Recall

Good morning, California. It’s Wednesday, February 10. Local control likely preserved Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers are primed to unveil this week an elementary school reopening plan — one that seems likely to preserve the current model of local school districts negotiating agreements with teachers unions, raising questions as to whether the deal will […]

What do Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsom have in common? California voters have tried throwing all of them out of office. In fact, since 1913, the state’s voters have tried to recall elected officials 171 times. Ten recalls made it to the ballot. Six officials have been replaced. So what does it take to recall […]

Self-interested attacks by teacher unions on the governor bring us no closer to balanced policy on how to reopen schools.

Good morning, California. It’s Wednesday, February 3. Low marks for vaccine rollout Gov. Gavin Newsom’s approval rating has fallen from record-high levels notched earlier in the pandemic, according to two polls released Tuesday — potentially fueling the campaign to recall him from office. Around 54% of Californians approve of Newsom’s job performance, down from a […]

Two polls starkly disagree on whether California Gov. Gavin Newsom's popularity has plummeted or has held up well as he deals with COVID-19.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is fighting for his political life. He’s working to fend off a recall that began as a far-fetched effort by Republican activists — but has turned into a credible campaign that could throw the Democrat out of office. It’s hard to fathom in this deep blue state where Newsom clobbered his 2018 […]

Good morning, California. It’s Wednesday, January 27. State takes reins Six weeks into a vaccine rollout largely left to the counties, California is taking the helm in an attempt to streamline a chaotic and fragmented process that has resulted in one of the nation’s lowest rates of vaccine administration. The new strategy, which state health […]

California Democrats overreach by comparing the recall campaign against Gov. Gavin Newsom to the violent invasion of the U.S. Capitol but could have had a legitimate point.

The California Employment Development Department has been a titanic disaster of late and Gov. Gavin Newsom bears the onus of its failures.

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, January 5. New strategies on the way Three weeks after doses of the coronavirus vaccine began arriving in California, only 35% of them have ended up in people’s arms — raising questions about the effectiveness of the state’s vaccination strategy at a critical phase in the pandemic. California has administered […]