With the spread of COVID-19 plummeting in California, triggering reopenings across the state after a devastating year of lockdowns, the campaign to recall Gov. The state is back on its feet,” Newsom said after receiving the endorsement of the California Professional Firefighters on Tuesday. Still, almost two-thirds of public school parents said they approved of how Newsom is handling the state’s K-12 public education system. David Gilliard, a veteran Republican consultant who is working on the recall campaign and helped place the successful 2003 recall of Democratic Gov. Randy Economy, spokesman for Recall Gavin 2020, the organization leading the effort to oust Newsom, noted that the word “COVID-19" never appeared on the petition to recall the governor.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 06, 2021 12:02 UTC