Wednesday, August 1, 2012
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		HumEvnts:Ted Cruz cruises to Texas GOP Senate primary win - Conservative News
		
 - Texas GOP chooses tea party-backed Cruz for Senate
 - NatlRev: Why Cruz Won
 - The Establishment's Near Sexual Advances on Ted Cruz Are About to Begin
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		LABOR STANDARDS HEARING BRINGS HOPE FOR FUTURE
		
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		Top 5 Stories of the Day: August 1st
		
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		LATimes($): Ex-leader of major California union faces theft, tax charges
		
 - SFChron: Jerry Brown joins union's Vegas party
 - LATimes($): L.A. City Hall employees urged to stop watching Olympics at work
 - LATimes($): Unions raise nearly $10 million to fight Prop. 32
 
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		DesSun:Air district refuses lawmaker's request
		
 - VCS:Ventura County supervisors take first step toward plastic bag ban
 - RivPE: RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Raises given to top-level managers
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		LATimes($): Cal State faculty agree to four-year no-raise contract
		
 - NCTimes: REGION: CSU strikes faculty labor deal, averts strike
 - SDUT: Judge: S.D. pension overhaul can move forward
 - SDUT: A victory for San Diegans constitutional rights
 - LATimes($): 2 former Lynwood officials guilty of illegally boosting salaries
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		SacBee: The Buzz: 49ers stadium and Santa Clara schools target same batch of redevelopment money
		
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		SJMerc: Lawmakers seek audit of mental health spending - San Jose Mercury News
		
 - SacBee:Dozens of lawmakers donate to Gov. Brown's tax initiative
 - SacBee: Money flows to support Gov. Jerry Brown's tax initiative
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		SacBee:Molly Munger's tax campaign spends $8.2 million through June
		
 - SacBee: High court gets Prop. 8 pitch
 - LATimes($): L.A. County supervisors reject move to put term limits on ballot
 - CCT Political Blotter: Westlands farmers bank on Delta House aspirants
 - Capps goes on offensive on women's issues
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		CalWatch: Support of Yosemite cause gives Republican little re-election traction
		
 - CCT Political Blotter: Dems and allies step up attacks on Dan Lungren
 - CalWatchdog: NEW: Calif. regs killing lumber manufacturers
 - LATimes($): More questions about state accounting: A Times Google Hangout
 - LADN: Federal suit claims new L.A. City Council maps slight Koreatown
 - LATimes($): Koreatown residents sue L.A. over redistricting
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		LATimes($): Villaraigosa says he'd like to be governor of California [updated]
		
 - CalWatchdog: NEW: State Cuts Lead to Judicial Triage
 - SFChron: Cal Fire losing inmate volunteers
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		FresBee: Rural fire fee bills will be sent to nearly 30,000 Valley households
		
 - LATimes($): California officials bracing for uproar over fire-prevention fee
 - SCS:Health insurance marketplace Q-and-A: The money behind the coverage
 - SacBee: California curbed its thirst for gasoline in April
 
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The Golden Pen
		SDUT: How tone-deaf can the Legislature get?
		
 - CalWatchdog: NEW: Fleischman sketches campaign against Brown tax increase
 - F&H Daily: Pensions, Sure, But Let's Not Forget Health Care Costs
 - FresBee: PAUL DICTOS: Know your appeal rights
 - LATimes($): Grand Park is great, but not so grand
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		OCReg: Editorial: Win, win for California taxpayers
		
 - FresBee: EDITORIAL: Cuts make community colleges less accessible
 - SacBee: Dan Walters: Years-long tax fight takes turn in California
 - LOIS HENRY: A good water idea bubbles up right here in Kern
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		VCS:Herdt: Giving a boost to the Latino vote
		
 - OCReg: Editorial: Congress eyes expanded online sales tax
 - SFChron: Science drives delta water plan
 - SacBee: Officer at center of pepper-spraying incident no longer works at UC Davis
 - SFChron: S.F. supes OK tax-reform measure
 - CalWatch: SF college spends 92 percent of budget on salaries, benefits
 - SFChron: Oakland police bought equipment it never used
 - SFChron: Oakland's police-radio woes are fixable
 - CCTimes: Contra Costa fire tax measure sent to voters
 - SJMerc: PG&E knew bad records posed a danger, engineer says
 - ModBee: San Joaquin rail panel to vote on ACE train fare hike
 - ModBee: Modesto fire agency says OT problem is under control
 - FresBee: High-speed rail will move Highway 99 through Fresno
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		VCS:Who carries the big cash advantage in local races?
		
 - VCS:Supervisors support creating Ventura River parkway
 - VCS:County will send letter to state demanding McGrath money be returned
 - VCS:Oxnard's mayor to retire from office this year
 - LATimes($): L.A.'s top 2 mayoral candidates raking in the contributions
 - LADN: Wendy Greuel, Eric Garcetti tied in fundraising for L.A. mayor's race
 - OCReg: Mickadeit: Agran running for mayor; opponents gear up
 - LATimes($): UC Irvine professor accused of plot against son's school
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		OCReg: Anaheim council calls meeting to address tensions
		
 - OCReg: Stanton says no to tax-increase proposal
 - OCReg: Santa Ana measure would abolish elected mayor's office
 - Vote on Controversial Water Project Will Take Place Tuesday
 - RivPE: RIVERSIDE COUNTY: Liberty Quarry closer to fast-track approval
 - DesSun:Board split on 'fast-tracking'
 - SBSun: DEVELOPING: Aguilar to run again for Redlands City Council
 - SDUT: Tijuana mayor talks of challenges, progress
 - VOSD: Bob Filner's Dad, Civil Rights and the FBI
 - SDUT: No gameplan yet to fix San Onofre
 
