Caitlyn Jenner says ‘California is sick,’ problems go beyond COVID

Though the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic may be in the rearview mirror for California, gubernatorial candidate Caitlyn Jenner, looking to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom in a recall election, says the state still has a long way to go.

The diagnosis came despite the Democratic governor’s announcement of a major economic recovery plan and a massive rollout of the vaccine – an effort that has been credited for declining COVID cases in the state.  Newsom’s critics, meanwhile, contend that the governor’s budget proposal amounts to a cash giveaway to take some of the steam out of the recall effort.  Critics of the governor’s policies and handling of the pandemic gained enough signatures to trigger a recall election that political analysts in the state predict will likely happen later this year.