Friday, February 15, 2019
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Storm Watch 2019
AP: Risk of flooding, mudslides remains after California storm
- SDUT: Record-breaking storm causes flooding countywide, delays air traffic; 7 school districts cancel Friday classes
- PE: Powerful storm leads to 1 Inland Empire death, major flooding, roadway chaos
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Pension Scam
SDUT: LAPD commander under investigation was allowed to join controversial retirement plan
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Stockton Socialism
SacBee: Will ‘basic income’ become the California norm? Stockton starts $500 no-strings payments
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Steven Greenhut
AmerSpec: Newsom Dismantles Brown’s Boondoggles
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Police Records Law
SacBee: Free-speech group sues California AG Xavier Becerra over new police records law -
Border Security
AP: Trump will sign border deal but will also declare emergency
- LAT $: Trump doesn’t let environmental laws stand in the way of border barrier construction
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San Jose Shooting
SFC: Police kill gunman who carjacked a UPS truck and held driver hostage in San Jose -
Trump’s Emergency Declaration
PE: Southern California response to Trump’s emergency declaration? See you in court, Mr. President -
Local Tax Fight
CalM: California's Supreme Court has thrown cities—and citizens—into chaos over local taxes -
Green Mandates
CG: California’s Renewables Mandate Sets an Impossible Example for the World
- VOSD: San Diego Can’t Hit State Climate Goals Without Major Transportation Changes
- FH: Solar May be Going Below Market
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SF Car Break-Ins
SFC: S.F. Car Break-In Tracker: See vehicle burglaries in near real-time - SFC: SF chips away at auto break-in epidemic, but don’t tell that to these newlyweds
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Teacher Misconduct
VOSD: California Is Juggling More Teacher Misconduct Cases Than Ever -
High Speed Boondoggle
CG: President Trump Demands CA Gov. Newsom Return $3.5 billion for State’s ‘Green Disaster’ Bullet Train Project
- LADN: High-speed rail still ‘hanging over’ the heads of the project’s critics in the San Fernando Valley
- Reason: California’s Bullet Train Project Doesn’t Deserve Your Moist-Eyed Love Letters
- AP: California governor, Trump spar over bullet train money
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Mayor vs Detective
Ex-mayor harassed detective who criticized him on social media, investigation alleges -
Camp Fire Recovery
SacBee: ‘It’s been a roller coaster’: Gavin Newsom visits students displaced by Camp Fire -
Marjuana Law
AP: Youth programs left wanting by California marijuana law
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Health Care Shortage
CapWkly: Shortage looms of health care professionals -
Kamala Votes No
SacBee: ‘False choice:’ Kamala Harris among Democrats voting against deal to keep government open -
US Census Questions
AP: Judge to weigh fight over citizenship question on US census
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The Golden Pen
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Remove ballot initiative powers from California Attorney General
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David Kersten
FH: Does the State of California Need More “Public Investment”? -
Kerry Jackson
FH: California Housing Crisis Prolonged By Policymakers’ Inability To Shed Old Impulses -
Kevin D. Williamson
NR: Capitalism’s Cold War -
Michele Hanisee
FH: The Long Stall
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OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Private prisons have their problems, but California’s state-run prisons aren’t much better -
Opinion: Data Dividend
SacBee: Your data is worth billions. Can Newsom make tech giants like Facebook and Google pay up? - FH: Why Not a Data Dividend?
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Jon Coupal
FH: Defending Direct Democracy, Defending Taxpayers
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Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Sites Reservoir is Sacramento Valley’s water project. But L.A. is taking a huge role -
SF Bay Area
SFC: SF General pauses exorbitant bills, but canceling all old ones would be better - SFC: BART to name street next to Fruitvale Station as Oscar Grant Way
- SFC: BAY BRIEFING: If the A’s build a ballpark at Howard Terminal, they’ll have to clean up the hazardous chemicals first
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Central Valley
FresBee: Parks vs. affordable housing: City Council wonders why Fresno can’t have both - MID board member’s outburst implicates ex-Turlock mayor in investigation
- FresBee: Downtown Fresno sees drop in crime, by 50% in some cases. Here’s how it happened
- FresBee: Staff shortage forces special needs students in Fresno Unified to get speech lessons by video
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Los Angeles County
LADN: LAUSD’s Spanish-speaking parents engage candidates in forum ahead of school board special election - LAT $: Five winning ideas to build housing more quickly and cheaply for L.A.'s homeless community
- LAT $: L.A. sheriff wants to put tighter limits on ICE. Here are his plan to do it
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Orange County
OCReg: Orange County Transportation Authority does better than other SoCal transportation planners
- VOC: Buena Park Residents Express Opposition to Possible Homeless Shelter
- OCReg: City gives Newport Aquatic Center deadline to respond to allegations of financial impropriety
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: Meet the candidates for San Bernardino’s vacant council seat -
San Diego County
SDUT: Faulconer releases long-awaited draft rules for dockless scooter and bike companies - SDUT: Sheriff's captain in Rancho San Diego placed on leave amid federal criminal investigation
- SDUT: San Diego's new scooter rules look good — but will they be enforced?