Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger – California Globe

Snapshot of Bill Signing Messages

October 20, 2025 2:00 pmOctober 20, 2025 2:01 pm

The following chart covers five Governors and their bill signing messages that accompany bills. I only have them for the second term of Governor Wilson, but then all of the years for the current and three prior governors. This chart...

Chart of Bill Signing Messages

October 2, 2024 4:34 pmOctober 2, 2024 8:49 pm

In reviewing gubernatorial signing messages over the past two decades, I compiled the following chart of bills that have signing messages. The chart includes the session year, the Governor, the bill number and author, and the subject of the bill....

How Many Bills Usually Get to California’s Governor?

September 15, 2023 4:45 pmSeptember 15, 2023 4:52 pm

Now that the 2023 California Legislative Session has concluded, we await final actions by Governor Gavin Newsom, which are due by October 14. I am often asked about the number of bills that reach the Governor’s Desk and how this...

Polling Shows Gov. Newsom is More Vulnerable Than He’d Like

May 20, 2021 2:20 amMarch 22, 2022 11:42 am

The notion that California Gov. Gavin Newsom could be recalled just months after America rejected the re-election campaign of former President Donald Trump, and just as Democrats appear ascendant nationwide, seems fantastical on its face. Press play to hear a narrated...

Auditions for California Governor Are Officially Open

June 27, 2020 2:09 amJune 27, 2020 8:12 am

By supporting the recall campaign there is a chance for establishment GOP officeholders, professional operatives, and major donors to reestablish a relationship of trust and partnership with their own GOP grassroots. With little fanfare, the third attempt to recall...

Feliz Navidad for Ex-Con Esteban Nunez

December 16, 2019 11:28 amDecember 17, 2019 10:22 am

The non-profit #cut50 bills itself as “a bipartisan effort to cut crime and incarceration across all 50 states.” The California State Policy Director for #cut50 is Esteban Nunez, working to “change the narrative of what it means to be formerly...

California’s ‘New Normal’

October 23, 2019 2:15 amOctober 22, 2019 7:39 pm

As hundreds of thousands of Californians struggled with power blackouts, Gov. Gavin held a recent press conference at the state’s Office of Emergency Services. “This can’t be the new normal,” the governor proclaimed. Embattled Californians might wonder what he is...