Friday, May 10, 2019
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Corruption: Free Pass for Connected Criminals
CalM: A Capitol Crime: How a 16-year-old murder reached California's highest offices
- PE: Murder victims’ families criticize California’s moratorium on executions
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Rigged!
LADN: Anti-tax group’s case against LAUSD parcel tax will be heard 2 days after June 4 election
- LAT $: Measure EE election goes forward, but legal challenge continues
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Newsom's Big, Bad Budget
Gavin Newsom’s California budget rises to $213 billion as projected surplus grows
- LADN: Gov. Newsom submits revised budget plan with huge surplus
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Billions for the Homeless
LAT $: Newsom wants to double spending on homelessness — to $1 billion
- AP: New budget proposal tackles homelessness in California
- LADN: Homeless man says he didn’t have disease that panicked LAPD West Valley station
- GIVE US MORE! SFC: Homeless mothers call on SF leaders to increase funding for families on streets
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More Budget Coverage...
CG: Gov. Newsom Touts Largest Tax Revenue Windfall in CA History in Budget, and Highest Spending - KQED: Millions for Climate, Environmental Priorities in Newsom’s May Budget
- CalM: 5 takeaways from Newsom's revised budget plan
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Illegal Immigrant Benefits
Newsom wants $2.5M from county health services diverted to cover immigrants
- SacBee: Gavin Newsom’s health care budget has more help for Covered California, less for undocumented
- CG: ICE: ‘Ismael Huazo-Jardinez will remain in ICE custody’
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Sanctuary State
CG: Sanctuary City Oakland Using State Gas Tax Money to Keep Streetlights On -
L.A. Gun Raid
LAT $: Mystery surrounds 1,000 guns seized at Los Angeles mansion connected to Getty family -
Federal Probe
SDUT: Two federal agencies probe Grossmont’s secret videotaping of female patients -
Police Oversight
California is one of the most police friendly states, survey says. Here’s why.
- SDUT: SDPD’s decision to release video of controversial arrest not a result of change in policy
- LAT $: A routine police stop landed him on California's gang database. Is it racial profiling?
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Under the Dome
PE: Why Melissa Melendez cut up a Clippers-signed basketball and sent it to fellow assemblymember Chad Mayes - FresBee: Derek Carr: Licensing athletic trainers is a winning game plan for California
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Education: Teacher Pay
LAT $: California teachers must pay for cost of their substitute if sick leave runs out -
Campaign 2020: Buttigieg in LA
LADN: Democrat Pete Buttigieg returns to LA area, and this time it takes notice - AP: Buttigieg sells out fundraiser at iconic Hollywood gay bar
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Arambula Trial
FresBee: Did Arambula ‘slap’ his child? Cops’ testimony ends prosecution phase of Assemblyman’s trial
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Drill, Baby, Drill!
AP: Revived proposal for new oil, gas drilling in California - LAT $: Trump to expand oil and gas drilling in Central California
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Poway Attack
AP: Gunman told 911 ‘I just shot up a synagogue’ after attack -
PG&E vs. SF
AP: Judge: San Francisco can pursue fight with PG&E over charges
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Silicon Valley Elites
LAT $: Newsom wavers on Silicon Valley tech money for affordable housing in California - SJMN: Break up Facebook: co-founder calls for feds to split company apart
- SFC: How the 'Twitter tax break' has changed Mid-Market
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Pornographic Sex Ed
CG: CA Education Board Approves ‘Pornographic’ Sex Ed
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The Golden Pen
Steven Greenhut
AmerSpec: Sacramento’s Biggest Gasbags
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David Kersten
FH: Does California’s Minimum Wage Make Economic Sense? -
Joel Fox
FH: Widening the Privacy Net -
State Sen. John Moorlach
OCReg: Gov. Newsom’s May Revision helps some, but still spends too much: John Moorlach -
Joe Mathews
FH: Making Small Changes in Prop 13 Doesn’t Solve the Problem
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OC Register Editorial
OCReg: The politics of a post-Janus America -
Dan Walters
OCReg: California’s hydropower exclusion makes no sense -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Placer County grand jury doubles down on city of Lincoln’s financial missteps - SacBee: 102 layoffs, including 77 teachers, approved by Sacramento City Unified school board
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SF Bay Area
SFC: Flagging ridership puts BART in bind, raising specter of more fare hikes
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East Bay
SFC: Berkeley’s municipal pier may have a second life — as a ferry terminal -
Central Valley
FresBee: Is Fresno run by ‘mediocre white guys’? Some think so. Here’s what numbers show - Modesto officials intrigued with downtown hotel plan, but lots of questions remain
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Central Coast
SacBee: Video shows Arroyo Grande substitute teacher saying she’d shove gun in students’ faces -
Ventura County
LAT $: Girl with knife apologizes after being shot by Oxnard police - VCStar $: Teacher’s name, new details emerge in Santa Paula High sexual misconduct case
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Los Angeles County
LADN: Bid for retrial dropped against ex-L.A. Councilman Alarcon, wife - AP: Ex-LA councilman won’t be retried for voter fraud
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Orange County
OCReg: Santa Ana Unified district tells charter schools they owe $40 million for special education services
- VOC: Anaheim Mayor Sidhu Unofficially Limits Council Discussion
- OCReg: Death of San Clemente Mayor Steven Swartz creates further turmoil in city already on edge over growing homeless population
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: Juan Figueroa increases lead in race for vacant San Bernardino City Council seat - PE: Budget proposal includes more judges, Inland area has greatest need
- PE: Community rallies around Rancho Cucamonga High teacher who brought firearm on campus
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San Diego County
SDUT: San Diego’s aging sports arena could soon have new operator - VOSD: New South Bay Rapid Bus Is Falling Far Short of Ridership Expectations
- SDUT: Lawsuit seeks to preserve San Diego parking requirements
- SDUT: San Diego Unified settles with former investigator who alleged cover-up