WOW! New data from PPIC (the gold standard for polling in California) reports that Gavin Newsom is entering the final stretch of his governorship more popular than any California governor at the same point in their tenure in the history of the question being asked since the late 1990s.
NEWSOM: 51% | 76% Dems
BROWN: 49% | 71% Dems
SCHWARZENEGGER: 28% | 33% Republicans
DAVIS: 31% | 40% Dems