Wednesday, January 22, 2020
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Criminals Next Door
LAT $: Oakland bans criminal background checks on potential tenants
- SFC: Oakland becomes first in state to ban criminal background checks for rental housing
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Prop 65 Over Regulation
CG: California Regulators May Declare a Common Headache and Sinus Drug a ‘Carcinogen’
- AP: California considers declaring common pain killer carcinogen
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AB 5 Debacle
VCStar $: Lawmaker promises to refine AB 5 amid lawsuits, confusion
- CG: Uber Begins to Allow Drivers to Set Their Own Fares in Newest AB 5 Changes
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Newsom's Big, Bad Budget
SacBee: Gavin Newsom’s budget would make state government bigger. Can California sustain the spending?
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SF's Failed Experiments
SFC: Fentanyl, heroin overdoses in San Francisco more than doubled in 2019 -
Homeless Crisis
LAT $: L.A. announced more ‘sensitive’ cleanups for homeless camps. Now it’s taking a harder line
- LAT $: Use-of-force incidents against homeless people are up, LAPD reports
- SacBee: Homeless person cuts Roseville McDonald’s employee with butter knife, police say
- CG: San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer Announces Plan for Ballot Measure to Combat Homelessness
- LADN: Volunteers swarm region as LA County counts homeless
- LAT $: Column: A county-owned homeless service center in the old St. Vincent hospital? It just might happen
- PE: Riverside to allow one or two homeless people to live in 64-square-foot shelters
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Fighting Union Power
VOSD: A Lawsuit Challenging Labor’s Playbook Is Dead But the Tensions Aren’t -
Primary 2020
VCStar $: Calif. voters can start casting ballots same day as Iowa caucus
- CapWkly: CA120: A crucial look at voters’ second choices
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Congress 2020
VCStar $: Congressional candidate forum set for Simi Thursday - 10th Congressional District candidates converge on Modesto for ‘Debate at the State’
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State Assembly 2020
OCReg: Republican leaders call for Assemblyman Bill Brough to resign as investigations drag on - CG: 2020 March Primary Preview: 35th State Assembly District
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Assembly 2020: Diep Dumped
OCReg: Orange County GOP pulls back its endorsement of Assemblyman Tyler Diep -
UC Tuition Hike
AP: University of California delays vote on raising tuition
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PG&E Claims
NYT: A Late Push to Find Wildfire Victims Doubles PG&E Claims -
Place Your Bets!
LAT $: California could become America’s sports betting capital as rival groups eye November ballot -
California Exodus
CG: U-Haul Names Top Growth States of 2019… and Inadvertently Identifies States People are Fleeing
- SacBee: California is among the worst states for driving, report says. Here’s how others rank
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Riot Games Lawsuit
LAT $: Women suing Riot Games may deserve $400 million, not $10 million, state regulator says -
Pardon Request
AP: California governor asked to pardon late gay rights leader -
Tesla Complaint
AP: US agency examining Tesla unintended acceleration complaint -
Tech Fire Fighting
AP: Why tech has been slow to fight wildfires, extreme weather
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Merritt Sentenced to Death
AP: California man sentenced to death for killing family of 4 -
Mainstream Media Lies
Reason: A Year Ago, the Media Mangled the Covington Catholic Story. What Happened Next Was Even Worse. -
Steyer Buys Another Election
LAT $: Does Tom Steyer have real momentum or just a ton of money?
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The Golden Pen
Susan Shelley
OCReg: Understanding California’s confusing March elections
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Jesse Rojas
FH: No Political Cover for Anti-Farm Worker Votes -
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Hollywood tax credits should be blacklisted -
Nick Gillespie
Reason: Trump's Impeachment Trial Will Only Make Us Hate Washington Even More -
Dan Walters
CalM: State budget depends on the rich
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SDUT Editorial
SDUT: Editorial: 3 questions that investigators need to answer ASAP in San Diego’s empty building fiasco -
John Mirisch
FH: Growing Cities Up — or Selling Them Out? -
Kevin Williamson
NR: On the Dangers of Democracy -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Is free Wi-Fi coming to your Sacramento park? Two more get service, with others on way
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East Bay
SJMN: Vallejo releases video of off-duty Richmond cop fatally shooting man during argument over parking space -
SF Bay Area
SFC: Meet Mano Raju, the SF public defender who wants to pay you for jury duty - SFC: Judge orders all Calif. sex assault suits vs. Lyft to be heard in SF
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Central Valley
Watch: Candidates forum 2020 – Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors, District 5 - FresBee: Two teenagers arrested on murder charges for Fresno’s first homicide of 2020
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Beraud takes big campaign donations from controversial marijuana figures - SFC: Announcement expected in disappearance of Kristin Smart
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Ventura County
VCStar $: Simi council rejects special elections motion -
Los Angeles County
AP: LA repeals requirements for contractors to reveal NRA ties
- LAT $: L.A. County supervisors approve subpoena authority in power struggle with sheriff
- LAT $: Editorial: Punishment is the only reason to send former L.A. sheriff Lee Baca to prison. That’s reason enough
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Orange County
OCReg: Letter demanding vote on Angel Stadium sale be reversed for more public discussion sent to Anaheim - VOC: Lawsuit Likely Against Anaheim Over Secretive Stadium Negotiations
- OCReg: Prominent family offers to save historic building at entrance to Laguna
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San Bernardino County
PE: Guilty plea withdrawal documents in San Bernardino terrorist attack case filed by Marquez - SBSun: San Bernardino to pay $630,000 to settle dispute with trash hauler Burrtec
- PE: Redlands Unified slapped with sex abuse lawsuit under new state law
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Riverside County
PE: Riverside councilwoman drops attempt to oust election foe from panel - PE: Suspect in Temescal Valley deadly car-ramming crash faces spouse abuse, child injury charges
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San Diego County
SDUT: Lawyer challenges city on evidence in infractions cases, which have climbed sharply in recent years - SDUT: SDSU tweaks Mission Valley campus plan
- SDUT: Editorial: San Diego State police botched student death probe
- SDUT: Coronado sued over intense storm’s damage to house