Saturday, April 18, 2020
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Economic Crisis
AP: California’s unemployment rate soars, but worst yet to come
- CalM: What comes next for California cities? Deficits, bailouts and long recoveries
- LAT $: California is in a ‘pandemic-induced recession,’ Newsom says
- VOC: Economic Pain and Frustration Grow in Orange County Under Stay Home Orders
- FresBee: Coronavirus updates: Unemployment, job losses mounting; Fresno County budget takes a hit
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Coronavirus Cases: 2,269,145
Coronavirus Update: 2,269,145 Cases and 155,190 Deaths
- Reuters: U.S. coronavirus death toll passes 35,000, cases top 700,000
- SJMN: Gov. Newsom: California sees ‘worst 24-hour period since this virus attacked people’
- AP: California tops 1,000 coronavirus deaths as economy tumbles
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First Amendment Rights Lawsuit
SFC: SF attorney sues over coronavirus ban on religious gatherings
- VCStar $: Pastor, rabbi demand county rescind parts of virus order
- SacBee: Placerville leaders want coronavirus order lifted – including the recovering vice mayor
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Homeless Response
LADN: LA to dispatch ‘street medical teams’ to test homeless for coronavirus
- AP: California struggles to slow COVID-19 among homeless
- LADN: Lawndale and Bell Gardens aim to impede efforts to house homeless, LA County contends
- SJMN: Bay Area homeless shelters struggle to prevent next coronavirus outbreak
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Property Rights Fight
CG: Bill to Reduce California Rents by 25% Using Coronavirus Crisis as Opportunity to Erode Property Rights -
Newsom Taskforce
AP: Business, labor, politics have role in California task force
- SFC: Tom Steyer, four ex-California governors to advise Newsom
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McClintock on Economy
SacBee: Tom McClintock doesn’t fault coronavirus for economic destruction. Here’s who he blames -
Testing for All
AP: California county offers virus testing to all who seek it -
Cannabis Sales
LAT $: Boom times for cannabis businesses as Californians, in a pandemic fog, isolate indoors -
Special Exemption
OCReg: Music industry, lawmakers, unions agree on revamp to AB5
- CG: Musicians and Music Professionals to Receive AB 5 Exemption
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Defiance!
VOC: Some Orange County Residents Defy Stay-at-home Orders With Protests in Huntington Beach, San Clemente - OCReg: Scores of people gather in Huntington Beach to protest coronavirus stay-at-home orders
- LAT $: ‘Live Free or Die’: Protesters march against California stay-at-home rules in Huntington Beach
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AG Power Grab
AP: California’s attorney general defends virus shutdowns -
Free Money!
LADN: 450,000-plus apply for L.A.’s Angeleno debit cards to help make it through coronavirus crisis
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According to the Experts
LAT $: Coronavirus infections could be much more widespread than believed, California study suggests - CG: Stanford University Random Sampling Test Shows Coronavirus More Widespread and Less Deadly Than ‘Experts’ Claimed
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Hospital Surge
LAT $: L.A. Surge Hospital will help aid coronavirus pandemic - Fewer Patients Visiting Urgent Cares, Emergency Departments During Pandemic | KPBS
- SJMN: California hospitals warned to brace for surge if coronavirus social distancing measures lifted
- SDUT: Hospital ship Mercy crew to move off ship after several test positive for coronavirus
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Under the Dome
VOSD: Sacramento Report: Coronavirus Hearing Highlights Budget (and Tech) Challenges to Come
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Essential Businesses
SacBee: California car dealers are essential businesses during the pandemic. But customers stay away -
Scam Alert
SDUT: Federal prosecutors, FBI to discuss COVID-19 scams in ‘telephone town hall’ with AARP members -
Farmworker Pay
CalM: Cut farmworker pay during the crisis? Don’t do it, California growers say - FresBee: Farming, ranching industries to get financial aid amid coronavirus pandemic
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Wasteful Spending
Reason: Governments Splurged on Stadiums and Luxury Hotels Before Coronavirus Shut Them All Down
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Campaign 2020
SFC: California Democrats who flipped seats in 2018 have plenty of cash for 2020 - SFC: Progressive group spending $5M to boost turnout among voters of color
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Immigration Threat
SFC: Principal threatened to call ICE on undocumented parent. She sued, lost -
White House 2020
SFC: Kamala Harris ‘would be honored’ to be Joe Biden’s running mate
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The Golden Pen
Steven Greenhut
OCReg: Will COVID-19 force planners to rethink their love of density?
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Joe Mathews
OCReg: California must invest in its future during coronavirus crisis - FH: Let’s Stick to One Election at a Time
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Benjamin Powell
OCReg: Governments can’t plan economy’s reopening -
SDUT Editorial
SDUT: Editorial: California lawmakers should be allowed to work remotely during coronavirus crisis -
Joel Fox
FH: The Tax Question
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OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Rethink jail policy during, and after, coronavirus pandemic -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Coronavirus crisis may mean more cuts to Sacramento school district’s already battered budget -
SF Bay Area
SFC: Huge SF-based medical provider offers coronavirus tests to everyone
- SJMN: Coronavirus: Bay Area seniors, vulnerable people can get help with shopping, errands
- SFC: San Francisco Mayor London Breed orders residents to wear masks
- SJMN: More than 48,000 already infected with COVID-19 in Santa Clara County, Stanford study estimates
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Central Valley
FresBee: Nearly 40 Fresno County low-level juvenile offenders set free to slow coronavirus spread - FresBee: Fresno County DA going after looters during coronavirus emergency, charges 3 suspects
- FresBee: By the numbers: Coronavirus in the San Joaquin Valley
- FresBee: Fresno County now has more than 300 coronavirus cases. Leaders release data for ethnicity
- Coronavirus cases rapidly increase in Stanislaus County. Here’s the latest city count.
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Lompoc prison inmate dies from coronavirus - CalCoast: Have coronavirus cases peaked in San Luis Obispo County?
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Ventura County
VCStar $: County-run parks reopen in time for the weekend -
Los Angeles County
LAT $: Less than half of L.A. County residents still have jobs amid economic upheaval
- LADN: Coronavirus pushes LA Times to close Glendale News-Press, Burbank Leader, La Cañada Sun
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Orange County
VOC: High Pay for Disneyland Area Resort Promotion Group, Visit Anaheim, Called Out in Email Memo From Anaheim City Manager After City Bailout - VOC: OC Expects to Receive $540 Million-Plus in Coronavirus Response Money From Feds
- OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County has 1,501 confirmed cases and 28 deaths as of April 17
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San Bernardino County
PE: San Bernardino County reports 8 more coronavirus deaths, 64 more cases - SBSun: 16 deaths, 103 cases of coronavirus now reported at Yucaipa nursing home
- SBSun: Coronavirus put 22,400 Inland Empire people out of work in March
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Riverside County
PE: Any Riverside County resident can now get coronavirus test, no symptoms necessary - PE: Riverside County coronavirus cases now at 2,457; deaths rise to 69
- PE: Riverside, San Bernardino counties change course, allow drive-up worship
- PE: Judge demands better Riverside County plan to protect inmates from coronavirus
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San Diego County
SDUT: Live updates: 7 more dead of COVID-19; county leaders begin charting economic path forward
- SDUT: Editorial: San Diego County should publicly list senior care facilities with COVID-19 cases
- VOSD: VOSD Podcast: What to Watch for as the Budget Moves Forward
- SDUT: Column: COVID-19 crisis may put $900 million housing bond in jeopardy
- SDUT: State, county, city form task forces to reopen economy