Larry Elder: My mission to turn California back from the brink is just beginning
Though California recall came up short, my campaign was the impetus to a movement that shook the political establishment, and Newsom, to their core.
Gov. Gavin Newsom survived the recall election against him in California. Yet he provided no answers for reversing the unsustainable and unacceptable decline of this beautiful state.
Answers were what ordinary Californians deserved.
Though many of these issues predate Newsom, the rising crime and homelessness, the repressive COVID-19 lockdowns, the failure of our public school system, the absurd housing costs, the water shortages and the uncontrollable wildfires are not the result of magical forces. They are the direct consequences of man-made policies.
California's decline can be reversed
If terrible policies can be enacted, they can also be reversed. My fellow Californians are not going to give up on restoring common sense and humanity to their state. The 1.6 million valid voter signatures gathered for the recall and the more than 3 million voters who supported my candidacy did so because they saw that, as bad as things are today, the Golden State can be saved.