Gavin Newsom 
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SOURCE: The Hill
5/22/2023
CA's Newsom Demands Info on Florida Textbook Revisions
“You don’t get to rewrite history in a back room. You don’t get to erase basic facts around segregation, the holocaust, or Rosa Parks’ story. The extremists in Florida and textbook companies that are colluding with them are about to be exposed.”
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SOURCE: NBC News
1/26/2023
Dem Governors Pritzker and Newsom Challenge AP on Caving to DeSantis
"I am extremely troubled by recent news reports that claim Governor DeSantis is pressuring the College Board to change the AP African American Studies course in order to fit Florida’s racist and homophobic laws," Pritzker said.
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8/22/2021
In California Recall, a Tiny Minority of Voters Could Choose the Governor
by James Thornton Harris
The particularities of California's recall process create a dangerous situation where a minority of voters can choose the state's chief executive.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
5/13/2021
The Trouble With the Gavin Newsom Recall
by Ron Brownstein
California's Recall law can allow a relatively small number of petitioners to initiate a recall of an elected official, and for that official to be removed even if he or she gets more votes than any alternative candidate. This isn't what the Progressive Era architects of the law intended, says San Jose State historian Glen Gendzel.
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SOURCE: KCRW
4/16/2020
California’s ‘Western States Pact’ with Oregon and Washington Has a Long History
USC history professor William Deverell contextualizes California's unique response to the coronavirus.
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12/2/18
One of These 4 Western Governors Could Be the Next Democratic President
by Ronald L. Feinman
At the least they’ll be powerful players in our future politics.
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