“Elections officials reported Monday that they’ve received enough valid signatures to trigger a recall vote on Gov. Gavin Newsom. That means America’s most populous state will hold just the second gubernatorial recall election in its history — a once-inconceivable outcome for deep-blue California’s Democratic governor.” California is heading toward a Newsom recall vote. What now?

+ The whole recall effort grew out of Newsom’s handling of the pandemic. California now has the lowest coronavirus case rate in the US.