there are several key questions that help people "read the tea leaves, "if you will. yes oh, no are governor? >> at this point they would vote to remove with 56% they would prefer to keep him at this point in time. >> interesting. any uncertainties? people who are unsure? >> we have about 5% who are unsure which is somewhat low considering it is kind of an abstract

this point. >> by the way leave that graphic up there. i want to ask you, dean, this adds up to 101%. i know it's not a big difference but is that a matter of you guys rounding up or down? >> yes, it is a matter of each person gets rounded number gets rounded to the truest sense of that number and taken together it does up at up to 101 in this place. >> got it but that adds up to a majority for people saying no, he does not need to be removed but what would you say about what people think of the governors job satisfactory performance? >> people in california are saying he is improving and similar in january and last february shortly before the statewide stay at home orders. it is down about 11 points since december when he had a high of nearly two in three approving but it is held standing with solid democratic support overtime. >> so right where he was when

he first took office, that bump, that peak shortly after the pandemic started when california was doing really well comparably to the rest of the company -- country? mccue mentioned the election. the recall numbers are similar to the november 2008 gubernatorial election with 38% of people voted against him so today we 54 in 10 like voters say they would vote to remove him so it is not all that different. >> the news headlines might suggest a different intent but if you look at it now, the same number of people for recalling him. what about question number three? that is, is the worst of the pandemic over? what does your survey say about that? >> we have seen a sharp increase in the share of folks saying the worst of the pandemic is behind us.

that is a change from earlier this year. and tied to that, for the first time, we are seeing less than half people at least somewhat concerned about getting the coronavirus and requiring hospitalization so we have really seen some optimism when it comes to both the coronavirus as well as staged rollout of the actual vaccine were now we have half of californians saying that the distribution has been excellent or good. so that is a change from january. >> okay so taken together, what does this suggest about newsom's chances? as we know, in politics when people feel like things are not optimistic or going well they vote the guy or gal out and when things are going better, they keep them. >> i would say the status of coronavirus is helping him in this case. the fact that schools are slowly starting to open. the fact that about three in four californians and 7 out of 10 voters support the covid

relief package and $7.6 billion past and about the same share supported, support the $6.6 billion education reopening plan. these are all things that are leading to kind of a more positive outlook for the governor. >> dean, i wonder how much these results split along party lines? we do know california democrat registration is double republican registration and a lot of in independence, too? >> you have 8 in 10 democrats saying they would like to keep the governor as well as over half of independents. if you consider the fact that democratic registration is just shy of 50% of registered voters and yet another one in four independent, that is an uphill climb. there are 8 in 10 republicans

who would vote to remove the governor but when you consider there are about one in four registered voters at this time, it is just going to be essentially a math issue. >> right. it does seem interesting. the results vary by region and the bay area seems most intent on keeping governor newsome? >> about two in three in the bay area are supportive of keeping the governor. compared to, you know, about half in most places but about nearly 6 in 10 in los angeles. so, yeah, there is this regional divide. it is the same regional divide when we see his approval ratings. about half outside the bay area actually approve of him. where two-thirds inside the bay area approve of him so it is being driven by the bay area as well. >> i know the democratic democratics demographics have changed but

ray bogan, would you say the same about his job performance? >> the big takeaway or one of the big takeaways is that 2021 is not 2003. gray davis from early in 2003 all the way back in february was having about 7 in 10 likely voters disapproving of his job performance. and in fact, every time we ask the recall question, at least half or more were saying they wanted to vote to remove him. so when 55% actually voted to remove him, it wasn't like it really came out of left field. it was something that you could see coming regarding especially the disapproval where it was about 7 in 10 or more throughout 2003. that is just not what you are seeing with governor newsome. >> a very different picture. okay, your survey showed a couple of other interesting

topics. not too much time left but if you could cover biden on covid, u.s. senators on california come how well they are right now and race relations? how well are we doing with those things? right now about two in three californians approve of president biden similar to about 7 in 10 that approved of him in january. when you look at the senators, we have just under half of californians are approving of their elected senators. and with about folks unsure or don't really have enough information when it comes to senator padilla. 47% approve of senator feinstein. overall, congress actually gets worse ratings for your have about half disapproving of the u.s. congress. and so, you know, are not necessarily happy with what is going on in washington as far as congress but our folks are kind of okay with at least for now more likely to

