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Garcia focused heavily on California’s high cost of living and gasoline — a potent message in a commuter district where many residents who are drawn by cheaper housing but commute two hours or more to work in Los Angeles.

State law does not allow Newsom to pardon or commute the sentences of someone with more than one felony conviction without the high court’s approval.

“How bad could the commute be?” we naively thought.

Then I would head home and, on the last leg of my commute, enter a different world.

In previous elections, Garcia’s focus on California’s high cost of living and gasoline was effective in the commuter district, where many residents drawn by cheaper housing commute two hours or more to work in Los Angeles.