RIGHT. >> IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN. JUST A WEEK FROM THE PRIMARY ELECTION, ACTIVISTS SET THEIR SIGHTS ON GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM. >> A NEW RECALL EFFORT COMES JUST TWO YEARS AFTER NEWSOM, SUCCESSFUL. HE BEAT THAT PREVIOUS ATTEMPT TO GET HIM OUT OF OFFICE. ABC SEVEN NEWS REPORTER LUZ PENA SPOKE TO THE CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR OF THE NEW RECALL AND IS HERE WITH WHAT SHE FOUND OUT. LUZ. >> YEAH, AROUND 9:30 A.M, THE GROUP BEHIND RESCUE CALIFORNIA FILED A NOTICE OF INTENT TO RECALL THE GOVERNOR. THIS LESS THAN THREE YEARS AFTER THE LAST RECALL. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM IS FACING ANOTHER RECALL ATTEMPT LESS THAN THREE YEARS AFTER BEATING THE LAST ONE. THE GROUP BEHIND THIS ONE SUBMITTING ALMOST 500 SIGNATURES TO BEGIN THE PROCESS. >> WE GOT THEM IN THREE DAYS. UM THEY RANGED FROM MOSTLY JUST DEPRESSED, REPRESSED. AND SUPPRESSED CITIZENS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ALONG WITH SOME LEADERSHIP AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. AND SO FORTH. UM, AND, AND, UH, WE'RE FILING AND WE'RE NOT MESSING AROUND. >> THE GROUP RESCUE CALIFORNIA ACCUSED THE GOVERNOR OF ABANDONING THE STATE TO ADVANCE HIS PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS, POINTING TO A LIST OF ISSUES ACROSS CALIFORNIA. >> THE HIGHEST HOMELESS RATES, HIGHEST TAXES IN THE COUNTRY. UM, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE IN THERE AS REASONS FOR THE RECALL. AND INCLUDED IN THAT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY AND EDUCATION ISSUES. >> BUT GRANTING HEALTH BENEFITS TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS AND THE STATE'S RECORD $73 BILLION DEFICIT ARE THE BIGGEST MOTIVATORS NOW HAVE A $73 BILLION DEFICIT. >> HE'S NOT QUALIFIED RIGHT NOW. HE'S NOT DOING HIS JOB. HE CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T BE APPLYING FOR ANOTHER ONE. >> ON EX-GOVERNOR NEWSOM RESPONDED TO THE RECALL ATTEMPT. TRUMP REPUBLICANS ARE LAUNCHING ANOTHER WASTEFUL RECALL CAMPAIGN TO DISTRACT US FROM THE EXISTENTIAL FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY AND REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM. WE WILL DEFEAT THEM SOME OF CALIFORNIA'S TOP DEMOCRATS, INCLUDING ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB BONTA AND SENATORS PADILLA AND BUTLER, RUSHED TO CONDEMN THE RECALL ATTEMPT. HOW SERIOUS IS THIS RECALL? >> IT'S NOT VERY SERIOUS, GAVIN NEWSOM HAS BEAT BACK RECALLS BEFORE, OR HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING NECESSARILY SCANDALOUS SINCE THEN. AND WE STILL HAVE A PRETTY STRONG DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN THE STATE, MENLO COLLEGE POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR MELISSA MICHAELSON DOES THINK THAT WHILE THE BUDGET DEFICIT MAY NOT GET HIM RECALLED, IT COULD IMPACT NEWSOM'S PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE CHALLENGING FOR THE GOVERNOR TO MOVE ON TO THE NATIONAL STAGE IF HE DOESN'T HAVE A STRONG ECONOMIC RECORD IN CALIFORNIA TO BUILD ON, AND DURING THE 2021 RECALL ATTEMPT, GOVERNOR NEWSOM RAISED MORE THAN $70 MILLION FROM DONORS AND THE RECALL MOVEMENT RAISED 8 MILLION. >> PROFESSOR MICHAELSON SAID THIS LATEST RECALL COULD POTENTIALLY LEAD TO GOVERNOR NEWSOM GETTING MORE
