Governor of California race will become governor. The 2003 California recall began with a petition drive that successfully forced sitting Democratic Governor Gray Davis into a special recall election. It marked the first time in the history of California that a governor faced a recall election. He was subsequently voted out of office, becoming the second governor in the history of the United States to be recalled after Lynn Frazier of North Dakota in 1921. He was replaced by Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Lieutenant Governor of California is separately elected during the same election, not jointly as the running mate of the gubernatorial
LGBT rights in California updates California law similarly to "SB 1306". The California lower house approved the bill by a vote of 63-1 with amendments, and passed the state Senate by a vote of 34-0. The bill became both engrossed and enrolled, meaning it passed both houses in the same form. The bill was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown, and went into effect on January 1, 2017. Same-sex adoption has been legal since 2003 and artificial insemination for lesbian couples has been legal since 1976. Altruistic or commercial surrogacy has been legal in California since 1990. In September 2012, Californian Democrat Governor