https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/11/california-recall-newsom-urges-supporters-polls-dont-vote-people-vote/ > OAKLAND — In the final weekend before Tuesday’s recall election, a “hopeful” Gov. Gavin Newsom, buoyed by the latest polls, stopped in West Oakland on Saturday to urge union workers and other supporters to get out and vote. > The result, Newsom said, could have national implications and, he argued, be a “life-and-death decision.”