Tuesday, April 1, 2025
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Karen Bass Resignation
Shock video shows Mayor of LA mocking fire victims…
LAT: Embattled L.A. Mayor Karen Bass announces resignation
- CG: LA Mayor Karen Bass Sued By L.A. Times Over Deleted Text Messages
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Secret Government
CalM: Democracy in the dark: How California lawmakers are trying to shield themselves from public view
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SF Democrat Scandal
Suspended city director gifted $30K to political nonprofit for splashy women’s event
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Boys in Girls' Sports
AP: Battle over trans athletes’ participation in girls sports comes to California Capitol
- SJMN: Trump administration targets California sex ed program
- CG: Bills Confronting California’s Trans Policy Undermining Girls’ Athletics: Hearing Tuesday
- LAT $: Newsom says sharing his beliefs on trans athletes wasn’t “some grand design”
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Extreme Prison Makeover
SFC: California to spend $239 million to turn San Quentin into Scandinavian-style rehab center -
Assembly Spat
César Chávez remarks lead to confrontation involving Inland Assemblymember Corey Jackson
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Democrat Fined
SJMN: Low fined $106K for campaign finance violations including “intent to conceal” payment to Alec Baldwin -
State Farm Rates
SFC: State Farm seeks 39% rate hike for Californians with extra liability insurance -
Anti-Tesla Terrorism
LAT $: Cybertruck vandal captured on camera in California, latest in spate of violent Tesla attacks -
Homeless Industrial Complex
SDUT: $44M to fight San Diego homelessness in limbo as Trump targets undocumented immigrants
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Maintenance Backlog
CalM: Inside a $17 billion maintenance backlog plaguing California’s universities -
New Shipyards
SFC: California officials are lobbying for a new Trump windfall: Funds to create shipyards -
Under the Dome
LAT $: This bill aims to help firefighters with cancer. Getting it passed is just the beginning -
Independent Contractors
CA Rep. Kiley Seeks To Codify Independent Contractor Status
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Trade War
California farmers fear tariff trade war losses in billions, uneven bail outs -
Department of Energy Cuts
LAT $: Trump’s Department of Energy targets California and other blue states for budget cuts, according to internal documents -
Reservoir Expansion
SFC: One of California’s biggest reservoirs is about to expand — if it can clear a major hurdle
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The Golden Pen
Jon Coupal
OCReg: Sacramento consistently fails to consider the long-term consequences
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Katy Grimes
CG: With 16,000 Lost Fast Food Jobs, New Ad Blasts California’s ‘Crappiest Law’ -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Exclusive: Ex-Sacramento city manager hired a lawyer, charged taxpayers the fees - SacBee: Police chief tells CA lawmakers to ‘wake up’ after felon kills Marysville officer
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Central Valley
CalM: Raid or rumor? Reports of immigrations sweeps are warping life in California’s Central Valley
- As Modesto City Schools lays off campus supervisors, concerns over safety and security grow
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Pismo Beach loses another property rights battle -
Los Angeles County
LAT $: Sales taxes will rise across L.A. County starting Tuesday. Here’s how it will affect you - LAT $: Santa Monica offices get unexpected tenants: Children from five fire-ravaged schools
- LAT $: L.A. homeless agency posted solid numbers last year. Now it’s under fire from all sides
- LAT $: Retired LAPD sergeant gets $4.5 million in overtime fraud whistleblower lawsuit
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Orange County
VOC: Another Orange County City Cracks Down on Sober Living Homes
- VOC: Brea Considers Two New Housing Developments
- VOC: Lake Forest Officials Approve Another Affordable Housing Project
- OCReg: A very light slap on the wrist for corrupt former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu
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San Diego County
SDUT: What’s in store for UCSD? With campus leaders largely mum, faculty and students are on edge - SDUT: Jury awards $10M to former officer who accused National City police of discrimination, harassment
- SDUT: San Diego, other cities to pay $11.4M for 2023 sewage spill along San Diego Bay