approve then disapprove of this. >> i said i was out of time but i have to ask you this to wrap things up. what motivated the public policy institute of california to do these polls? i know you are nonpartisan and not trying to influence issues, races or elections. >> we have been polling california politics and policy for just over 20 years. so these are the types of things that we like to do. we do a lot of governance, a lot of politics. but we also do kind of policy options as well so we like to have a mix of things and with the recall, it is just such a huge story right now in california. it would not seem right for us not to do it so we always do gubernatorial approval so without this time we would start asking about the recall. we will continue to track this

assuming there is going to be a recall election in the fall. well, the results are fascinating. dean bonner, associate survey director for the public policy institute of california, thank you. >> thank you. we have had a lot of

and welcome back. violence and fight bias against asian americans have reached a tipping point, so much so that two things are happening. one, many people want to be allies and help. two, the asian american community is mobilizing,

speaking out and taking action like never before. today, over 1000 asian american business leaders took out this full-page ad in the wall street journal saying enough is enough. this by david lou who organized this. they are committing $10 million to nonprofits supporting social justice. joining us to talk about how silicon valley is stepping up is wesley chan, managing director at -- adventures based in menlo park. thanks for joining us, >> excited to be here. thank you. >> i like your golden gate bridge background, by the way. >> thank you. >> there are multiple efforts by business leaders to put their money where their mouth is to stop aapi hate. you are in a group of about 200 that includes zoom and tge venture capital that invest in airbnb, tik tok and snap. tell us about your efforts? >> we are very excited. we hit $5 million over the last three days. this effo effo effo

be capital when they said we would match up to 150,000 in donations. we joined said this is super important to the community. we all came together on the effort and in less than three days, we said this is such a big effort that we need to do something about it. we hit our goal of $5 million. >> $5 million is a lot of money. where is that going? >> we are donating to five different groups, stop aapi, asian americans advancing justice, the gofundme were support of the aa cal community and passion oregon, groups that are helping citizens and asians affected by this terrible sort of issue and advancing and advocating for police and for politicians to be held to account to make sure we can stop this terrible epidemic of hate against this community. >> last year many tech companies stepped up to support

black lives matter and issues related to building of the black community, talking about education, diversity offices, representation and so many things. i want to ask you, doing this and being really vocal for the asian american community, do you think your industry is finally getting more involved with social justice issues and why now? >> yes, actually, i think violence and hate against any group is 100% unacceptable. being asian and a person who suffers personally weather at airports where people say, home, come go back to where you came from, it is terrible. now you're seeing this terrible epidemic of violence against folks who are elderly and asian getting beat up. we just said enough is enough. we should speak up and these are community that are typically very tightknit or competitive but that the end of the day we have to get together in efforts to say this is important and the world should be aware and we will be here to

advocate support. >> competitive is good when you are racing against each other to raise money and see. who can raise the most. you alluded to this but how have you encountered racism either growing up in southern california or living here in the bay area? there are two issues. one is, first of all, situations that are unfortunate. i have been told multiple times in the airport, go back to where you came from. i came from here. i was born here. i can only imagine how many other folks that are being affected and having that feeling of inadequacy. and i think parents and other folks are just afraid now. there is a fear of being beat up or attacked randomly because of how you look, where you are up from and this anger is undeserving and 100%

inappropriate and unacceptable. those are issues affecting multiple people in this community and that's why we banded together to say we have to speak up. that is why this $5 million will go by this issue. >> what do you see in terms of discrimination in tech or the vc world? a lot of people on the outside look at this tech and say there is a large percentage of asian americans, very successful, in this field. >> there is discrimination in many different fields. personally, all i can say is that i made sure that we can help our ceos, founders. we can help in our boardrooms with folks that run these companies that we are lucky enough to invest in. check that bias out the door and say it is important to treat every person, whether asian or whatever else, equally so we can move towards a more equitable society. >> why now?

