Wednesday, October 25, 2017
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*FR Exclusive*
David Kersten
		FRBlog:  Is Republican-Lite a Winning Strategy?
		
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Eminent Domain in OC
		OCReg:  OCTA board moves closer to issuing eminent domain orders to gain access to homes for I-405 Improvement Project
		
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Newman Recall
		LAT $:  Recall effort against Sen. Josh Newman still on track after too few voters request to remove their names from petitions
		
 
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Get Ready for New Gas Tax
FresBee: New gas tax at pumps on Nov. 1 will pay for Valley road maintenance - 
	
	
Free Speech Zones
		LADN:  Student lawsuit in Pierce College free speech case gets support from Trump’s Justice Department
		
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CA GOP's Future
SacBee: California Republicans walking ‘tough tightrope’ on Trump headed into 2018 - 
	
	
Heat Wave
OCReg: Sizzling heatwave expected to begin cooling down after a record-shattering Tuesday - VCStar $: Scores of acres scorched, 2 firefighters hurt in brush blaze
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Tax Board Firing
SacBee: Ousted state worker files claim after alleged threat from tax board member - 
	
	
Gov't Jobs Booming
		BreitbartCA:  California Jobs: Government Booms While Private Sector Crawls
		
 - OCReg: Southern California job growth will slow next year, especially in Orange County
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Utility Safety
SFC: PG&E cited for late maintenance work more often than other state utilities - SDUT: Why 2 other California utilities have joined SDG&E's push to make consumers pay for 2007 wildfire costs
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Sacramento Culture
SacBee: Sexual harassment complaints topic of California Assembly public hearings - VCStar $: Assembly to hold public hearings on harassment
 - SacBee: Few in Washington are saying #MeToo. California congresswoman wants to change that.
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Governor 2018
		SacBee:  What’s California’s next governor’s plan for higher ed?
		
 - SDUT: Lines drawn in California governor's race on housing, education
 - SFC: Dem governor hopefuls take on single-payer care, Prop. 13
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Equifax Breach
California Weighs Options For Addressing Equifax Breach - 
	
	
How MSM Covers Democrats
PE: “Environmental justice” is the goal of a bill from Rep. Raul Ruiz and Sen. Cory Booker - 
	
	
How MSM Covers GOP
OCReg: GOP leaders looking harder at Rohrabacher’s requests for travel, hearings - 
	
	
Congress 2018
		LADN:  Rep. Knight’s Democratic foes hope early campaigning will help them in 2018
		
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Steinle Trial
SFC: Steinle trial witness: Defendant on pier, laughing - 
	
	
Amazon Search for Subsidies
BreitbartCA: Report: 238 Cities, Counties, and States Attempt to Woo Amazon for Second HQ - 
	
	
Facebook Buying Elections
BreitbartCA: Report: Mark Zuckerberg Plans to Influence Politics ‘For Generations to Come,’ Commits $45M to Political Causes - 
	
	
Gun Control
		VCStar $: Gun group fights attorney general on bump stocks
		
 - BreitbartCA: California AG Xavier Becerra Joins Fight Against Concealed Carry After Vegas Attack
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Fee Hike
SJMN: $70 Yosemite entrance fee: Big increases proposed for national parks - 
	
	
Abortions for Minor Immigrants
LADN: Federal appeals court clears way for immigrant teen to get abortion - 
	
	
Clinton's Dirty Tactics
SBSun: AP source: Clinton camp helped fund Trump dossier research 
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The Golden Pen
Inventor: 1
CA Tax Police: 0
Reason: California Tried to Seize Millions of This Inventor’s Fortune. He Fought Back. And Won. - 
	
	
Steven Greenhut
		Napa fires highlight huge disparities between wealthy firefighters and ‘slave laborers’ 
		
 - FH: Some of Gov. Brown’s Vetoes Get Praise from the Right
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OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Civil asset forfeiture must be curtailed - 
	
	
Dan Walters
Four Democratic candidates want more spending, but not more taxes? - 
	
	
Joe Mathews
FH: Now Is the Time to Create More Seats for People to Run For - 
	
	
Joel Fox
		FH:  Panel: What Government is Looking For? More Taxes.
		
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Ronald Bailey
OCReg: California’s new prescription drug law won’t lower prices - 
	
	
Joel Pollak
BreitbartCA: California Unions Fear Supreme Court’s Decision on Janus Case - 
	
	
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Winter shelter for homeless gets city approval, but key part of controversial plan is delayed - 
	
	
SF Bay Area
		SFC:  The unintended consequences of health care costs in SF’s restaurant industry
		
 - SFC: Bay Area heavyweights form coalition for fire relief, benefit concert with Metallica
 - SFC: SFO objection grounds Stockton airport name change, for now - SFGate
 - SFC: City’s health care initiative shows success, but questions remain
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South Bay
SJMN: Dozens of workers, families protest Tesla firings - SJMN: Pending home sales plunge across Bay Area and state
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Central Valley
		FresBee:  Billionaire Bill Gates praises a Fresno Unified program to help kids get into college
		
 - Three candidates vying to represent south Modesto on school board
 - FresBee: Can Fulton become Fresno’s street of dreams?
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Central Coast
CalCoast: More than $800,000 unaccounted for at sanitation district - 
	
	
Ventura County
VCStar $: Supervisors pass plan that aims to improve economy - 
	
	
Los Angeles County
LAT $: L.A. lawmakers are still wrestling with how to regulate Airbnb - 
	
	
Orange County
		OCReg:  Westminster wants full 9th Circuit to hear appeal of Latino officers’ $3.3 million bias award
		
 - OCReg: Canyon Fire 2 response must be investigated
 - OCReg: Irvine ponders development of Cultural Terrace — the last big piece of Orange County Great Park
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Riverside County
PE: Ex-Beaumont councilman Mark Orozco apologizes after getting probation in bribery, perjury case - 
	
	
San Diego County
SDUT: New San Diego median home price: $535K - SDUT: Plans for Town and Country hotel makeover delayed yet again
 
