California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) will face a recall effort in the coming weeks for his “poor policies,” according to the leader of the movement.
The newly formed coalition Saving California, founded by Randy Economy, a senior advisor and media spokesperson of the 2021 recall effort against the governor, plans to launch a new recall campaign against Newsom.
“Under the reign of Governor Newsom, living in California has become impossible for average people through years of poor policies which have increased the costs of living, increased crime, increased drug use and homelessness, increased the cost of burden on small businesses and communities, while decreasing our professional standards, education standards, the disappearance of billions of taxpayers’ dollars to failed pet programs, and our public services,” Economy said in a statement.
“This was most recently demonstrated by the woefully unprepared and incompetent response to the fires currently ravaging the Los Angeles area. Just today, Governor Newsom was asked, ‘What is your plan to deal with the lack of water to deal with the fires?’ and he responded by saying ‘local folks are gonna figure it out.’ That’s not leadership!” he declared.
“Leadership is solving problems, not passing the buck and the blame, and Californians can no longer afford to have an empty suit occupying the governorship. It’s time for Californians to take back control of our mismanaged government, and using the recall tool is our last hope.”
Economy aims to serve the recall papers within two weeks.
Economy told Newsweek that the Saving California group planned to launch a recall effort against Newsom before the fires, but the flames “shortened our time frame and changed things.”
