Three months in, Gavin Newsom has only tepid approval

Gavin Newsom coasted into the governorship last year, defeating his Republican rival by more than a 3-2 margin.
It seems a little odd, therefore, that three months into his governorship, he enjoys only tepid popular support.
A new poll by the Public Policy Institute of California found that just 45 percent of all adults, and the same percentage of likely voters, approve of Newsom’s governorship so far.
It’s not surprising that Republicans strongly disapprove of Newsom, the most outwa