{"id":2390089,"date":"2025-01-14T10:52:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T15:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-and-bass-recall-efforts-gain-momentum-after-fallout-from-wildfires-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T10:56:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T15:56:31","slug":"newsom-and-bass-recall-efforts-gain-momentum-after-fallout-from-wildfires-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-and-bass-recall-efforts-gain-momentum-after-fallout-from-wildfires-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsom and Bass recall efforts gain momentum after fallout from wildfires &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnewsom-and-bass-recall-efforts-gain-momentum-after-fallout-from-wildfires-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2390089&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Campaigns \u200caimed at\u2062 recalling \u200bCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen\u2062 Bass are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-cox-2018-newsom-opponent-says-hell-run-again-if-recall-effort-succeeds\/\" title=\"John Cox, 2018 Newsom Opponent, Says He\u2019ll Run Again If Recall Effort Succeeds\">gaining momentum<\/a> in \u2064the wake of catastrophic wildfires that\u200d have \u2062devastated the state. \u200dThe wildfires, which began on January 7, have tragically resulted in at \u2062least 24 fatalities and the destruction of\u200b numerous structures in the Los Angeles area. \u2062Activist Randy Economy is\u2064 spearheading the recall efforts, citing\u2063 Newsom&#8217;s inadequate response to the \u200ccrisis\u200b and plans to\u2063 file official \u2064recall papers soon. <\/p>\n<p>Supporters will need to collect approximately 1.3 million signatures within five months \u200bto proceed wiht the recall.\u2064 Critics accuse Newsom of failing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">address longstanding issues<\/a> such as poor policies that have escalated living \u2064costs, crime, and homelessness, and also inadequate fire management practices. In \u200da statement, Economy condemned Newsom&#8217;s governance for its handling of the fires, declaring that living in California has become\u200c increasingly challenging under his leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Despite previous \u200cunsuccessful recall attempts against Newsom, this current crisis may provide proponents with the impetus needed \u200bto advance \u200btheir\u200b efforts. Simultaneously occurring, Newsom&#8217;s office asserts that he \u2062is focused on managing the fire\u2063 emergency and recovery efforts rather \u2064than political matters, dismissing the recall campaigns as \u200dpolitically motivated and previously unsuccessful endeavors by far-right activists.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Newsom and Bass recall efforts gain momentum after fallout from wildfires<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1934184\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Campaigns to remove Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Gavin Newsom <\/a>(D-CA) and Los Angeles Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Karen Bass<\/a> from office have gained steam as devastating wildfires continue to rage in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">California<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The two officials have faced sharp censure over their handling of the wildfires that first erupted on Jan. 7. The fires have killed at least 24 people, torched 12,000 structures, and destroyed large sections of the greater Los Angeles area.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>California activist Randy Economy, who is leading the movement to recall Newsom, escalated the effort because of the governor&rsquo;s &ldquo;woefully unprepared and incompetent response to the fires.&rdquo;&nbsp;In a recent statement, Economy said he expects to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/groups-ask-doj-to-send-monitors-to-watch-arizona-election-audit\/\" title=\"Groups Ask DOJ to Send Monitors to Watch Arizona Election Audit\">file papers<\/a> in the next two weeks to start the recall process. Recall supporters will have to gather roughly 1.3 million signatures in the next five months.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Newsom already survived one recall attempt spearheaded by Economy in 2021.&nbsp;However, this time around,&nbsp;the fire crisis could give anti-Newsom activists the fuel they need to push the governor out of office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A person walks amid the destruction left behind by the Palisades fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Under the reign of Governor Newsom, living in California has become impossible for average people through years of poor policies which have increased the costs of living, increased crime, increased drug use and homelessness, increased the cost of burden [sic] on small businesses and communities, while decreasing our professional standards, education standards, the disappearance of billions of taxpayers&rsquo; dollars to failed pet programs, and our public services,&rdquo; Economy said. &ldquo;This was most recently demonstrated by the woefully unprepared and incompetent response to the fires currently ravaging the Los Angeles area.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ALERT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ALERT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jan 10, 2025, 08:54 ET<\/p>\n<p>Governor Gavin Newsom to Be Formally Served Recall Papers in Next Two Weeks Following Los Angeles Wildfire Catastrophe<\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ &mdash; Saving California, a newly formed non-partisan coalition of working families,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RANDY ECONOMY (@EconomyRadio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EconomyRadio\/status\/1878542576892153976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As California&rsquo;s governor, Newsom experienced swift backlash when the fires broke out. Critics said state policies about brush and debris removal fed the fires and argued Newsom ignored years of warnings to change course and avoid the latest disaster. Some furious Californians also said Newsom&rsquo;s water policy left firefighters without the tools they needed to stop the crisis and slammed him for approving a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3282808\/california-democrats-criticized-for-holding-trump-proof-special-session-as-fires-rage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">special session<\/a> to fight President-elect Donald Trump while Los Angeles burned.