Saturday, April 8, 2017
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Buying Votes
SacBee: ‘Buying’ the votes for a gas-tax hike: Is it illegal or just good politics?
- How They Made the Sausage: 3 Deals Key to Passage of Transportation Bill
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Pay Up!
LADN: Small business owners aren’t happy with California’s new gas taxes
- SJMN: California gas tax a victory for Jerry Brown 2.0
- SFC: Governor plays hardball to pass transportation bill
- SacBee: Vote to increase California gas tax came to chaotic end
- SBSun: California Legislature passes 12-cent gas tax hike to fund transportation infrastructure
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Drought Over
SDUT: Governor declares drought over but permanent conservation rules to come
- LAT $: Gov. Brown declares California drought emergency is over
- LAT $: California's drought is finally over, but its legacy will live on
- FresBee: State may be drenched, but ‘drought’ label remains on Valley and it’s partly about money
- SFC: Gov. Brown declares California drought officially over
- SBSun: Drought is over in California, governor declares; some watering restrictions remain
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CA Pension Crisis
LAT $: The cost of California’s public pensions is breaking the bank. Here’s one reason this problem is so hard to fix -
Pork in Transportation Tax
SacBee: Here’s what Sacramento gets from the new state transportation bill
- PE: Here's how a transportation bill side deal got $427 million for Riverside County
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Child Poverty in CA
LADN: Nancy Pelosi, Hilda Solis to join LA rally highlighting child poverty ‘crisis’ -
LA Turnout
LAT $: With counting almost complete, turnout in L.A.'s congressional primary is about 13% - LA Times -
Trump Trade Guru
OCReg: Is Orange County's Peter Navarro still Trump's trade muse? -
Sanctuary Cities
SFC: 4 Voices: Are sanctuary cities good for the community?
- SBSun: Activist: I’m receiving threats over my initiative to ban undocumented immigrant students from Yucaipa-Calimesa schools
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Leaving CA
FH: Misguided State Policies Lead To More Companies Leaving California -
Birthday Boy
LAT $: Gov. Jerry Brown celebrates his 79th birthday with cake and a political victory -
Congress 2018: Royce Re-Elect
OCReg: Ed Royce is the only Orange County Republican Congress member with no challenger
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Google Targeted
SJMN: US regulators accuse Google of underpaying female workers - Google fights disclosure of information about female employees' pay: Labor Department
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CA AG vs. EPA
California attorney general requests documents on EPA chief -
Pharma Fight
California Presses Forward in Fight to Regulate Pharma
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Adam Schiff in Spotlight
SacBee: Rep. Adam Schiff, chief critic of Trump-Russia ties, to address California Democrats -
Trump Travel Ban
SJMN: Trump asks 9th Circuit to suspend ‘extraordinary’ travel ban ruling
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The Golden Pen
Joel Fox
FH: Ugly Lawmaking on Display for All to See
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Larry Sand
OCReg: AB1220 is an improvement, but why do teachers need tenure at all? -
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: If tech bubble bursts, California must be ready -
Joe Mathews
FH: The Pointless Prop 54
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OC Register Editorial
OCReg: At Pierce, other colleges, ‘free-speech' zones must go -
Dr. Steven J. Allen
OCReg: Surfrider Foundation conceals lobbying expenses -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Should potentially lucrative pot permits be reserved for minority communities? -
SF Bay Area
LAT $: Thousands of gallons of diesel fuel and oil leak from capsized barge in San Francisco Bay
- SFC: Well-intentioned landlords hit brick wall at S.F. Housing Authority
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South Bay
SJMN: Hills at Vallco wins award, though Cupertino voters rejected it -
Central Valley
FresBee: Fresno Unified expands bilingual programs at two schools - FresBee: For Lee Brand, aunt’s death awakens an emotional family journey
- FresBee: What it costs to rent in Fresno County – and whether you can afford it
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Is the SLO City Council on the side of out of town developers? -
Ventura County
VCStar $: Aid programs help crime victims move on -
Los Angeles County
LADN: Mexican governors slam Trump’s ‘offensive’ border wall at LA City Hall
- LAT $: Train outage in downtown L.A. causes major delay on Blue and Expo lines
- LADN: Parents sue LA coroner over accidental cremation, coroner claims confusion
- LAT $: Councilmen urge city to declare homeless shelter crisis in L.A.
- LAT $: In narrow election, downtown votes against creating neighborhood council for skid row
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Orange County
OCReg: As Orange County rents rise, here's how much of a raise you'll need to afford them -
Riverside County
PE: Hemet formally declares a war on crime