Tag: Gavin Newsom

Petition to Recall California Gov. Newsom Exceeds 1 Million Signatures

The petition to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom has exceeded a million signatures, organizers said. “The people are being heard loud and clear, and it is not a matter of IF we are going to reach our goal necessary that will trigger a recall election of Newsom, it is just when we cross the finish…


Recall Newsom Campaign Receives More than 20,000 Signatures in Single Day

The campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom received more than 20,000 direct-mail petition signatures in a single day, and organizers say the barrage of mail is an indication the initiative is working. Inside the office of Anne Hyde, Rescue California’s campaign manager and finance director, volunteers on Jan. 4 opened and sorted thousands of envelopes…


Newsom Says Just One Percent of Californians Vaccinated: ‘It’s Gone Too Slowly’

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that only about one percent of California’s 40 million residents have received a COVID-19 vaccine, an immunization rate that he decried as “not good enough.” Newsom made the remarks at a briefing on Monday, during which he said the number of new COVID-19 infections on Sunday was nearly 30,000,…


Biden Threatens to Unleash the Tribe of the Mask

Commentary Joe Biden insists that mask-wearing saves lives. “I will be asking the American people to wear a mask for the first 100 days of my administration,” he said shortly before the New Year. “Not as a political statement, but as a patriotic duty.” Biden made mask-wearing a pillar of his presidential campaign; he knows…


Campaign to Recall California Governor Gains Momentum With Large Donations

The campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom is picking up steam in California following two significant six-figure contributions, the largest donations made to the effort so far. The campaign received a $500,000 donation from Prov 3:9, a little-known Irvine-based consulting firm, and roughly $100,000 from billionaire Sequoia Capital partner Douglas Leone and his wife, Patricia,…


Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner Sees Silver Lining in Pandemic

Looking ahead to a post-pandemic Orange County, Supervisor Don Wagner foresees a different kind of life for residents of the Southern California region. And, as he puts it, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. “There may be some things that come out of COVID-19 that we ought to be focusing on and trying to encourage,”…


California Governor Announces $2 Billion Plan to Start Reopening Schools By Spring

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday released a $2 billion plan outlining measures that would allow schools to reopen for in-person learning as early as February, focusing first on the youngest students and those disproportionately affected by the shift to distance learning. Newsom, who first ordered schools to halt in-person learning when the outbreak first…


California Becomes First State To Surpass 2 Million COVID Cases Despite Strictest Lockdown Measures

California has seen a surge in CCP (Chinese Communist) Party virus cases despite imposing some of the strictest lockdown measures of any state in the United States. The state became the first to record 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases, reaching the milestone on Christmas Eve as nearly the entire state was under a strict stay-at-home…


Proposed Senate Replacement for Harris Comes With Ethical Questions

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s choice of Alex Padilla to replace Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) may force the Senate to take a critical look at a controversial $35 million contract awarded by the California Secretary of State to a firm with deep ties to three Democratic presidential nominees. Padilla awarded the contract to SKDKnickerbocker (SKDK), the Washington,…


Newsom Laments Rose Bowl Move, but Stands by Ban on Fans

PASADENA, Calif. (CNS)—While lamenting the Rose Bowl game’s move out of Pasadena in favor of Arlington, Texas, due to a COVID-19-prompted ban on fan attendance, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Dec. 21 the state refused to put lives at risk by granting an exemption to the annual Pasadena tradition. “We love the Rose Bowl,” Newsom said….