California: Jewish group aims to overturn recall

• Published date: 29 March 2021
• Author: Gabe Stutman
• Date: 29 March 2021
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

With just under 1.5 million valid signatures needed to trigger a recall vote, the petition against Newsom had nearly 1.2 million authorized signatures as of March 19, according to the secretary of state's office.

Recall proponents said they had turned in more than 2.1 million and were waiting for verification.

Newsom's supporters are raising money and bumping up ad spending on behalf of the first-term Democratic governor and former San Francisco mayor.

Members of the state's 18-member Jewish caucus, all Democrats, convened online to voice support for the governor on issues relevant to the Jewish community and to the caucus. Newsom has been a "trusted friend, ally and partner," said Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel of Woodland Hills, an upscale neighborhood in Los Angles.

Gabriel pointed to the governor's decision to increase security spending after the 2019 Chabad of Poway shooting that killed one person and injured three, authorizing a $15 million infusion into the state's Nonprofit Security Grant Program.

Newsom announced that funding during an event in Sacramento alongside Holocaust survivors.

"The governor seized that moment to stand with our community," Gabriel said.

The caucus is urging Newsom to commit again to...