Poll shows Newsom with wide lead over GOP challenger, State Sen. Brian Dahle

[SunSeeker]

California Governor Gavin Newsom holds a wide lead in his bid for re-election over Republican challenger, State Senator Brian Dahle, according to a new poll from the Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies.

The poll asked voters their preference for governor in the fall general election. Newsom leads Dahle by a margin of 52% to 25%. Newsom also leads Dahle by 24-points among people considered most likely to vote in the election (55%-31%).

Approval ratings in the poll found that 53% of the state’s voters approve of the job that Newsom is doing, while 42% disapprove. However, despite the positive approval rating, voters continue to believe that California is moving in the wrong direction by a margin of 52% to 40%.

https://ktla.com/news/poll-shows-newsom-with-wide-lead-over-gop-challenger-state-sen-brian-dahle/

[The Unmitigated Gall]

1. Well shit, I have concerns

About where California is going…do I think for one Planck-length of time that a republiscum can responsibly address those concerns?

Fuck no… they’re arsonists on the best of days, terrorists on the worst.

[SunSeeker]

9. Exactly. nt

[Auggie]

2. Was this poll taken before his supervised drug site veto?

From the San Francisco Chronicle, August 22, 2022 (paywall)

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have allowed pilot programs where people could use drugs under the supervision of trained staff in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles, a blow to a long-fought battle to tackle the cities’ overdose crises.

In his veto letter, Newsom said the unlimited number of sites the legislation would have allowed could induce “unintended consequences,” mentioning “worsening drug consumption challenges.” He directed his Health and Human Services secretary and local officials to come back to the Legislature with detailed plans for a “truly limited pilot program.”

The most recent veto is a setback for many San Francisco officials who have pushed to open these sites for years to curb overdose deaths, but have held off because federal law still prohibits them and state law doesn’t provide protections for medical providers running the sites. But San Francisco could still move forward with opening a site after City Attorney David Chiu released a statement following Newsom’s veto that said he would support a nonprofit opening a site.

LINK: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Gov-Newsom-vetoes-bill-allowing-supervised-drug-17390653.php

He may have lost some votes (not mine, btw).

[onecaliberal]

3. Read about why he vetoed. He is worried about it making things worse.

There was no solid plan.

Newsom said the unlimited number of sites the legislation would have allowed could induce “unintended consequences,” mentioning “worsening drug consumption challenges.”

[Auggie]

4. Of course I read it. That's why I said I agreed with his veto.

[onecaliberal]

5. Then I'm not sure how anyone could be upset by

The Governor not wanting to make more addicts.

[Auggie]

6. There are upset people in The Bay Area

[onecaliberal]

7. They should go see what LA looks like. It could be them if the drug use proliferated with funding.

[SunSeeker]

8. His veto was not particularly controversial or unexpected.

As your article notes, federal law still prohibits these drug use centers and state law doesn’t provide protections for medical providers running the sites. 

It will not affect his poll numbers. If anything, it might help them with the folks who are complaining about crime and drug use in their neighborhoods. CA is well known for its NIMBYs, and there are very few people who would want "supervised drug use centers" in their neighborhoods.