Why Does San Diego Love Recalling Governors?
Ambitions and Frustrations Churn in the ‘Most Unabashedly American of California Cities’
Why are you so desperate to seize the governorship, San Diego?
The attempted recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom has many geographic roots. Its original proponent was a sheriff’s deputy from Yolo County. The recall petition drew signatures from significant percentages of the population in our smaller, North State counties. And East Coast conservative media and right-wing Republicans from other parts of the country have given it attention and money.
But a recall is about replacing one governor with another. And, for the second gubernatorial recall in a row, it is the …
