The latest recall effort against California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom will begin gathering signatures. On Tuesday, the California Secretary of State's Elections Division approved the campaign's petition for circulation, KGTV reported.

A recent memo to Rescue California read, "Today, March 26, 2024, the Secretary of State's office approved petitions for circulation for the recall of Governor Gavin Newsom."

The citizen-led group, which launched in February, has until September 3, 2024, to collect a minimum of 1,311,963 valid signatures. The number of signatures required to get a recall vote on the ballot is equal to 12% of the votes cast in the previous gubernatorial election.

"Valid signatures must be obtained from at least five counties and in each of those counties must equal at least 1% of the last vote for Governor," the memo explained.

Rescue California argues that Newsom "has abandoned the state to advance his Presidential ambitions." The group slammed the governor for "leaving behind a $68 Billion budget deficit and a public safety, immigration and education crisis."

Newsom "granted 700,000 illegal immigrants free health care at a cost to taxpayers of $3 billion annually, while cutting vital programs for veterans, school children, the disabled and the homeless," Rescue California's website stated.

The governor also "kept schools closed during Covid longer than other states allowing California students to fall further behind in basic skills such as language and mathematics," the group claimed.

The latest recall effort marks at least the fifth attempt to remove the governor from office, The Hill previously reported.

Rescue California led a recall to oust Newsom in 2021. While the group successfully gathered enough signatures to make it on the ballot, the governor ultimately won the election by 23 points.

Anne Hyde Dunsmore with Rescue California stated in February, "He's exhibited [an ability] ... to take care of problems very quickly when he feels like it. He cleaned up a city in three days, he fixed a freeway in less than two weeks," KEYE reported.

Rescue California blamed Newsom for the state's homelessness crisis.

"In the last two years, the homeless population has exploded, crime rates have increased, learning loss for students is off the charts, and a multi-billion dollar surplus is now a $70 billion deficit. The blame is on the Governor's shoulders while he is campaigning nationally," the group stated in a post on Facebook.

Residents also recently launched a separate recall effort against George Soros-backed, leftist Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price. The group submitted 123,000 signatures for validation earlier this month, but only 73,000 must be validated to get a recall vote on the ballot.

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WATCH: Dave Rubin hilariously responds to California's recall election choice

On "The Rubin Report" Wednesday, Dave Rubin reacts to the results of California's gubernatorial recall election.

The effort to recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has tragically failed and Larry Elder will not be the next governor of California. The California exodus will continue, high crime rates and homelessness will also continue to increase. The business exodus will continue. When will voter's make the connection between bad outcomes and bad policies?

Watch the video clip below to hear Dave's thoughts on this "absolute nightmare" and where the Golden State will go from here:

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Gov. Gavin Newsom encourages homeless people from other states to come pursue the 'California dream'

Embattled Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week invited homeless people from around the country to come pursue "new beginnings" in California, prompting criticism from one recall election opponent.

What happened?

Gov. Newsom, who is set to face the recall election on Sept. 14, made the remarks while he was in Sonoma County on Monday to sign a $12 billion bill intended to combat rampant and growing homelessness in the state.

The bill, which is part of Newson's California Comeback Plan, aims to make homeownership more affordable by requiring that at least 20% of state-owned property be made available to lower-income and very low-income individuals and families.

According to Politico KABC-TV, during the visit, the governor was asked if he was concerned about California becoming a potential "magnet" for homeless people from other states given all the money it's spending to address the issue.

"To the extent that people want to come here for new beginnings and all income levels, that's part of the California dream," Newsom responded, going on to say that Californians "have a responsibility to accommodate and enliven and inspire" newcomers.

Newsom defended the plan by adding that "the California dream is still alive and well."

What else?

After hearing of Newsom's remarks, former Republican mayor of San Diego, Kevin Faulconer, took to social media to slam the plan.

"This is crazy," tweeted Faulconer, who is one of 40 candidates challenging Newsom for his gubernatorial seat. "I have incredible compassion for homeless Californians. But no, we should not be encouraging homeless people from other parts of the country to move to California."

This is crazy. I have incredible compassion for homeless Californians. But no, we should not be encouraging homeles… https://t.co/KxR7rI9iGk
— Kevin Faulconer (@Kevin_Faulconer) 1626721316.0

Faulconer told KABC-TV that he wants to debate Newsom publicly to force him to "stand up and try and defend his record."

Anything else?

California's homelessness crisis was already bad — in 2019, the Golden State's homelessness increase was higher than all other states combined — but the situation was made even worse during the pandemic.

Cities across the state experienced enormous rises in levels of homelessness as pandemic-related lockdowns slowed the economy. And the crisis was not subverted by liberal initiatives like one in San Francisco where free alcohol, marijuana, and cigarettes were provided to homeless people.

Newsom, for one, should be trying to make his state less attractive for homeless people. After all, the governor was attacked by a homeless person in Oakland last month.

Gov. Gavin Newsom fights recall effort with millions in donations from Netflix CEO, 49ers owner, and other wealthy elites

Embattled California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is fighting the gubernatorial recall initiative in his state with a war chest filled with sizable contributions from wealthy progressive elites, including millions of dollars from Netflix founder and co-CEO Reed Hastings.

According to a state filing issued Thursday, Hastings recently donated $3 million to a fund aimed at combating efforts in a recall, which will likely land before voters as a ballot measure in the fall.

Hastings' contribution to the fund, which is called "Stop the Republican Recall of Governor Newsom," is by far the largest single donation to date. But according to Politico, it's merely demonstrative of the "formidable fundraising network" that Newsom can tap into in his bid to remain governor.

