Saturday, September 26, 2020
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Pay to Play
		CalM:  California NAACP president aids corporate prop campaigns — collects $1.2 million and counting
		
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Steven Greenhut
		OCReg:  California is indeed a cautionary tale for the nation
		
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COVID-19 Uptick
		AP: Concerns over coronavirus upticks in California
		
 - LADN: LA County reports coronavirus bump; state officials worry Labor Day surge may have arrived
 - SFC: California officials predict uptick in cases tied to Labor Day, reopening
 - AP: California virus hospitalizations could surge in next month
 - Reason: Are You Ready for a Second Round of Pandemic Lockdowns?
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3rd World California
Fire & Blackouts
		AP:  California braces for power shutoffs and warm, windy weekend
		
 - SFC: Bracing for fire weather, PG&E notifies 100,000 customers of potential blackouts
 - LAT $: ‘300-foot flames coming at us’: The battle to save Mt. Wilson from the Bobcat fire
 - LAT $: Can technology predict wildfires? New systems attempt to better forecast their spread
 
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UC Admissions Scandal
SFC: Former UC Regent Ward Connerly blasts Blum over admissions revelations - CG: 4 UC Universities Found To Have Admitted Unqualified Students Over Connections
 - CG: Senator Feinstein’s Husband Found To Have Given ‘Inappropriate’ Help In UC Admissions
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Anti-Police Agenda
		AP:  Police say officers assaulted during protest in California
		
 - FresBee: Family of man killed by deputies will sue Fresno County, alleging excessive force
 - FresBee: Fresno city manager to release report of alleged police misconduct withheld by auditor
 - VOSD: Sacramento Report: New Police Reform Committee Members Count Police Unions Among Donors
 - VOC: Orange County Coastal Enclave Becomes Ground Zero of Police Violence Controversy and Protests
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Rent Strike
CalM: California’s rent strike: Who pays and how it works - 
	
	
Prison Closure
SFC: Calif. to shut first prison since 2003 — Tracy lockup set for closing - SacBee: California prison employing 1,100 to close in 2021 — and Newsom wants to shut another
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Under the Dome
		LAT $:  Gov. Newsom signs law to expand mental health coverage in California
		
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EDD Fraud
CG: EDD Fraud Case Grows, 87 Arrested Over Fraudulent Unemployment Benefits - 
	
	
Cost of Liberal Ivory Towers
CalM: Welcome to Zoom University. That’ll be $500. - 
	
	
Congress 2020: Michelle Steel
		NR:  Michelle Steel Campaign Aims to Revive Orange County GOP | National Review
		
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California Thinks It's A Country
SJMN: California plans to independently vet COVID-19 vaccine data - SFC: California to create its own consumer financial protection agency
 - OCReg: California passes first-in-nation plastics recycling law
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Jewish New Year
SFC: Jewish New Year signals how the pandemic will change the holiday season - 
	
	
Congress 2020
		LADN:  2020 Elections: Sherman, Reed square off for San Fernando Valley’s 30th Congressional seat
		
 - LADN: 2020 Elections: Adam Schiff faces off with Eric Early in race fueled by impeachment aftermath
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ICE Politics
SBSun: ICE facility where unwanted hysterectomies allegedly performed to get visit from Reps. Correa, Barragan, Gomez - 
	
	
Supreme Court Nomination
LAT $: In Judge Barrett, conservatives see the Supreme Court champion they’ve longed for 
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The Golden Pen
Katy Grimes
		CG:  California Ballot Initiatives: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly and the Ugliest
		
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Zach Weissmueller
Reason: How California's Environmental Mandates Led to Blackouts - 
	
	
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Governor Newsom should deliver theme park guidelines ASAP - 
	
	
Steve Swatt & Susie Swatt
CalM: Will politics trump gender in California this election year? - 
	
	
Joel Fox
		FH:  Can One Individual Tell Us What We Can Drive?
		
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Dan Brouillette
OCReg: A plan for solving California’s energy problem: Dan Brouillette - 
	
	
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: UBI grows in popularity among local governments - 
	
	
Edward Ring
FH: Why Can’t Sacramento’s Financial Reporting Match Private Sector Standards? - 
	
	
Willie Brown
		SFC:  Brown: Democrats need to forget about the court and concentrate on November
		
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Joe Mathews
FH: Reading the Props 14 Stem Cell Bonds Reproduce Themselves - 
	
	
Paul Mitchell
CapWkly: CA120: California’s mail-in voting cranks up - 
	
	
SF Bay Area
		SFC:  SF public defender calls for firing of chief medical examiner
		
 - SFC: S.F. Supes delay resolution to condemn homophobic attacks on Sen. Wiener
 - SFC: Knight: S.F. begs to fund program that pays essential workers to quarantine
 - SJMN: Competition for Bay Area jobs is 8 times what it was in January
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Central Valley
Should Turlock raise sales taxes amid financial issues? Measure A lets voters decide - Modesto City Council mired in second costly investigation involving city clerk
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Ventura County
VCStar $: Camarillo Springs development passes to next stage - VCStar $: Simi Valley candidates discuss racism in forums
 - VCStar $: COVID-19 update: 51 new cases, three new deaths
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Los Angeles County
		LADN:  2020 elections: LAUSD District 7 voters to decide new office holder
		
 - SBSun: Nike gets tax break to operate Ontario distribution center
 - LADN: 100 miles of rail — plus freeway, bus and bicycle projects — included in $400 million LA Metro plan
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Orange County
OCReg: Orange County is headed to the even less-prohibitive orange tier. What would reopen then? - OCReg: OC sheriff’s deputies who lied on reports testify that they didn’t know it was illegal
 - OCReg: Santa Ana school district sets timeline for return to in-person learning
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: San Bernardino County reports 4 more coronavirus deaths - 
	
	
Riverside County
PE: Riverside spends about $885,000 in losing fight over mayor’s veto power - 
	
	
San Diego County
SDUT: San Diego charter schools sue state seeking funding for thousands of students - VOSD: The City Doesn't Know Where $14M in Ash Street Deal Went
 - SDUT: Gloria shifts momentum versus Bry in mayor’s race fundraising
 - SDUT: 9-member panel appointed to redraw San Diego’s council district boundaries
 
