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Roger Salazar, a spokesman for the party, confirmed that Bauman had submitted his resignation. Alexandra Gallardo Rooker, who assumed the role of acting chair on Tuesday, will continue to lead the party until a new permanent chair is elected.

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Bauman had been California Democratic Party chairman since May 2017. He was the first openly gay person to lead the party in the state.

A growing chorus of voices had called for Bauman’s resignation in the days since Daraka Larimore-Hall, the state party’s vice chairman, sent a letter to the party’s secretary last week urging Bauman’s removal.

In the letter, Larimore-Hall said he had been approached by several party staff members with “credible, corroborated and utterly heart-breaking” allegations that Bauman had sexually harassed and assaulted them. On Saturday, Bauman issued a statementGalloway on Metro Morning.

And yet, one elementary school in downtown Toronto, the Alpha Alternative Jr. School, had a 43.75 per cent rate of inoculation — the lowest in the city, according to a Global News investigation based on 2012 Toronto Public Health data.

"How is it that a school has a 43 per cent vaccination rate?" Galloway asked.

The answer, it turns out, is somewhat complicated by a lack of nationwide immunization regulations and provinces that allow for certain exemptions.

Philosophical exemptions

Ontario is one of only two provinces that mandate children be vaccinated in order to attend school. The other is New Brunswick. Everywhere else it is voluntary.

The Ontario Immunization of School Pupils Act requires vaccination against a range of diseases, including: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (also known as whooping cough), polio,