President Biden Journeys To California; Newsom Recall Support; Wildfire Damage Tour On Agenda

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/AP) — For the archetypal clip since his election, President Joe Biden boarded Air Force One Monday to caput to California for a circuit of the devastation near successful the aftermath of the Caldor Fire and springiness enactment to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who faces a callback predetermination connected Tuesday.

Before helium arrives astatine the erstwhile Mather Air Force Base successful suburban Sacramento, President Biden volition marque a halt successful Boise to sojourn the National Interagency Fire Center — which is coordinating the national and authorities conflict against this year’s outbreak of wildfires successful the west.

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He is expected to present remarks connected his administration’s effect to the wildfires and marque the lawsuit for his duplicate economical proposals and specifically however they would fortify the nation’s resilience to the clime situation and utmost upwind events.

“Folks, the grounds is clear: Climate alteration poses an existential menace to our lives, to our economy,” Biden said during the New York sojourn of harm near successful the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. “And the menace is here; it’s not going to get immoderate better. The question: Can it get worse? We tin halt it from getting worse.”

Once successful California, helium volition survey harm from the Caldor Fire by taking an aerial circuit of El Dorado County. Containment of the occurrence had grown to 67% by Monday greeting with the pain portion stretching 219,267 acres. The blaze has destroyed 1,003 structures including respective 100 homes successful Grizzly Flats.

On Sunday, President Biden signed a declaration of exigency covering the occurrence zone, freeing up national dollars to assistance with the betterment efforts.

In the evening, his attraction volition pivot from wildfires and clime alteration to the Newsom recall.

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President Biden volition question to Long Beach and present remarks astatine a run rally up of Tuesday’s callback election. Newsom is attempting to stave disconnected a Republican-backed effort to oust him, which is motivated successful portion by choler toward his pandemic restrictions.

As for polling, there’s been an evident displacement implicit the past respective weeks arsenic the callback predetermination draws nearer.

The latest canvass released by the LA Times and IGS UC Berkeley poll, shows much than 60 percent of apt voters reason the recall, compared to astir 39 percent successful support.

That’s a overmuch larger differential than conscionable weeks ago.

“From decades of research, the person you get to an election, the much reliable the polls,” said Lauren Wright of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.

The displacement successful polling favoring Newsom tin beryllium partially tied to a clearer representation of the starring GOP candidate.

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“Part of the crushed Democrats and left-leaning independents person travel backmost to supporting Gavin Newsom is they spot the alternate arsenic idiosyncratic successful Larry Elder who would instrumentality the authorities successful a precise antithetic direction, particularly astir the pandemic,” said UC San Diego governmental subject prof Thad Kousser.