Thursday, May 15, 2025
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***Fleischman Double-Header***
On Substack
Six Reasons Biological Males Should Not Be Competing In Women’s Sports
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On Voice of OC
VOC: Fleischman: Time to Rethink Taxpayer-Funded Bus Services in Orange County - 
	
	
Katy Grimes
		CG:  Gavin Newsom’s Reputation Facelift
		
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Illegal Immigrant Health Care
		CG:  Gov. Newsom Announces Halt on Expansion of Illegal Immigrants in Medi-Cal
		
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State Budget
		CG:  May Budget Revise 2025-2026 Grows to $322 Billion, with $12 Billion Deficit
		
 - CalM: California budget is $12 billion in the red amid Trump tariffs and rising costs
 
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Building Regulations
CalM: Is the secret to housing affordability in California buried in the building code? - 
	
	
Immigration Enforcement
SJMN: Two Southern California residents arrested on suspicion of impeding federal immigration enforcement agents - 
	
	
Budget Cuts
		SacBee:  State worker payroll freezes in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised California budget
		
 - LAT $: Newsom proposes $20-million funding cut for California newsrooms, citing budget issues
 - AP: Here is how California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to address a $12 billion budget shortfall
 - High-speed rail, abortion, and the will of the voters: takeaways from Gov. Newsom's budget
 - CalM: Medi-Cal coverage of weight loss drugs on chopping block under governor’s proposal
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Higher Ed: Fraud
SFC: ‘Ghost student’ fraud has quadrupled at California colleges - 
	
	
Higher Ed: Civil Rights Complaint
CG: Loyola Marymount University Discriminated on Basis of Race, Sex, New Federal Civil Rights Complaint Alleges - 
	
	
Higher Ed: Budget Cuts
LAT $: Staring down harsh Trump funding cuts, UC and CSU get some relief in Newsom budget plan - 
	
	
Chinese Communists on Campus
		‘Very dangerous’: New report shines light on presence of CCP spies at top universities 
		
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Police Shooting
SJMN: Peninsula cops fatally shoot man carrying replica gun - SacBee: Video shows moments unfold as man with fake gun shot by Sacramento police
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Home Insurance Rates
CalCoast: California approves State Farm’s 17% home insurance rate hike - 
	
	
Under the Dome
California bill aims to ease licensing requirements for muralists 
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The Golden Pen
Susan Shelley
		OCReg:  Newsom still doesn’t have the guts or ideas to get vagrants off our streets
		
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Marc Joffe
OCReg: Newsom forced to roll back unwise Medi-Cal expansions - 
	
	
Edward Ring
CG: Ringside: Green Hydrogen in California - 
	
	
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Supes right to be angry at Do wrist slap - 
	
	
Sacramento County
Woman arrested after homeless woman intentionally set on fire in Sacramento County - 
	
	
Wine Country
		SFC:  Billionaire California winery owner sued for allegedly sexually harassing former employee
		
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East Bay
SFC: Oakland school board faces backlash over budget cuts that gut aftercare - 
	
	
South Bay
SJMN: San Jose is back up to 12th biggest city in the U.S., displacing Austin - SJMN: San Jose officials push city to find alternative site for Berryessa Flea Market
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Central Valley
		FresBee:  Fresno’s largest hospital group fined $31.5 million in federal kickback probe
		
 - CalCoast: SLO County political consultant claims critic is racist, again
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Ventura County
VCStar $: New fire hazard maps to double Ventura County real estate inspections - 
	
	
Los Angeles County
		LAT $:  Teachers tend to plan pregnancies with summer due dates. Could a LAUSD policy change that?
		
 - LAT $: Rancho Palos Verdes is home to a Trump golf course. But his cuts are imperiling the city’s landslide response
 - LAT $: Santa Monica approves public drinking proposal to turn Third Street Promenade into entertainment zone
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Orange County
OCReg: Santa Ana City Council looked at more frequent inspections of supportive housing units, has questions - OCReg: Student found with gun, ammo on campus at Vista View Middle School in Fountain Valley
 - VOC: Anaheim Institutes New Oversight on Tourism Bureau After Searing State Audit
 - VOC: Westminster Grapples With Potentially Losing Tet Parade
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San Bernardino County
OCReg: Victorville foster children kept journals of strangulation, other abuse, DA says - 
	
	
Riverside County
LAT $: Riverside wants to become ‘the new Detroit.’ Can this self-driving electric bus get it there? - 
	
	
San Diego County
SDUT: In May budget revision, Gloria pulls back on police cuts but sticks with cuts to parks, libraries 
