Tuesday, August 30, 2016
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High Speed Boondoggle
LAT $: High-speed rail critics question the first route segment, which will end in an almond orchard
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Changing Elections
LAT $: Major changes in California elections are on the way if Gov. Jerry Brown signs this bill
- SacBee: Measure phasing in neighborhood polling places goes to Jerry Brown
- LAT $: Was your ballot counted? You'll be able to find out if Gov. Jerry Brown signs this bill - LA Times
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Overtime for Farmworkers
FresBee: Bill that expands overtime pay for farmworkers passes Assembly
- FH: Farm Overtime Bill Will Have Devastating Impacts
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Under the Dome
SacBee: Liberal allies spar over Planned Parenthood bill on secret videos
- SacBee: Sentencing bill inspired by Stanford swimmer case heads to governor
- LAT $: Ratepayers will remain on the hook for gas leaks after Assembly rejects new legislation - LA Times
- SacBee: Pay parity bill goes to Jerry Brown
- LAT $: California bill to extend school choice law faces allegations of inequity
- SacBee: Pro bono rule for new California lawyers? Not so fast, Jerry Brown says
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CA Vaccine Law
SacBee: National backup for California’s hard line on vaccines -
Campaign Donation Limits
LAT $: An effort to impose campaign donation limits on local races is killed by the state Senate
- Would A Transparency Bill Allow More Opaque Campaign Cash?
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Police Abuse
LAT $: Appeals court rejects former Hollywood exec's allegations of police abuse - LA Times -
Brown Act
LADN: Bill Lockyer sitting in on City of Industry closed sessions may violate Brown Act -
Lee Baca Trial
LADN: Judge wants to know if ‘mental defect’ could affect Lee Baca’s trial -
CA Wildfires
SBSun: Here’s why Southern California brush has turned region into a tinderbox
- SBSun: Affected by the Blue Cut fire? Officials warn of scam artists
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Human Trafficking
LADN: More than 200 busted in months-long Valley human trafficking sweep -
Election 2016: Ballot Challenge
LADN: Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian claims opponent’s ballot designation misleads voters -
Immigration: H-1B Visas
SDUT: Legislation would restrict H-1B visas -
CalTrans Sells 710
LADN: Caltrans may begin selling 710 Freeway extension properties in September
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Boxer's Farewell Tour
SacBee: Sen. Barbara Boxer bursts into song on ‘farewell tour’ of California -
Trump in CA
SJMN: Trump in Bay Area: Attends fundraiser in Woodside - BreitbartCA: Latinos Rally for Trump in ‘Operation Taco Bowl’
- SFC: Trump statue removed quickly, but legacy lingers
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The Golden Pen
Jim Harbaugh
BreitbartCA: Jim Harbaugh Slams Colin Kaepernick over Refusal to Stand for National Anthem
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Debra Saunders
SFC: The selfie king never was ‘almost quaint’ -
Dan Walters
SacBee: Political reformers agree sunshine is needed, but squabble over details -
Joel Fox
FH: For Small Business, One Good Bill, One Bad
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Joe Mathews
FH: The Election Changes of SB 450 Are Good Ideas – And Miss the Point -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Cost of Golden 1 Center jumps by millions - SacBee: Sacramento council members demand footage of police killing black man
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East Bay
SJMN: Hayward police chief placed on administrative leave -
SF Bay Area
SFC: SF homeless czar touts streamlined approach, urges patience
- SFC: Police: Man stabs 2 on San Francisco Bay Area commuter train
- SFC: For SF candidates, Chinese name can spell edge at poll - San Francisco Chronicle
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South Bay
SJMN: Job cuts jolt some tech firms despite hiring boom -
Central Valley
FresBee: Warrant issued for Los Banos school board member, Merced contractor arrested on bribery charges - FresBee: Tulare County sheriff says two men shot by deputies were ‘bad guys’ trying to harm officers
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Ventura County
VCStar $: West Nile case in adult confirmed in Ventura County -
Los Angeles County
LAT $: County-USC patients' personal information stolen in car break-in - LAT $: Small, financially troubled Maywood hires engineering firm slammed in audit
- LAT $: Family of malnourished boy found dead in Echo Park closet had been reported to social workers six times - LA Times
- LAT $: Panic, chaos at LAX, JFK show how even false reports of violence can upend airport operations
- LAT $: An unlikely supervisors' race runoff launches with a Santa Clarita forum and a fight over ballot statement
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Orange County
OCReg: County wants changes in 'rambling' ballot argument on school bond measure
- OCReg: Banning Ranch project in Newport Beach in limbo after report riles developer
- OCReg: First-time state tax credit aids thousands of O.C. families
- VOC: Santa Ana City Manager Criticized for Awarding Executive Bonuses
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Inland Empire
PE: Weekend 91 work over, but changes still ahead for drivers