Wednesday, August 17, 2016
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*FR Exclusive*
Ed Ring
FRBlog: Average “Full Career” CalPERS Retirement Package Worth $70,000 Per Year
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Sign Theft in Los Angeles
Do You Know This Person?!! Caught on Tape STEALING Campaign Signs! (See Video)
- Napolitano Campaign Signs Disappearing « CBS Los Angeles
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*Steven Greenhut*
Civil libertarians and police embrace asset-forfeiture compromise
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Jerry's Ethics
FH: No Blank Checks for Jerry Brown’s Pet Projects - OCReg: More ethics questions plague Brown administration
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California Wildfires
OCReg: Blue Cut fire burns 18,000 acres in Cajon Pass, more than 82,000 evacuated
- LAT $: Fire in Cajon Pass explodes, burning 18,000 acres and forcing thousands to flee
- PE: 18,000-acre Blue Cut fire puts 82,600 under evacuation orders in Cajon Pass
- SJMN: 80,000 flee Southern California wildfire
- FresBee: Monstrous California wildfire drives over 80,000 from homes
- LADN: No federal housing assistance for Sand fire victims
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Cap & Trade Legislation
LAT $: An oil industry lobbyist wrote the request to audit the state's main climate change agency - LA Times - LAT $: Regulators holding cap-and-trade auction as lawmakers consider next steps on climate change
- LAT $: Real-life repercussions confront lawmakers haggling over cap-and-trade program’s future - LA Times
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Under the Dome
SacBee: Bill to allow more felons to vote heads to Jerry Brown
- SacBee: Bill to ease tax payments by medical pot shops moves to governor
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Survey Says: Tax The Other Guy
SacBee: Poll: California voters favor tax hikes on tobacco, top earners -
US Senate 2016: Bloomberg Fundraiser
LAT $: Michael Bloomberg hosting New York fundraiser for Kamala Harris' U.S. Senate bid - LA Times -
Embezzlement at CalTrans
FresBee: Former high-ranking Caltrans employee pleads guilty to embezzlement
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Water Conservation
SJMN: 84 percent of California water agencies choose zero as conservation target - SacBee: California water districts: We can handle three more years of drought
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Medical Pot Rules
SFC: Court says feds can’t prosecute for medical pot use OKd by state -
Liberal Media's Manufactured Nothing Story
SFC: GOP’s ‘Dave the Bear’ shares name with burlesque dancer - SFGate
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The Golden Pen
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Forfeiting civil asset forfeiture
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Dan Walters
SacBee: Tax relief bill for distressed California homeowners deep-sixed -
John Seiler
FH: Death Penalty on the Initiative Plan -
Paul Schott Stevens
SacBee: Secure Choice is risky for workers and for the state
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OC Register Editorial
OCReg: First Amendment under threat -
John Yoo
LAT $: Filling Supreme Court vacancies isn't a good enough reason to vote for Trump - LA Times -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: City Council moves on marijuana, bikes and legal fees - SacBee: State puts Sacramento’s streetcar dreams back on track with $30 million grant
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East Bay
LAT $: UC Berkeley chancellor to resign following widespread criticism by faculty
- OCReg: UC Berkeley chancellor resigns; handling of sexual harassment cases criticized
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South Bay
SJMN: Santa Clara County Jail to offer college-credit courses - SJMN: Saratoga: Head of charitable foundation charged with tax evasion
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Los Angeles County
LAT $: Garcetti taps public utility veteran to succeed departing LADWP chief - LAT $: LAPD motorcycle officer fatally shoots a person during a South L.A. traffic stop
- LADN: LA County Supervisor questions racial bias among Sheriff’s Department cadets
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Orange County
OCReg: O.C. Sheriff hires adviser amid jailhouse snitch controversy
- OCReg: Brandman, Kring and 19 others to run for City Council under new district map
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Inland Empire
PE: Moreno Valley officials adopt plan for city's future, despite divided council - SBSun: Most Inland water suppliers don’t expect shortage
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San Diego County
SDUT: Top Trump advisor a former San Diego politician - SDUT: Jurors hear clandestine meeting tapes in Azano trial
- SDUT: City winning battle with Mission Beach flies