Will Gov. Gavin Newsom be recalled?

More than a third of California voters say they would vote to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom from office, according to a new poll from UC Berkeley. His job approval is now below 50%, compared to above 80% in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.

The slump is driven by his handling of the state’s recent COVID-19 surge, poorly explained sudden policy shifts on reopening, a slow vaccine rollout, that dinner at the , and the fact that millions of Californians are suffering economically while the state apparently paid billions of dollars in unemployment benefits to scammers.

to recall Newsom will need to get around 1.5 million signatures by mid-March to make it happen.