We are continuing to closely follow the movement to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom. It appears the petition gatherers have been very busy.
On Monday, the signature count stood at 1.7 million. Less than a week later, it is now 1.8 million and counting.
Once again, a California school board member has been caught saying something outrageous on camera without realizing the event was public. The last time something like this happened was less than a week ago.
During an argument over reopening schools in La Mesa, California, the member compared it to slavery and white...
Healthcare workers in San Diego County are trying to deal with the COVID pandemic but are reportedly being forced to confront their ‘white privilege’ at the same time.
A required Critical Race Training course that takes hours to complete forces the workers to understand that racism is a white problem.
The San Francisco Board of Education decided to delay renaming 44 schools, admitting they made mistakes “in the building renaming process.”
Last week, I reported that the recall California Gov. Gavin Newsom movement hit the 1.5 million signature milestone, which is the minimum to get a recall vote on the ballot.
However, as many astute readers noted, the signatures will undergo microscopic inspection before officials approve them. So, the petitioners continue to gather...
On Friday, Mary blogged that “A California School Board is in Hot Water After Mocking Parents for Wanting Kids in Class (Update: School Board President Resigns). During a meeting the board members apparently believed was private, board members insulted, ridiculed, and mocked parents for wanting schools open.
A Republican California state senator has introduced a measure making political affiliation a protected class under California’s anti-discrimination laws.
We saw a lot of this from the left this week. It seems even uglier coming from supposed educators.
The New York Post reported:
University of California staff celebrates Rush Limbaugh’s death as media pitch
University of California faculty expressed delight at the death of conservative radio legend Rush Limbaugh hours after his passing...
The Oakley, CA, school board found themselves in a lot of trouble after a video emerged of them mocking parents who want their children back in the classroom.
“It’s really unfortunate that they want to pick on us because they want their babysitters back,” whined Lisa Brizendine, the Oakley Union Elementary School...
They may have a point. Didn’t Chelsea Clinton attend Stanford?
Inside Higher Ed reports:
Is Stanford Letting In Too Many Wealthy Students?
When The New York Times (courtesy of Raj Chetty at Harvard University) a few years ago decided to examine the issue of wealth and higher education, the figures for Stanford University...
It’s not enough to not enroll your kids in these schools. Americans of every color and creed have to start demanding that their state and local officials cut off all funding.
The College Fix reports:
Public university hosts workshop for whites only — and ‘other practitioners’ of racial bias
California State University, Dominguez Hills...
Tourism in the city of San Francisco is down, partly due to the pandemic, but also because of crime. As a result, criminals are now reportedly shifting their focus to city residents.
How’s that for painful irony?
The left often get their way because they’re really good at complaining loudly. This is an excellent example of that.
Campus Reform reports:
Berkeley backtracks on closing social justice center amid leftist backlash
The University of California-Berkeley backtracked on plans to shut down its social justice center amid backlash from students, faculty, and alumni.
The...
Ever since the Los Angeles Times published a toxic article connecting Recall Newsom petition signers to white supremacists and anti-vaxxers, I have been an ardent advocate for the effort to force a vote of the California governor.
The last time I checked, the number of petition signers was 1.4 million. Recent reports...
At the end of January, Legal Insurrection reported that ultra-progressive Los Angeles County District Attorney Gascon’s “reforms” were putting the region’s criminal justice system in “free fall.” For example, Gascón forced his prosecutors to read statements in court impugning the state’s “three strikes” law and ending specific penalties.
It’s been over a month since the first wave of coronavirus vaccines arrived in the states for distribution.
Since my last report on the nonpartisan ‘Recall Newsom’ petition effort, signature gatherers have collected 100,000 more names for a total of 1.4 million and are rapidly closing in on the 1.5 million signature level needed to get the recall on the ballot.
