Shoe-string effort to recall Newsom gets $500k injection from Orange Co. company

Two six-figure contributions highlight the growing peril facing California’s governor amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom has received its first six-figure infusion, underscoring the effort’s potential.

Irvine-based consulting firm Prov 3:9, LLC contributed $500,000 to one of the committees seeking to put a recall election before California voters. The effort also received roughly $100,000 from Sequoia Capital partner Douglas Leone and his wife Patricia Perkins-Leone, who donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to President Donald Trump and allied Republican groups this last campaign cycle.

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