because i see a decided difference, right, between the tone and approach of this new generation of asian american business leaders. a lot of them in tech. it seems to be a different approach than their parents. what does this say to you about this coming-of-age for asian americans? >> it is unfortunate that many people are facing this violence and hate but i think that one silver lining is that you are seeing people speak up. we saw the ad in the journal and the announcement of $5 million and saying, people saying enough is enough. we want to make sure that our voice is heard and the efficacy is there to make sure that folks are not advancing more hatred in our society. >> recognizing your power if you will and influence, and your role, in our society, what more do you think you can do as avc? could you invest in companies that have a social equity bent or make our society more fair,

better for everyone? >> absolutely. i think towards that. this is a small sort of token to say that we care and we are speaking up. i think a lot of our investments need to go towards folks that are in different categories and positions in the community to advance that equity that we are supposed and hoping to be achieving in society. -- >> sorry. we are having some hits to our signal and of course it is technology that gets us in this conversation. i do appreciate you. wes chan , thank you so much for sharing this and showing it to everybody. >> thank you. >> our thanks to wes for

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journey. they wanted to get people fired up, early in the morning. they have a long day so they started putting people, music on their ipod so we said let's put this on for people getting their vaccines. it started early with kind of like elevator music and there is "outcast" on this playlist now. >> can you say the titles? >> "here comes the sun." you have "little bellwethers" in there, five stair steps i think that is, all the way you to you have madonna on there, "sidewalk talk." you have some deep cuts. club music, a little bit like that. >> all optimistic, right? >> all optimistic, all upbeat. they noticed that people loved it and they are going out there

and kind of kicking up their heels on the way out. it is a celebratory moment so why not some celebratory music. we have heard "don't sans stand so close to me." kind of a pun. >> reporter: so that is kind of a good thing for workers and those coming in but who maintains the list and who expands it? who can suggest songs? >> it has evolved. i think early on they had like the same seven songs and, you know, hearing "can't stop the feeling" from the trolls soundtrack is driving people crazy. it went from being on somebody's phone or ipod they handed it to an event company already working on things that must tony. they get requests and they have a lot of fun stuff. they vary it with a little more club music. lots of surprises. i have tele heard people telling me

john denver showed up. so get vaccinated at john rusconi and you will have a little jukebox. >> and it is free. no quarters needed. a lot of people watching it say they love that style of music. what do people remember most? >> either remember the exact soundtrack. they are telling me song after song after song that played or they don't remember and i have done follow-up questions with some people and it turns out they had their headphones on and did not hear it at all but a lot of people, you have your wedding song, maybe the song you son to your kid. this is going to be another one of those songs like the song you heard when you got vaccinated is going to be special song i think, to a lot of people. >> no doubt because that is a big moment, right? you all remember the moment when you got vaccinated. what about you? did you get vaccinated there and do you remember the song?

i'm 50 years old so i qualify tomorrow. there are some openings today so i have been on the website, hitting refresh over and over in my colleague, ann said if you like, went to concerts and did the tower records things getting your tickets and tried to get springsteen tickets those skills are fresh right now. i'm hoping my vaccine is that must only center. >> you are eligible and i look for appointments at the moscone he. hard to come by. another reviewer suggested "my shot, "from hamilton. here we go. ♪ not going to miss my ♪ >> i already sang for you wants but i'm not going to miss -- >> not going to miss my shot, something like that. since you are the culture critic, what does this say about san francisco that at our main vaccination site we have a playlist? >> you know, i think it says a lot. i think that if you look at it

a lot of people here want to get vaccinated. people have been wearing masks. the numbers are lower in san francisco than any big city except maybe seattle and there is a little bit of a bonding experience going on here. that is going to carry on even after this is over. i think we will go back to movie theaters and ballgames and look around and say this community all kind of looked out for each other and fought through this together. that is a lot of what this is about. it is kind of a silly, funny thing but i think people are feeling a little bit of bonding and appreciation for the people around them who are doing the right things. smith all right, peter hartlaug, "the san francisco chronicle"'s culture critic and part-time

tonight, the raw and emotional moment. the witness sobbing on the stand in the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. charles mcmillan was a witness that day, breaking down after seeing police body cam video of george floyd all over again, saying, "i can't breathe" and calling out for his mother. that witness telling jurors today why it was so painful to hear those words. and tonight, for the first time, we hear former officer chauvin's voice from the police body cam played in court. the coronavirus here in the u.s. the major headline tonight that could effect millions of children. pfizer saying human trials shows its vaccine is 100% effective at preventing covid in children between 12 and 15 with no serious side effects. what this could mean for vaccinationd