The news outlet noted that in addition to Hastings' millions, the pro-Newsom fund "has also drawn six-figure outlays from a range of prominent individuals and industries that include agricultural power couple Stewart and Lynda Resnick, 49ers CEO Jed York, law firms and labor unions."

Also, the array of big-dollar contributions only bolsters the significant financial advantage Newsom already enjoys in the recall election due to certain California rules that govern the process.

Politico reported that because state law treats Newsom's recall fight as a ballot issue rather than a candidacy, "Newsom can raise unlimited sums to fend off a recall effort that will likely land before voters in the fall, while other gubernatorial candidates are subject to campaign limits of $32,400 per election in their direct accounts."

Given Newsom's massive edge over the competition in fundraising and California's extreme bent toward Democratic policies, it's safe to say his ouster from office via recall is a long shot. Even so, the fact that the option will be put before voters says something about his popularity, or lack thereof, in the state.

Recall efforts against Newsom spawned last year as a result of his bungled handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which included a public relations disaster over Newsom's maskless attendance at a large dinner party at the French Laundry, an high-end restaurant in Napa Valley.

Last month, the campaign to recall Newsom obtained enough signatures — more than 1.5 million — to trigger a special election in the state.

According to Deadline, declared challengers will include former Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox, former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, former Congressman Doug Ose, and Caitlyn Jenner.

Caitlyn Jenner releases first ad in seeking to recall Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom: Set to fight against ‘elitist’ politicians

Caitlyn Jenner says she is poised to fight "elitist" politicians such as Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a bid to return California to its former glory.

What are the details?

In her first ad seeking to run against Newsome in a recall election, Jenner — former male Olympic decathlete Bruce Jenner and reality TV star who is now running for California governor — insists that she is a "compassionate disrupter" who vows to fight against "elitist" career politicians.

In a Tuesday campaign ad, Jenner, 71, describes the American Dream as having begun in California.

"The American Dream grew up here, yet career politicians and their policies have destroyed that dream," Jenner says in the video ad that features footage of various California scenes ranging from farm to city.

She continues, "I came here with a dream 48 years ago to be the greatest athlete in the world. Now I enter a different kind of race, arguably my most important one yet: to save California."

Jenner's ad focuses on the strife facing Californians including homelessness, drug addiction, and an economy devastated by COVID-19-related business closures.

Big government, she says, has "taken our money, our jobs, and our freedom."

"I want to carry the torch for the parents who had to balance work and their child's education, for business owners who are forced to shut down, for pastors who are not able to be with their congregation, for the family who lost their home in a fire, for an entire generation of students who lost a year of education," Jenner adds.

Elsewhere in the ad, Jenner refers to middle-class Californians as "warriors, kings, and angels" of the pandemic and promises to reopen schools, businesses, and churches without any restrictions at all.

Though Jenner doesn't specifically call out Newsom or Pelosi by name, the ad features photos of what the ad appears to highlight as the Democratic lawmakers' hypocrisy in mandating economic shutdowns while flouting their own calls for business closures, social distancing measures, and mask mandates.

"This past year has redefined our career politicians as elitists," Jenner adds. "California is facing big hurdles. Now, we need leaders who are unafraid to leap to new heights, who are unafraid to challenge and to change the status quo."

She concludes, "California, it's time to reopen our schools, reopen our businesses, reopen the golden gates, so I don't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat — I'm ready to be governor for all Californians. To reclaim our true identity. To bring back the gold to the Golden State. Now is the time to achieve that summit. To be the shining city on the hill. Together we will restore and renew the California dream."

Jenner is set to appear on Fox News' "Hannity" Wednesday night.

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Richard Grenell strongly hints at possible run for governor of California

Richard Grenell, a strong ally of former President Donald Trump, teased a possible run for governor of California.

Grenell delivered a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, where the former U.S. ambassador to Germany hinted at making a gubernatorial run in the deep blue state of California.

"If you want the best case possible for a recall campaign, take a look at my home state of California," Grenell told the crowd at CPAC in Orlando, Florida. "California used to be Reagan country, the shining example of business innovation and middle-class success. But now when you think of California, you think of out-of-control wildfires, of rolling blackouts, of schools still closed, of shuttered business, of bans on fracking, and on wealthy people jumping the vaccine line."

Grenell then took aim at Gavin Newsom, the current Democratic governor of California who is facing a petition recall.

"In my three decades in American politics I have never seen a better case for a recall than there is right now in California," he added. "And of course, if a public official is still failing to deliver on their promises, and if you can't limit their term or recall them in time, there's always one other option: You can run against them yourself."

Mercedes Schlapp, another former member of the Trump administration who was the White House Director of Strategic Communications, was in favor of Grenell running and told the crowd, "How wonderful was Ric Grenell? I don't know, I think he'd make a great governor of California."

Previously, Grenell dismissed the notion that he would run for governor of the Golden State. The former Acting Director of National Intelligence shot down a Politico report earlier this month that he was "laying groundwork for CA governor run should @GavinNewsom recall qualify."

Grenell reacted to the report by tweeting, "Politico has pretended gossip is journalism."

The deadline to submit signatures on a petition to recall Newsom is March 17, but the campaign already surpassed the necessary threshold of 1,497,709. As of Thursday, the petition had 1,825,000 signatures, according to The Recall Newsom campaign.

"However, it's important to note that all those signatures need to be verified as authentic registered voters by the Secretary of State's office before a recall elections is triggered," KABC-TV reported.

Even if Newsom is recalled, it would be a tall order for Grenell, who is embraced by much of Trump's base, to win the deep blue California. In the 2020 presidential election, Trump lost California by more than 29 percentage points to Joe Biden. As of November, registered Democratic voters outnumbered Republicans by almost two to one.

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