Sunday, May 17, 2020
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*FR Exclusive*
Bruce Bialosky
FRBlog: The Single Most Important Reason to Reelect President Trump
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Steven Greenhut
OCReg: Why consider only one side of the lockdown equation?
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Public Employees Always Win
SacBee: To soften blow of state worker pay cuts, California might suspend $2,600 health deductions
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Sanctuary State
AP: California city declared a ‘sanctuary’ from stay-home order
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Newsom's Prison Break
AP: California governor: Shrink prisons to help cut budget
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Minimum Wage Hike
SacBee: California minimum wage would continue to go up under Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget -
L.A. Hash Oil Fire
LADN: 11 L.A. firefighters hurt in blast at suspected hash oil supply business; all expected to survive
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Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
LAT $: L.A. City Council approves plans to turn developer fees into emergency arts grants -
COVID Case Count
SJMN: Coronavirus: California records second-deadliest single day ever; more than 2,000 new cases -
Vacation Plans
LADN: LA County residents, don’t plan on big summer vacations. But perhaps a camping trip? - SFC: Police try to keep crowds down at Lake Merritt to meet coronavirus rules - SFChronicle.com
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Budget Cuts
CalM: Housing, homelessness funds mostly spared in proposed budget cuts -
Fight to Re-Open
FresBee: Merced County sheriff shares letter to state, critical of Newsom’s coronavirus tactics
- SFC: California, Western state allies forging their own paths in coronavirus crisis
- No one-size-fits-all approach: Stanislaus County asks state to let local economy reopen
- LAT $: California continues to ease into reopening amid coronavirus fight
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Freedom Rallies
FresBee: Hanford rally pushes for businesses and churches to open now - SDUT: Protests persist as distress deepens over economic crisis
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Virus Tracking
AP: Local health agencies struggle to ramp up virus tracking -
Re-Opening Procedures
SacBee: Masks, online menus and hand sanitizer: Inside one of California’s 1st restaurants to reopen - PE: Some Inland Empire businesses reopen — defying coronavirus orders
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Under the Dome
CG: Small Businesses Could More Easily Leave Leases Under New Bill
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Home Sales Slump
SFC: Shelter-in-place has made buying or selling a Bay Area home a lot more complicated -
The One Can Save Us!
LAT $: Obama, in national commencement address, decries racial impact of COVID-19 deaths -
MSM Propaganda
SFC: Mask the rage: How to talk to people who don’t wear face coverings
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The Golden Pen
Katy Grimes
CG: Two Tales of One City: South Lake Tahoe
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Dan Walters
CalM: Commentary: State has a budget problem — but how big? -
Amihai Glazer
OCReg: Bailouts don’t save jobs: Amihai Glazer -
Willie Brown
SFC: Health or wealth? Republicans champion economy; it’s likely to pay off
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State Sen. John Moorlach
OCReg: Newsom’s budget revision misses an opportunity to reform -
SF Bay Area
SFC: BART resumes service, reopens Walnut Creek station after person dies - SFC: Closed roads, other bright spots of SF’s shelter-in-place should last forever
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Central Valley
Coronavirus update, May 16: Stanislaus deaths at 24; Modesto gears for budget cuts - Modesto considers not filling jobs, furloughs, layoffs as pandemic hits budget
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Ventura County
VCStar $: PizzaRev closes locations in Ventura, SB counties - VCStar $: Sales tax measure in Oxnard on the table
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Los Angeles County
LAT $: LAPD wants to give rapid-result coronavirus tests to everyone it arrests - LAT $: Judge issues order for Los Angeles to move homeless living near freeways, citing health concerns
- LAT $: L.A. County reports 1,073 new coronavirus cases, 40 deaths
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Orange County
OCReg: Coronavirus: 2 new deaths in Orange County as testing approaches 70,000 as of May 16
- OCReg: As 2 O.C. campgrounds reopen for overnight stays, campers free from home lockdown rejoice
- OCReg: Anaheim council to decide on cannabis rules and tax measure June 9
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: Official: Stats behind San Bernardino County coronavirus ‘hot spot’ report are ‘insane’ - PE: San Bernardino County coronavirus cases rise 19% in week; testing up 27%
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Riverside County
PE: Riverside County to submit coronavirus inmate-care plan by May 20 -
San Diego County
SDUT: San Diego healers head south to assist colleagues treating COVID-19 patients