Saturday, September 7, 2019
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Your Tax Dollars at Work
$342K-a-Year Assistant
OCReg: Inglewood mayor’s $342K-a-year assistant escorted out of City Hall, hires high-profile lawyer
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Redevelopment Rising
CG: Is Redevelopment Rising From the Dead?
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Road Rage
CalM: Trump’s dual threat to California’s car deal
- LAT $: Trump warns California that emissions deal with automakers may be illegal
- AP: Trump challenges California power to control auto pollution
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CA GOP Convention
AP: California’s struggling GOP looks to rebound in 2020
- KQED: Fresh Face, Fresh Start for the California GOP?
- SFC: Recruiting African Americans to the GOP: Bay Area woman says she can do it
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State Employee Perk
SacBee: Contract extends $3,100 health care perk to another group of California state employees -
SEIU Power Play
SacBee: Newsom signs SEIU-backed bill requiring Kaiser to share more hospital financial data
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Under the Dome
Reason: Uber and Lyft Offer Drivers a $21 Minimum Wage. California Lawmakers Say It's Not Enough. - VOSD: New State Bill Would Require a PLA for Pure Water Project
- LAT $: California vaccine bill exemption rules agreed to by Newsom and lawmakers
- AP: California lawmaker, governor reach deal on vaccine bill
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Insurance Commissioner Scandal
CG: Why Is Ricardo Lara Quiet on Hundreds of Thousands of Homeowners Insurance Cancellations? -
Trump Ballot Access
AP: California says tax return law doesn’t bar ballot access -
Get Out the Felon Vote
CG: Bill to allow formerly imprisoned felons to vote passes in the Assembly
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Air Board Rules
LAT $: Air board kills regulation of dangerous refinery acid in favor of oil industry plan -
College Admissions
LAT $: College admissions scandal: Prosecutors recommend one-month sentence for Felicity Huffman - LAT $: CSU may up their college admissions requirements. But will that hurt low-income students?
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PG&E Debacle
CalM: Without state bond, PG&E needs money — and hedge funds await CA’s largest utility
- SacBee: PG&E wildfire payment plan dies in Capitol, for now
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Homebuilding Bill
PE: Bill to boost California homebuilding headed to Newsom’s desk -
Homeless Crisis
CG: State Armories Would Be Used As Crisis and Bridge Housing Under Bill Now in Senate - SFC: Sponsor pulls bill to open California community college parking lots to homeless
- LAT $: To chase away homeless people, 7-Eleven stores in L.A. use classical music
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Dive Boat Tragedy
LAT $: At vigil for Conception boat fire victims, love of diving unites and soothes mourners
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Hunter Trial
SDUT: Rep. Duncan Hunter argues his campaign filings are immune from prosecution -
Vaping Deaths
SDUT: More deaths associated with mysterious vaping illness; 11 cases reported in San Diego County - SFC: Juul sharing customer info with PR firm to find vaping ‘success stories’
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Wildfire Season
PE: Containment of Tenaja fire near Murrieta expected to jump overnight
- AP: Containment increases on Southern California wildfire
- AP: California law exempts wildfire victims from solar rules
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Congress 2020
VOSD: VOSD Podcast: The Race for the 53rd Is Wide Open (for Democrats) -
Immigration Agenda Setting
SFC: Disabled Concord woman from Guatemala fights to stay in the US
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The Golden Pen
Steven Greenhut
OCReg: Worker-rights bill does no favors for drivers or consumers
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Liz Helms
CalM: California congressional delegation needs to protect patients against surprise medical bills -
Jacob Sullum
Reason: San Francisco's Anti-NRA Policy Could Be Unconstitutional -
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Reject charter school ‘deal’ that undermines educational choice -
Nor. Cal
SacBee: Almost 400 California prison inmates joined dorm-busting riot at north state camp
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Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Sources: Major League Soccer and Sacramento agree to deal framework for expansion franchise - SacBee: Lawsuit alleges discrimination against disabled, black students at Sacramento City Unified
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East Bay
KQED: For Oakland's Wounded Music Scene, No Ghost Ship Verdict Could Deliver Justice - SFC: Richmond chief on leave after vote, acting replacement appointed
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SF Bay Area
AP: Tourists may pay tolls to drive crooked San Francisco street
- SFC: Housing and retail redevelopment of UCSF campus gets key SF approval
- SFC: SF’s DCCC endorses Brown, Breed, Loftus — one campaign
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Central Valley
Stanislaus County’s Head Start receives big boost in $26 million federal funding - State homeless officials converge on Modesto to hear city, Stanislaus County story
- New McHenry bridge over Stanislaus will be done sooner than planned. Now the bad news
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Central Coast
CalCoast: SLO County raids large illegal marijuana grow -
Ventura County
VCStar $: Conejo parks latest to sue Edison over Woolsey Fire -
Los Angeles County
LADN: U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry visits the Santa Susana Field Lab
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Orange County
OCReg: Orange County taking steps to crack down on addiction treatment fraud - OCReg: Running for office(s)? For many Orange County politicians the answer is yes. Always.
- OCReg: Proposed Cal State Fullerton Master Plan calls for 6,000-seat event center, but no changes to Arboretum
- OCReg: Costa Mesa wants to weigh in on Fairview Developmental Center’s future
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San Diego County
SDUT: Poll shows Gloria with big lead over Bry in 2020 race for San Diego mayor - SDUT: SANDAG unveils spending blueprint for traffic-prone commuter corridors, vexing backers of freeway expansion
- SDUT: SANDAG board moves forward with formula used to set housing quotas