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Governor Newsom is 100 percent focused on the fires, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-search-and-rescue-efforts-paused-due-to-concerns-over-possible-second-collapse\/\" title=\"Officials: Search and rescue efforts paused due to concerns over possible second collapse\">ongoing rescue efforts<\/a> and the recovery process &ndash; not politics,&rdquo; Newsom&rsquo;s office told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on Tuesday. &ldquo;Readers still should have the context that the same group of far right activists have launched 6 different recall attempts against the governor since he&rsquo;s taken office, each of which have failed spectacularly. Even Republican Party leaders have criticized these repeated attempts as a brazen campaign finance &lsquo;grift,&rsquo; and the recall organizers have been sued by their own donors for pocketing funds raised previously. For example, they didn&rsquo;t even turn in a single signature in their last attempt.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While ousting Newsom is the primary focus of Economy&rsquo;s grassroots coalition, Saving California, he is also eyeing plans to remove Bass from office, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/karen-bass-gavin-newsom-recall-election-wildfires-2014029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Newsweek<\/em><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A separate online petition calling for Bass to step down as the mayor of Los Angeles launched Wednesday. The<em> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/demand-the-immediate-resignation-of-mayor-karen-bass?recruited_by_id=349497c0-cec4-11ef-8e09-a949bdf22166&amp;utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&amp;utm_medium=instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Change.org <\/a>petition had garnered more than 130,000 signatures as of Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We demand the immediate resignation of Mayor Karen Bass due to her failure to lead during this unprecedented crisis,&rdquo; says the petition. &ldquo;Water supplies have been severely strained, billions of taxpayer dollars have been misallocated or left unaccounted for, and countless lives have been lost&hellip; the city has been woefully unprepared to ensure the safety and well-being of its residents.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Footage of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3281073\/karen-bass-stares-wordlessly-reporter-cornered-los-angeles-wildfires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">speechless<\/a> Bass after she was asked questions about the fires went viral last week. She has faced intense criticism over revelations the Santa Ynez Reservoir, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">117-million-gallon water storage complex<\/a> that is part of the Los Angeles water supply, sat empty and out of commission when the fires broke out.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is left completely speechless as she faces harsh questioning by reporters.<\/p>\n<p>She just returned from Ghana as her city is burning to the ground. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rskd6iFdCD\">pic.twitter.com\/rskd6iFdCD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Trending Politics (@tpbreaking) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tpbreaking\/status\/1877124012041539744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The mayor also faced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/environment\/story\/2025-01-10\/newsom-water-fires-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">scrutiny<\/a> over why local fire hydrants went dry as emergency personnel tried to fight the disaster as well as questions over her presence overseas in Ghana when the Palisades fire ignited.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t understand how they did not cancel her trip,&rdquo; a senior staffer for another local elected official told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2025-01-13\/los-angeles-fires-mayor-karen-bass-crisis-moment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a>, explaining that their office began viewing the coming wind event as a grave threat during the preceding weekend. &ldquo;It was political malpractice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>reached out to Bass&rsquo;s office for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1934184\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1934184\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recall efforts against Newsom and Bass intensify after wildfires<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2390091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Newsom-fires.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[10115,37666,3678,48480,23907],"class_list":["post-2390089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-bass","tag-california-politics","tag-newsom","tag-recall-efforts","tag-wildfires"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Newsom-fires.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2390089"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2390093,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390089\/revisions\/2390093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2390091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2390089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2390089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2390089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}