Tuesday, March 11, 2025
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FR Exclusive
Ray Haynes
		FRBlog:  Toward a Zero Base Budget Process
		
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Governor 2026
		AP:  Former US Rep. Katie Porter steps into crowded California governor’s race
		
 - CalM: Katie Porter vows to stand up to Trump as she enters race for California governor
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Insurance Crisis
		CalM:  California lawmakers propose fixes for ‘insurance industry in shambles’
		
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NGO Scams
		We're Giving Billions to NGOs That Are Essentially Scams
		
 
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Homeless Industrial Complex
SFC: S.F. has more housing for the homeless than other big cities. So why are so many people on the streets? - 
	
	
Survey Says: Fire Karen Bass
		LAT $:  Fewer than 20% of L.A. residents give Mayor Bass high marks for fire response, poll shows
		
 - CG: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Deletes Text Messages Over Palisades Fire While In Africa
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Transgender Spas
SFC: Protesters rip into second S.F. spa over transgender policy - 
	
	
Fighting Anti-Semitism
LAT $: UCLA launches antisemitism effort as Trump says more pro-Palestinian activist arrests ahead - UC Davis, Sac State under investigation by Dept. of Education following pro-Palestinian encampments
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Union Boss' Gov't Pension
OCReg: Ex-Santa Ana police union boss loses fight to include $300K salary in pension - 
	
	
Under the Dome
		CG:  New Senate Bill Would Expand Telehealth Options For Cancer Patients in California
		
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Menendez Brothers Case
CG: Los Angeles DA Hochman Announces His Opposition to Menendez Brothers Resentencing - AP: What to know about the Menendez brothers’ bid for freedom
 - OCReg: DA opposes release of Menendez brothers, calls their self-defense claim ‘phony’
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High Speed Boondoggle
		CG:  Rep. Kevin Kiley Calls on FBI to Investigate California’s High Speed Rail: No Power, No Money, No ‘High Speed’
		
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Restaurant Impossible
LAT $: Running a restaurant in L.A. seems impossible. So this chef has one employee — himself - 
	
	
Prison Violence
LAT $: ‘Surge’ of violence prompts crackdown in California prison system, officials say 
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The Golden Pen
John Gerardi
NR: Don’t Be Fooled: Gavin Newsom Is No Moderate on Trans Issues - 
	
	
Thomas Buckley
		OCReg:  Why was a brilliant kid rejected by the University of California?
		
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Dan Walters
CalM: Newsom tacks right to oppose transgender athletes in women’s sports - 
	
	
Peter Kwong
OCReg: Less distraction, more rebuilding: Sen. Wiener’s Senate Bill 222 is a waste of time - 
	
	
Michael Letts
CG: When It Comes To Being an Officer, It’s Time To Go When Corruption Reigns - 
	
	
East Bay
SFC: This East Bay city has a history of delaying housing projects. Now it’s being sued - 
	
	
SF Bay Area
		SFC:  S.F. public school parents clash with district over use of coveted PTA funds
		
 - SFC: They wanted two street trees replanted. It turned into a years-long slog through S.F. bureaucracy
 - Prop. K opponents sue to stop Great Highway closure
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South Bay
SJMN: Award in Santa Clara HOA lawsuit is largest ever in California after ‘extensive deception’ over abandoned well under condo - SJMN: Two-thirds of Silicon Valley tech workers are foreign-born, new report reveals
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Central Valley
Fresno launches probe into City Council campaign mailers - FresBee: Fresno Head Start to end services at several sites due to enrollment declines. Here’s where
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Central Coast
		CalCoast:  Santa Barbara judge approves class action suit for cannabis odors
		
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Ventura County
Camarillo Health Care District CEO to retire - 
	
	
Los Angeles County
LAT $: MacArthur Park, riddled with drugs and crime, is different now, mayor says - 
	
	
Orange County
		OCReg:  OC supervisors ask if county is ready to support citizen children in mixed immigration status families
		
 - VOC: How State Senator Tony Strickland Became Orange County’s Political Lazarus
 - OCReg: With jury deadlocked, mistrial declared in case of OC judge who shot and killed his wife
 - VOC: Santana: Should OC Supervisors Manage A $17 Billion Public Investment Portfolio Alone?
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Inland Empire
Legionella discovered in water system at VA Loma Linda, testing ordered for pneumonia patients - 
	
	
San Diego County
SDUT: In rare win, struggling rural San Diego County school district receives millions to start rebuilding high school - SDUT: Grossmont Healthcare District dismisses CEO, hires interim replacement
 - SDUT: San Diego raises cannabis tax to help plug budget hole
 
