LOS ANGELES (AP) – California sets Sept. 14 for recall election that threatens to oust Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. The special election comes after a petition to recall Governor Newsom reached the required 1,495,709 signatures were required to initiate a recall election. The recall petition ended up with more than 1.7 million verified signatures. Republicans
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is suing the state elections chief he appointed in an effort to get his party affiliation to appear next to his name on the ballot for a recall election that will determine if the first-term Democrat is forced out of office. The lawsuit against Secretary of State
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his wife made $1.7 million in 2019 during his first year as governor, about half a million dollars more than they earned the year before, according to tax returns his campaign released Monday. The Newsoms paid roughly $712,000 in federal and state taxes. Their income gain
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During Thursday’s Palm Desert city council meeting, councilmember Karina Quintanilla discussed what she calls a desperate need for a new human-rights commission. “After having some very impassioned conversations with residents and also with Mayor Kelly about some very unsettling experiences that were held by families of color in the city of Palm Desert,” Quintanilla said.
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With the recall election of Governor Gavin Newsom pending in the fall, top Republican candidates are touring the state stomping for votes, including former San Diego mayor Kevin Faulconer. Faulconer is being touted as the leading Republican candidate to unseat Newsom in a recall election. On Thursday, he announced his plan to cut taxes for
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Republican gubernatorial candidate and businessman John Cox is stopping in Palm Desert tomorrow, although he will be without Tag — a Kodiak bear the candidate first used in his official campaign kickoff event in Sacramento last week. The candidate’s “Meet the Beast Bus Tour” will make a stop at Castelli’s Restaurant, located at 73098 Highway
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The Nov. 3 general election posed challenges for the Riverside County Registrar of Voters’ Office and created confusion among some residents, but the process can be smoothed out in the future with policy changes, according to a report that the Board of Supervisors will review on Tuesday. Under a board directive issued in early December,
Continue Reading The final results in the Cathedral City special election were released on March 18, with residents voting to keep a ban on short-rentals in residential neighborhoods. CandidateTotalYes5,006No2,940Total Votes7,946 A total of 7,953 ballots were cast out of 26,230 sent out. A ‘yes’ vote on Measure B will uphold the council’s decision to further regulate short
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom established a political committee Monday to begin raising money to defend his seat in a potential recall election, the strongest acknowledgment to date that he expects to be on the ballot this year. The Democrat’s new fundraising arm could soon send a powerful message to his possible
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The campaign behind the petition to recall Governor Gavin Newsom announced that they have surpassed their 2 million signature goal. Organizers announced on Wednesday that the petition now has a total of 2,060,000 signatures with just a week to go before the deadline. The campaign needs 1,495,709 million of those signatures to be verified in
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It’s been a bitter back and forth between Riverside County’s Registrar of Voters, Rebecca Spencer, and District Attorney Mike Hestrin. Spencer has accused Hestrin, of interfering with the 2020 election but Hestrin says the claims are unfounded. Hestrin spoke with News Channel 3’s Peter Daut spoke to hear what he calls “a misunderstanding.” Peter: “First
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Sen. Melissa Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore, introduced legislation today proposing a series of protections to ensure California residents are not ostracized or otherwise treated unfairly because of their political beliefs. “It is unfathomable to me that corporations and members of the public would ruin a person’s career, business and family because of their political ideology,” Melendez
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Governor Newsom spoke Wednesday in Fresno about the state’s efforts aimed at speeding up coronavirus vaccinations. While he spoke, protesters could be heard in the background chanting “Recall Gavin”. A campaign official for “Recall Gavin 2020” tells News Channel 3 they’ve collected 1.4 million of 1.5 million signatures needed by March 17th, to get the
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President Donald Trump has become the first American president to be impeached twice, facing a strong bipartisan rebuke from the House exactly one week after a violent mob of his supporters invaded the U.S. Capitol. The House voted 232-197 to impeach Trump, with 10 Republicans joining with Democrats to charge him with incitement of insurrection.
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Assemblymember Chad Mayes (I-Yucca Valley) presented a resolution Monday afternoon calling for President Donald Trump to resign following a riot at the Capitol last week. Five people died during the violence. “…liberty cannot endure without responsibility. Many of us would prefer that the President would take personal responsibility and resign on his volition. Since he fails
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Local Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz has issued a statement calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump following riots at the Capitol. 01/08/21 Ruiz Statement on Impeaching Donald TrumpDownload “Two days ago, a rampaging mob incited by the President and determined to overturn our free and fair elections attacked the U.S. Capitol. Not only did they
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President-elect Joe Biden addresses the nation Thursday. Watch live in the player below: Congress has just affirmed President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over President Trump. The counting of Vermont’s three electoral votes put Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris over the 270-threshold needed to win the presidency. The Senate and House rejected objections to
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Former valley Congresswoman Mary Bono is speaking out, calling today’s events “beyond belief.” Bono, a Republican who represented the Coachella Valley from 1998 to 2013, spoke with News Channel 3’s Peter Daut tonight about how she thinks this will impact the president’s legacy and the party as a whole. Peter: Your reaction to What’s happening
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Monday afternoon, California’s 55 electors affirmed Joe Biden’s five million-vote victory. The vote gave Biden the electorates needed to secure the presidency and was immediately broadcast across all the national networks. One of the 55 electors that made the momentous vote was Augustin Arreola, a 23-year-old first-generation American from Coachella. “I was in the room
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden has cleared the 270-electoral-vote mark to formalize his presidential victory with California’s 55 votes. The voting milestone came late Monday when California electors affirmed Biden’s massive 5 million-vote win last month in the nation’s largest state. The Electoral College took on added importance this year because of President Donald Trump’s
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