Wednesday, September 21, 2016
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*FR Exclusive: Ed Ring*
FRBlog: Average Costa Mesa Firefighter Makes Nearly $250,000 Per Year. Why? Pensions. -
Field Poll - Harris expands lead in Senate Race
SacBee: Kamala Harris expands lead over Loretta Sanchez for U.S. Senate - Poll: Latinos shifting to Harris over Sanchez in California U.S. Senate race
- SacBee: Family earn less than $140K? Kamala Harris says you should go to college free
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Lawmakers abuse per diem to line their pockets
LADN: California lawmakers collect thousands on top of salary while absent - SacBee: List of California lawmakers' per diem collected when absent
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Tom Howell Jr.
WashTimes: Public option seen as only way to save ObamacareThis should be a wake-up call for Republicans to propose and unify around a legitimate, free-market centered solution to replace Obamacare.
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Voters asked to spend and borrow billions of dollars
SacBee: California voters will decide hundreds of tax and bond measures -
Voter Registration surge - will they vote?
CapWkly: CA120: Voter registration is huge, partisan and volatile -
Bag Ban Referendum
SGVT: Out-of-state bag makers spending big on propositions -
FPPC wields their power
LAT $: 'It's just inherently intimidating': Watchdog agency under fire for pressuring groups it regulates to oppose legislation - LA Times -
Adelson to focus on maintaining GOP House and Senate
NYT: Sheldon Adelson Focuses on Congressional Races, Despite Donald Trump’s Pleas -
Why is it a question???
LAT $: Who should pay fines if coastal commissioners are found guilty of breaking rules? Them or taxpayers? -
Large Central Coast brush fire continues to expand
VCStar $: Fire near Vandenberg Air Force Base grows to… - SFC: Blaze at California Air Force base grows to 16 square miles
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Funding Formulas
SacBee: AM Alert: California adjusts formula for assisting ‘disadvantaged’ areas -
Rules for cars of the future - DMV and the Feds
LAT $: California's proposed DMV rules for driverless cars could change in the wake of federal guidelines -
Oil Trains - Local Opposition stifles energy policy
SacBee: Benicia nixes Valero’s plan to run crude oil trains through Sacramento, Davis and Roseville -
Reince Prebius gets blowback on using threats to "unify" the party
McCarthy to Reince: 'There's a Better Way to Unite' Republicans
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The Golden Pen
Senator John Moorlach
FH: The Desensitization Of Debt – An Accountant’s Analysis Of Propositions 51 & 53 -
Nick Sibilla
NR: The Golden State’s New Eminent-Domain Temptation -
Steve Greenhut
RStreet: Gov. Brown mulls bills overseeing psychotropic drugs for foster kids -
Robert J. Barro
WSJ: The Reasons Behind the Obama Non-RecoveryBehind the paywall
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Colin Hanna and Grover Norquist (pictured)
TheHill: Congress must pass Sunset the Tax Code bill before electionColin Hanna and Grover Norquist
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Joe Mathews
FH: Labor Tries to Make Ballot Access Costlier -
Joel Fox
FH: Tsunami of Local Taxes Headed for State’s Taxpayers -
Dan Walters
Walters: Prop 13’s impact on California – East Bay Times -
North State
SacBee: One pilot dies, another injured in U-2 spy plane crash in Sutter County -
Sacramento Area
SacBee: Sacramento mayor promises police reforms after videos of fatal shooting made public -
San Francisco
SFC: SF to look into disclosures from Millennium builder -
East Bay Area
Investment group offers to purchase Coliseum, keep Raiders in Oakland - LAT $: U.S. Coast Guard investigates strong oil smell in waters off Vallejo as residents report trouble breathing
- Oakland council approves sweeping reductions to parking for new developments
- Judge rules against requiring standardized test scores in East Bay teacher evaluations
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Central Valley
BakCal: LOIS HENRY: Budget woes put helicopter rescues firmly back in Fire's hands - Valley lawmakers blast river flow proposal
- BakCal: Supervisors kill vacant positions, set hiring freeze
- FresBee: Fresno County will pay probation chief to avoid legal liability
- FresBee: Fresno County poverty recedes, but still above pre-recession level
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Central Coast
SLTrib: SLO County adopts urgent rules on marijuana cultivation - SEIU to Santa Cruz County: We need higher pay
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Los Angeles County
LAT $: LAUSD considering a later start for school year - SGVT: Rome mayor rejects 2024 Olympic bid, boosting LA’s chances
- LADN: LA County leader seeks answers to why Porter Ranch-area residents still feel ill after gas leak
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Orange County
OCReg: State investigating O.C. Superior Court system over job discrimination claims - OCReg: Laguna Beach City Council weighs in on OCTA traffic study
- OCReg: Santa Ana OKs plan to address Civic Center 'crisis'
- OCReg: After horse racing stops at Los Alamitos, what happens to the 170 acres?
- LAT $: Beach fort erected by 'Bad Boys' surfer gang will be demolished, Palos Verdes officials say
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Riverside County
PE: College district trustees consider rebuking Miller over Hillary hangman tweets - PE: Moreno Valley council meeting turns heated with shouting, accusations, walkouts
- DesSun: CVUSD candidates talk teacher pay, negotiations
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San Diego County
SDUT: San Diego roads better, but still need improvement - SDUT: Ritz Carlton project delayed again
- SDUT: Does San Diego need rent control?