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Another Successful Recall: San Francisco Ousts Joel Engardio

September 30, 2025 2:55 amSeptember 30, 2025 2:56 am

September 16th, 2025, was another pivotal moment in San Franciso’s history: A recall succeeded yet again, this time, removing a district supervisor mid-term, namely Joel Engardio. The predominant justification for recall was his ignoring the wishes of his constituents as...

Greenberg: Nextdoor Violated Campaign Finance Laws in SF Recall Election

September 20, 2025 2:48 amSeptember 20, 2025 10:50 am

Community online network Nextdoor, a publicly traded company based in San Francisco, has become central to local discourse including being a place to list second-hand items for sale or to give away, to post government agency safety alerts and to...

Frequently Asked Questions about Voting on a Recall Petition

April 29, 2024 7:23 amApril 29, 2024 7:23 am

What is the recall? It is defined as the “the power of the electors to remove an elective officer.” Where is the authority for a recall? It is found in the California Constitution in Article II, Section 13. How is...

Frequently Asked Questions about Direct Democracy in California

October 24, 2023 2:45 amOctober 27, 2023 3:25 pm

For those not familiar, I put together the following questions and answers for those queries that are most often posed regarding the three forms of direct democracy in California: What is an initiative? The initiative is the power of the...

The Globe Quiz on California Direct Democracy

April 15, 2023 7:16 amApril 15, 2023 7:21 am

This quiz is to test your knowledge about California’s forms of direct democracy. True or False? The three forms of direct democracy are initiative, referendum, and recall. An initiative in California can enact changes to statutes or the state Constitution. A...

California Recall Election Cost $243 Million; Not $81 Million Estimated

November 11, 2021 11:39 amNovember 11, 2021 11:39 am

The price tag has come out: the 2021 California Recall election of Gov. Gavin Newsom cost taxpayers $243 million, the Secretary of State reported Thursday. “On July 1, 2021, the Department of Finance notified the Governor, the Secretary of State,...

Commentary: Unreliable Narrators, The Media

September 28, 2021 6:39 amSeptember 28, 2021 6:40 am

Recently I have come under fire from many of my liberal friends for my support of Larry Elder, an African American Gubernatorial Candidate who ran to replace Gavin Newsom in California’s recent Recall election. Why were they so upset? You...