EXCLUSIVE: Dirty Politics! California recall candidate Kevin Kiley spotted picking up trash in LA in final stretch of special election to remove Governor Gavin Newsom
With just four days to go in the special election to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom from office, one of the candidates running for his job was seen picking up trash in Los Angeles on a very hot Labor Day.
California State Assemblyman Kevin Kiley stopped by Kitson at noon Monday to meet and greet supporters and to pose in front of a window dedicated to him and the voter-initiated recall slated for September 14.
Several business owners along Robertson Boulevard expressed their concern about the trash and dangerous waste left behind in back alleys by 'un-housed' residents in the area on a daily basis.
'Let me check it out,' Kiley told them.
After residents took the 36-year-old Republican to see the mess, he volunteered to help clean up despite being dressed in a tailored suit.
California State Assemblyman Kevin Kiley volunteered to pick up trash in alleyways in Los Angeles during a meet-and-greet campaign event on Monday
The 36-year-old gubernatorial candidate offered to help clean up after angry residents and business owners showed him the mess on the streets
Governor Gavin Newsom faces a recall on September 14 after California voters agreed to a special election to determine if he should stay in office
Using a trash picker, Kiley filled one and a half bags of dirty flyers, underwear, bottles, cans, food, toothbrushes and discarded masks.
'People are living here at night?' he asked, 'That's unacceptable and why this [recall election] is so important.'
It comes as Gavin Newsom, 53, has appeared in three different photo ops picking up trash, in Fresno on May 11, near USC on July 7, and most recently, in Long Beach on August 5.
Thanks to the recall effort, the governor has suddenly become a clean up expert, promoting his $1.1billion 'Clean California' program.
Kiley, elected in 2016 to serve the California's State Assembly 6th District (Rocklin, and other northern suburbs of Sacramento) has been a thorn in the side of Governor Newsom.
Despite initially telling his colleagues in the legislature to support him at the advent of the pandemic, he came to realize that special interest groups like the Teachers Union were controlling the highest office of the state.
Kiley and fellow legislator James Gallagher (R-Yuba City) sued Newsom last December to limit his use of emergency power during the Covid-19 pandemic.
In his 2021 book, Recall Newsom: The Case Against America's Most Corrupt Governor, he claimed a 'Third House' exists.
The embattled governor appeared in three different photo ops picking up trash, in Fresno on May 11, near USC on July 7, and most recently, in Long Beach on August 5 (pictured)
Newsom launched a 'Clean California' program amid the recall effort, hoping to tackle the state's litter problem
Using a trash picker, Kiley filled one and a half bags of dirty flyers, underwear, bottles, cans, food, toothbrushes and discarded masks
Among the litter were several discarded flyers calling for his opponent's ouster
'It's called that because lobbyists control the first two houses the Assembly and the Senate. And they certainly control the governor,' he wrote.
'Gavin Newsom's 2022 reelection account has over $19million, with primary funding from unions, associations, and major corporations with registered lobbyists. Several of these benefactors were around the table at his infamous French Laundry dinner [November 6, 2020].
'In fact, the lobbyist being feted that night apparently used his influence to help secure an exemption from Newsom's lockdowns for Hollywood [filming, production]. This is why Newsom's one-man rule as worked out so well for Special Interests.'
Attorney Kiley, a Harvard and Yale University graduate and former teacher, says this is why his campaign has only taken contributions from individuals.
'I refuse all funding from the Third House and am the only 100 percent citizen backed legislator.'
He also admits that California's problems existed long before Covid-19.
'We are the fifth largest economy in the world, we have up to half the nation's homeless,' he tells the DailyMail.com.
'We also have the highest rate of poverty, nearly the worst income inequality, the highest housing and gas prices, among the worst roads and bridges, and the worst education for poor students in the continental U.S.'
Kiley's cleanup effort was part of his visit to Kitson boutique in Los Angeles where he posed in front of a window dedicated to him and the voter-initiated recall slated for September 14
Several business owners along Robertson Boulevard expressed their concerns about the trash and dangerous waste left behind daily in back alleys by 'un-housed' residents in the area
He adds: 'A recent survey showed a staggering 53 per cent of residents were thinking of leaving. When over half your people want out, that's called a failed state.'
Earlier this week Kiley hit out at the governor in a tweet saying: 'Joe Biden is coming to campaign for Gavin Newsom. Imagine being so afraid of losing your job that you make the president stop doing his.'
Kiley on Monday posed with supporters outside Kitson, which was also the site of one of the biggest recall Newsom signature gathering movement.
Last December, DailyMail.com revealed that even Family Ties actress Justine Bateman, 55, was excited to see the large campaign trailer parked outside.
'How do we get rid of this guy?' she was overheard asking volunteers regarding Governor Newsom.
Kiley, however, faces stiff competition from fellow Republican frontrunner Larry Elder, 69, who campaigned that same day in Thousand Oaks, California.
As the DailyMail.com reported Wednesday Elder had an egg hurled at him while campaigning in the Venice Beach area by a foul-mouthed woman wearing a gorilla mask.
Kiley posed with a 'Recall Newsom' t-shirt inside Kitson, which was also the site of one of the biggest recall Newsom signature gathering movement last December
Kiley, however, faces stiff competition from fellow Republican frontrunner Larry Elder, 69, who campaigned that same day in Thousand Oaks, California
Republican, and former Keeping up with the Kardashians' star Caitlyn Jenner, 71, is also running to replace Newsom, along with 40 other candidates on the ballot.
'I'm generally recall resistant,' Kiley wrote in his book, 'I also believe that recalls, as a tool for throwing out politicians, should not be led by politicians themselves. They should be citizens' movements.'
He posed in front of Kitson- amongst the colorful pool floats - with many of those California citizens eager to see change.
Roxanne Beckford Hoge who attended the event at Kitson told DailyMail.com: 'This recall election is the best chance that free-thinking Californians have to wrestle control of our lives back from the cesspool of corruption and special interests that run our state.'
The mother, actress and business owner concluded: 'I'm voting yes so young people can have a future in the once Golden State.'
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