Potential Gamesmanship by the Supermajority to Frustrate a Republican Governor
A sign against the recall is posted behind California Gov. Gavin Newsom as he talks with volunteers in San Francisco, on Aug. 13, 2021. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
The Sept. 14 recall election is rapidly approaching. Polling indicates a 50 percent chance that Gov. Gavin Newsom will be recalled, possibly making him the second governor to incur the voters’ wrath in California’s 171-year history, and within the past two decades.
John Moorlach
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John Moorlach is the director of the California Policy Center's Center for Public Accountability. He has served as a California State Senator and Orange County Supervisor and Treasurer-Tax Collector. In 1994, he predicted the County's bankruptcy and participated in restoring and reforming the sixth most populated county in the nation.
