Thursday, November 17, 2016
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Why Did They Need to Raise Taxes?
		AP: California analyst projects $2.8 billion budget surplus
		
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Will Democrats Steal Another Seat?
		SDUT:  Issa: 'Liberals trying to steal the election'
		
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Ling Ling Chang vs. 2/3 Majority
		OC Election Update: Time To Call Senate District 29 For Ling Ling Chang
		
 - OCReg: With Chang-Newman race deciding fate of Democratic supermajority, all eyes are on O.C.
 - SacBee: California Democrats reclaim Assembly supermajority
 
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Congress 2016: Late Ballots
SacBee: Ami Bera doubles lead over Scott Jones - 
	
	
CA Pension Debt
		SacBee:  CalPERS says town defaulted on pension debt. What’s next for tiny Loyalton?
		
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Smokers' Bill
FresBee: For California smokers, a pack in 2017 could cost as much as a fast-food burger combo - PE: Some fear more pot use could boost tobacco smoking
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CA Film Credits
OCReg: California's film credit program is no blockbuster - 
	
	
Abortion by Mail?
SBSun: Abortion by mail sets off political debate - 
	
	
Trump's CA Support
		LAT $:  In Trump they trust: These are the Californians who voted red
		
 - FH: California Is Different
 - SacBee: Clinton may have won California – but Trump carried its white rural north
 - Pollsters: Election Results Show California Unlike Rest Of America - capradio.org
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Too Big to Fail
		NYT:  Minneapolis Fed Chief Proposes Eliminating ‘Too Big to Fail’ Banks
		
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Coastal Access
SJMN: Poll: Californians still love their coast, but barriers to access persist - 
	
	
UC Harassment
SFC: UC regents to tighten sex harassment policy - 
	
	
Education: Union Control
		SacBee:  Teachers union frets about rise of education change advocates: ‘It will have an impact’
		
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Free Entry
SJMN: Free admission to 116 California state parks on Friday after Thanksgiving - 
	
	
Inside the Beltway
SDUT: Top personal expenses from Duncan Hunter's campaign - LAT $: 'I can't help you anymore': What it's like to pack up and leave after decades in Congress - LA Times
 
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The Golden Pen
Joel Fox
		FH:  A Budget Forecast Using a Cloudy Crystal Ball
		
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OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Dear President Trump, fix health care - 
	
	
Susan Shelley
FH: With Election Over, Commercial Breaks are Safe Spaces Again - 
	
	
Steven Greenhut
		AmerSpec:  California the New Redoubt of Secessionism?
		
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Nor. Cal
SFC: Huge Squaw Valley expansion approved, but meets with objections - 
	
	
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Sacramento Mayor-elect Darrell Steinberg vows to fight Trump on immigration - 
	
	
SF Bay Area
SFC: Trump win may shake up Bay Area housing market - 
	
	
South Bay
FH: Silicon Valley Keeps Us Stuck in the Political Past - SJMN: 11 election races still too close to call in Santa Clara County
 - LAT $: Shareholders vote on Tesla's plan to buy SolarCity in a $2.23-billion deal
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Central Valley
FresBee: Fresno leaders to immigrants: ‘We are standing with you’ - 
	
	
	
			
		FresBee:  State Fair Political Practices Commission investigating Fresno Unified’s Ashjian
		
 - FresBee: Sold – or not? City may step in to buy auctioned downtown parking lot
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Ventura County
VCStar $: Grocers charging shoppers for reusable bags, per Prop. 67 - VCStar $:Fallout from Measure M seen as 'bitter pill to swallow'
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Los Angeles County
SBSun: Why LA small business owners are feeling better about the economy - LAT $: L.A. has the most chronically homeless people — again
 - LADN: Millennials, Latinos voted for Measure M in huge numbers; older voters shunned it
 - LAT $: DWP owes L.A. customers $67.5 million because of rampant overbilling
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Orange County
		OCReg:  O.C. educators hear pleas to keep prayers, 'In God We Trust' after ban sought
		
 - LAT $: Accused serial killer on trial in deaths of four women in Orange County
 - VOC: Santa Ana City Council Ready to Battle With Trump, Police Union
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: County supervisor chief of staff addresses DUI, addiction as West Covina council confirms him as mayor pro tem - 
	
	
San Diego County
SDUT: Hundreds block downtown streets to protest Trump victory 
