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California’s Senate Republicans Call for Gas Tax Holiday Ahead of July 1st Gas Tax Increase

June 23, 2021 3:50 pmJune 24, 2021 2:46 pm

California’s already sky-high gas prices are going up again on July 1st because of the 2017 controversial gas tax law, Senate Bill 1. Titled the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, SB 1 was signed into law by then-Gov....

California Education Leaders React to Gov. Newsom’s K-12 Budget

May 20, 2021 7:34 am

EdSource asked education leaders, teachers, union leaders, lawmakers, advocates and observers to weigh in on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s record-level, revised 2021-22 budget for K-12 education, and what they thought would most advance students’ recovery from the impact of the pandemic...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Tone Deaf Email to ‘Stop the Republican Recall’ Insults Ca Voters

March 20, 2021 10:28 amMarch 26, 2021 6:51 am

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing a recall election this fall. This week, the RecallGavin2020 campaign turned in more than 2.1 signature petitions to recall the governor. Almost immediately, Newsom launched a campaign to fight the recall, calling it a “partisan,...

Voters Remember CA Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Troubles Began Before COVID Lockdown, Part IV

March 18, 2021 8:14 pmMarch 19, 2021 8:43 pm

In Part l of Voters Know CA Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Troubles Began Before Pandemic, we highlighted many of Newsom’s disastrous policies his first year in the governor’s office 2019, including: announcing state-funded full scope Medi-Cal healthcare to 138,000 illegal immigrants, reinstating...

Voters Remember CA Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Troubles Began Before Pandemic, Part III

March 16, 2021 10:03 pmMarch 17, 2021 10:15 pm

In Part l of Voters Know CA Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Troubles Began Before Pandemic, we suggested “A more contrite-sounding California Gov. Gavin Newsom is now acknowledging some of his mistakes in the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, however, he still doesn’t understand that it’s...

Newsom Recall Gathers Momentum Over Policies ‘Atrocious and Polarizing’

January 22, 2021 2:13 amJanuary 22, 2021 10:21 am

With over 1.2 million signed petitions already collected, and tens of thousands more arriving daily, the chances have never been higher that Gavin Newsom will have to fight for his political life in a special recall election. How the proponents...

How to Beat Gavin Newsom in a Recall Election

December 23, 2020 2:26 amDecember 22, 2020 9:57 pm

With nearly 900,000 signed recall petitions already collected, four active recall committees now operating, and belated but significant press coverage shining a spotlight on the effort, the chances that Gavin Newsom will be in a fight for his political life in...