Wednesday, May 17, 2017
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*FR Exclusive*
BOE Member George Runner
FRBlog: Political Scams Are the Norm in California
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Steven Greenhut
Forget fiscal responsibility: Jerry Brown embraces pension shell game
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Lawmaker Fights Political Persecution
LAT $: Assemblywoman asks Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra to drop electioneering prosecution of 86-year-old activist
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LA Election 2017: Results
LAT $: Voters decisively back measure to rework discipline at the LAPD
- LAT $: L.A. City Council: Cedillo wins reelection, Rodriguez heads to victory in northeast Valley
- LAT $: Charter backers poised to win their first L.A. school board majority
- LADN: LA Election Results: Cedillo heads to likely victory over Bray-Ali in CD1 race
- LADN: Gonez leads Padilla in early results for LAUSD District 6 seat
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Tax Kickback Scheme
VOC: Westminster Adopts Taxpayer-Funded Car Rebate Program
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Fracking Gov. Brown
SFC: Gov. Brown clashes with environmentalists over fracking -
CA Quality of Life
SDUT: Is quality of life for San Diegans getting better or worse? -
Under the Dome
SacBee: When Jerry Hill gets ticked off, you might get a new law
- SFC: Gov. Brown vetoes parole for killer of Turkey counsel general
- CapWkly: Hunting for a job — with a felony
- FH: AB 5—For Business, the Worst Bill of the Year?
- SJMN: "California Trusts Women'' pro-choice license plate moving through the Legislature
- SacBee: Tax board should rein itself in – while it still can, controller says
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High Cost of Housing
SJMN: Affordable housing gets big funding boost -
Cult of Obama
LAT $: Obama Freeway in L.A. looks like it's going to happen, despite the Obamajam jokes -
Crime and Punishment
LAT $: Judge throws out lawsuit challenging California's execution law
- LAT $: Bail reform could come with a hefty price tag - LA Times
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MSM Singles Out Hunter
LAT $: Rep. Duncan Hunter's campaign spent on trip to Las Vegas amid probe - LA Times -
MSM Love for Kamala
FresBee: Kamala Harris to Trump: Leave grandma’s marijuana alone -
Cap-and-Trade Scam
FH: One simple trick for California’s carbon diet: a robust cap-and-trade system -
Fishy Situation
FresBee: Trout, salmon and steelhead: A massive die-off coming for these California fish?
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Press Spreads Press Secretary Rumors
SJMN: Kimberly Guilfoyle: From San Francisco’s first lady to Trump’s shortlist for press secretary -
From Russia with Love
FresBee: Valdao urges Trump to air facts on sharing info with Russians | The Fresno Bee - LAT $: What have California's members of Congress said about reports that Trump asked Comey to end Flynn inquiry? - LA Times
- LAT $: Everything we know so far about the Russia investigation and the Trump White House
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The Golden Pen
Kira Davis
Gov. Jerry Brown Calls California Taxpayers "Freeloaders" -
Opinion: Brown's Pension Payment
FH: Gov. Brown’s Proposed $6 billion Pension Payment is a Bad Investment
- FH: Prepaying on CalPERS Massive Unfunded Liabilities
- OCReg: Playing catch-up on public pension funding
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Dan Walters
SacBee: California tolerates poor educations for millions -
Michael Brendan Dougherty
NR: Fake News, Real Consequences -
Jonah Goldberg
NR: Mr. Vice President: Please Help the President Get His Act Together
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East Bay
LAT $: Ghost Ship warehouse fire lawsuits consolidated -
SF Bay Area
SFC: Supes move forward density bonus affordable housing plan - SFC: On jammed S.F. streets, ride hailing collides with urban well-being
- SFC: Fewer in S.F. taking advantage of food stamp benefits
- SFC: San Mateo County allocates millions for affordable housing
- SFC: Palo Alto school board to hire firm to investigate handling of sex assault allegations
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Central Valley
ModBee:November ballot will include 12-year extension of county library tax
- FresBee: Keith Foster upends defense, denying his lawyer’s claim he was undercover when busted for drugs
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Central Coast
LAT $: Pair of earthquakes strikes near Santa Barbara County coast - CalCoast: Santa Margarita quarry back on the table
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Ventura County
VCStar $: 4 on Oxnard council get recall papers -
Los Angeles County
LAT $: A letter sent to some L.A. voters sought to shame them for their voting records — and no one knows who sent it - LAT $: 7,000 birds seized in largest cockfighting bust in U.S. history, L.A. County authorities say
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Orange County
OCReg: Santa Ana may use $9.3 million in one-time funds to help balance budget
- OCReg: Everyone agrees: The Santa Ana River trail is no place to raise homeless children
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Riverside County
PE: Indicted Beaumont councilman Mark Orozco misses meeting - PE: Cal Fire chief to publicly apologize to Hemet over subordinates’ criticisms
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San Bernardino County
PE: Colonies key witness says he’s “100 percent certain” there were no bribes -
San Diego County
SDUT: SDSU ends negotiations on SoccerCity proposal - SDUT: High-paying life sciences industry continues growth in San Diego County and California