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By Chris Jennewein, Times of San Diego, a member of the San Diego Online News Association
Photo: Gov. Gavin Newsom. File photo
February 27, 2024 (San Diego) - A group of conservative activists on Monday launched a fifth effort to recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Rescue California accused Newsom of abandoning the state to “advance his Presidential ambitions,” leaving behind a $68 billion budget deficit and a “public safety, immigration and education crisis.”
The same group led a 2021 recall that made it to the ballot. However, Newsom easily overcame that effort by a 62% to 38% margin in a statewide special election that cost taxpayers $200 million.
“We did it before. We will do it again,” Rescue California wrote in a Facebook post.
Newsom panned the latest recall effort as a potential waste of taxpayer money and distraction from more important issues.
“Trump Republicans are launching another wasteful recall campaign to distract us from the existential fight for democracy and reproductive freedom,” he wrote on X. “We will defeat them.”
The group will need about 1.38 million verified signatures by May for their recall effort to qualify for the November ballot.
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