California held its gubernatorial recall election on September 14, 2021. Official results from the California Secretary of State and major news outlets show that the “No” vote on recalling Governor Gavin Newsom won by a large margin, approximately 61.9% “No” to 38.1% “Yes”, a spread of nearly 24 percentage points, which is widely characterized as a decisive or comfortable victory.

• The California Secretary of State’s certified results show about 7.94 million “No” votes vs. 4.84 million “Yes” votes on the recall question, confirming Newsom was not removed from office.
• Major coverage at the time (e.g., AP, NYT, LA Times) consistently described this as a solid/comfortable win, not a narrow escape.

Given that Sacks predicted Newsom would “cruise towards defeating the recall,” and Newsom in fact defeated the recall by a large, clear margin, the prediction is right.

Key sources (paraphrased):

• California Secretary of State – certified 2021 gubernatorial recall election results (showing ~61.9% No vs. 38.1% Yes on the recall question).
• Contemporary news summaries from major outlets confirming Newsom’s wide margin of victory and characterizing it as a decisive win.