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Newsom gets strong ratings on schools, economy despite recall attacks OAKLAND — Gov. Gavin Newsom just got the most concrete evidence to date showing why he’s positioned to survive a recall vote. Recall proponents have made a simple pitch: The Democratic governor’s pandemic mismanagement has devastated California’s economy and failed schoolchildren. They said they were vindicated this week when election officials validated enough signatures to force a fall election. But a new statewide...

California voters arent ready to get rid of their governor CNN 4/1/2021 © Justin Sullivan/Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Two seemingly contradictory things are both true about this moment in California politics: 1. There is likely to be a recall election this fall aimed at pushing Gov. Gavin Newsom out of office. 2. Newsom is likely to survive that recall election. How, you ask? After all, if people are mad enough to get a recall measure on the ballot, arent they going to follo...

The event would have been credible if it had been called what it was: the official kickoff of the governors campaign to beat the recall.

The conventional analysis is that Newsom waited until there was better news to report on COVID-19 and timed the speech to coincide with when recall sponsors are ready to submit enough voter signatures to presumably qualify their effort for the ballot, columnist George Skelton writes.

The conventional analysis is that Newsom waited until there was better news to report on COVID-19 and timed the speech to coincide with when recall sponsors are ready to submit enough voter signatures to presumably qualify their effort for the ballot, columnist George Skelton writes.

Helping to unlock baseball stadiums as season openers approach is guaranteed to be popular and bipartisan, columnist George Skelton says.

Helping to unlock baseball stadiums as season openers approach is guaranteed to be popular and bipartisan.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, literary pioneer and provocateur, was a San Francisco treasure FacebookTwitterEmail Lawrence Ferlinghetti at his apartment in North Beach on March 1, 2018.Carlos Avila Gonzalez, The Chronicle / The Chronicle It’s hard to overstate the literary influence of Lawrence Ferlinghetti or his outsize presence in the city he loved — and loved him back. As our editorial put it, “For decades the City Lights bookstore he co-founded at Columbus Avenue and Broadway has been a mus...

Let’s talk about what isn’t horrible about California.

In the year since California saw its first coronavirus case, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has gone from a governor in command to one lurching from one political crisis to the next. Whether or not a recall election happens, challengers on the right -- including former San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer and San Diego businessman John Cox -- are already jumping into the race for Governor. Faulconer, a moderate Republican, made his first campaign stop in San Francisco on Wednesday. He stood outside Ab...