Gavin Newsom

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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.