Calls to China; New Alliances Form Amid Calif. Recall

The turmoil in Washington continues over secret phone calls made by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, to his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Li Zuocheng in the final months of the Trump administration. How do the calls, and the brewing scandal around those calls, impact US-China relations? Bill Gertz, national security…


Supporters of California Gubernatorial Candidate Larry Elder Reflect on Recall Election

As California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder conceded defeat, his supporters reflected on the purpose of the recall election.    Unofficial results of the election were released on the evening of Sept. 14, leading to Gov. Gavin Newsom claiming an early victory and Elder addressing a crowd of supporters in Costa Mesa. “We may have lost…


Larry Elder Concedes California Recall Race as Newsom Prevails

The top Republican candidate in California’s recall race conceded late Tuesday as unofficial results showed Gov. Gavin Newsom staved off the effort to remove him from office. Larry Elder, 69, garnered nearly half the votes from voters who chose to replace Newsom but some 64 percent of Californians who cast ballots opted not to remove…


Orange County Residents Cast their Ballots in California Recall Election

According to the Orange County Registrar of Voters, the county is the fifth largest voting jurisdiction in the in the U.S, serving more than 1.8 million voters.   As of 12:00 p.m. on Sept. 14, 15,000 ballots were cast in-person at Orange County voter sites, a spokesperson for the registrar’s office told The Epoch Times.   Orange…


Los Angeles Residents Cast their Votes in the Gubernatorial Recall Election

Today is the last day for California residents to cast their votes in a gubernatorial election that could potentially remove current Gov. Gavin Newsom from office.   Political Data Inc. estimated 37 percent of the 22 million recall election ballots were returned as of Sept. 14.   In the first section of the ballot, voters will be asked whether…


California Gov. Newsom Facing Recall as Voters Hit the Polls

California Gov. Gavin Newsom ended his campaign to keep his job as voters headed to the polls on Tuesday to determine whether he should be recalled and potentially replaced by another candidate. Newsom, a Democrat, recently received support from heavyweight members of his own party, including President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Vice…


Recall Election Could Reverse the California Ideology

Commentary California once was run by conservatives and mostly centrist Democrats. True paleo-liberal governors like Pat Brown greatly expanded the welfare state. But they also believed in pushing integration and building freeways, dams, aqueducts, and power plants, while preventing forest fires, directing the mentally ill into state hospitals, and ensuring that the state enhanced the…