San Diego’s former Republican Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced this weekend that he had signed a petition to recall Democrat Gov. AdvertisementThe Newsom recall effort is the sixth such attempt since the governor took office in 2018. The last Republican governor of California was Arnold Schwarzenegger, who served from 2003 to 2011. Only one Golden State governor has been successfully recalled, Democrat Gray Davis in 2003. He also faced a wave of disapproval for eating at a restaurant north of San Francisco in early November with about a dozen friends, first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle .

Source: Los Angeles Times January 03, 2021 18:00 UTC