Category: Gavin Newsom

Could California’s Wildfire Season Impact the Governor’s Recall Election?

Commentary High-ranking California Democrats have been pushing to accelerate the timeline for the Gov. Gavin Newsom recall election, hoping to schedule the contest before the governor potentially faces more political trouble in the fall. On June 10, the Democratic supermajority in the legislature provided the governor with a more favorable recall election date by announcing that the…


Newsom to Officially Face Recall Election

The petition to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom has cleared its final hurdle on June 23 with confirmation from the state’s top election official that enough signatures remained after voters had been given a chance to withdraw support for the petition. California Secretary of State Shirley Weber said 43 signatures have been withdrawn during a…


Officials Question Methods Used to Determine California Housing Quotas

Changes to the way state-imposed zoning quotas for new housing units are calculated have created unnecessarily high allotments throughout Southern California, critics say. The changes, made “behind the scenes” in 2019, have tripled the number of homes required to be built in the Southern California region over the next eight-year cycle to more than 1.3…


California Governor Assaulted by Man During Visit to Oakland

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday was assaulted as he visited a pizza parlor in Oakland. “This morning, the Governor was approached by an aggressive individual. Members of the Governor’s security detail removed the Governor from the situation and the individual was arrested by CHP officers,” the California Highway Patrol, which helps protect the governor,…


California’s Reparations Task Force Holds Inaugural Meeting

California’s reparations task force has met for the first time to begin the two-year process of drafting an apology to the descendants of African American slaves and exploring ways the state might compensate them. The Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans elected international civil rights attorney Kamilah Moore to chair…


California Fully Reopens After Being First to Shut in Pandemic

SAN FRANCISCO—California, the first state in America to put in place a coronavirus lockdown, has turned a page on the pandemic. The nation’s most populated state lifted most of its restrictions Tuesday, meaning no more state rules on social distancing or capacity limits at restaurants, bars, supermarkets, gyms, stadiums or anywhere else. And masks are…


California Reopens After Being First to Shut in Pandemic

SAN FRANCISCO—California, the first state in America to put in place a coronavirus lockdown, has turned a page on the pandemic. The nation’s most populated state lifted most of its restrictions Tuesday, meaning no more state rules on social distancing or capacity limits at restaurants, bars, supermarkets, gyms, stadiums, or anywhere else. And masks are…


Environmental Expert Says California Can’t Rely on Wind Energy

A leading environmentalist has told The Epoch Times that California’s plan to generate energy using the wind is harmful to the ecosystem. While Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Biden administration tout the benefits of offshore wind development along California’s coast, Michael Shellenberger, a leading climate and environmental activist, deems the technology expensive, unreliable, and “incredibly…


Slammed by COVID-19 Shutdown, San Luis Obispo Boosts Newsom Recall

By Faith E. Pinho Los Angeles Times Though in-person service came and went at the Paso Robles winery Paix Sur Terre during the pandemic, alcohol consumption skyrocketed, making for winemaker Ryan Pease’s “best year ever.” But despite personal gains, Pease couldn’t shake the feeling of guilt when talking to neighbors who struggled to run restaurants…


Why Newsom’s Strategy Could Lead to His Recall

The current campaign to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom is indeed a very real and serious campaign to oust a sitting governor, and Governor Newsom knows this more than anyone. This is only the fourth gubernatorial campaign in U.S. history that has successfully gathered enough signatures to qualify for a recall election. Only two governors…