Thursday, January 11, 2018
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*FR Senior Correspondent*
Katy Grimes
FRBlog: California Cities’ Shakedown of Oil Industry Wrought With Fraud
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Congress 2018
Issa Not Running for Re-Election
VOSD: Issa Out; GOP Side Set for Free for All
- OCReg: GOP Congressman Darrell Issa will not seek re-election after serving ninth term
- 49th Congressional District – Overlapping AD/SD/Supe/BOE
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Big, Bad Budget
LAT $: California lawmakers have a $190.3-billion state budget plan to consider. Here's some of what it would pay for
- SacBee: Brown’s final California budget stashes billions in reserve
- LAT $: In his final state budget, Gov. Jerry Brown is tying up loose ends for his successor — and protecting his rear - LA Times
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Evil Tech Tyrants
UNDERCOVER VIDEO: Twitter Engineers To “Ban a Way of Talking” Through “Shadow Banning,” Algorithms to Censor Opposing Political Opinions – Project Veritas - NR: James Damore’s Google Lawsuit Exposes Company's Intolerance
- 19 Insane Tidbits From Damore Suit About Google's Office Environment
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*Warning to All Women in Capitol*
Predator on the Loose
SacBee: Is Tony Mendoza really gone? Lawmaker works on bills at Capitol while on leave
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Mudslides
SJMN: Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; more than a dozen missing - LAT $: Many still trapped as death toll rises in Montecito mudslides
- LAT $: 101 Freeway, buried under tons of mud and debris, remains closed
- LAT $: Emergency alerts from Santa Barbara County didn't go out until after mudslides began in Montecito
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Gas Tax Repeal!
PE: KFI to broadcast live from Corona gas tax repeal rally
- PE: Think gas is too expensive? Pump prices could get even higher in 2018, GasBuddy says
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Brock Turner Recall
SJMN: Brock Turner case: Campaign turns in 100,000 signatures to put judge’s recall on June ballot -
Congress 2018
LAT $: California GOP retirements may lay groundwork for Democratic wave. Will it be big enough to flip control of the House? - SacBee: GOP retirements boost Democrats’ hopes of taking targeted House seats in California
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Hunting Hunter
SDUT: Grand jury subpoena issued in Rep. Duncan Hunter criminal investigation - FLASHBACK: Democrats never faced criminal investigation for the same thing
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Under the Dome
The re-education of Patty Lopez: Capitol’s sexual harassment scandal gives her a second chance
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Congress 2018: Tax Raiser Chavez Running
Chávez announces Congressional run as Issa retires -
Online College
LAT $: Gov. Brown proposes California's first fully online public community college -
Offshore Oil Drilling
SacBee: Jerry Brown wants Florida off-shore oil drilling exemption | -
Tax Planning
LAT $: California's effort to dodge President Trump's tax plan faces political and practical challenges
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Future of Nuclear Plant
SFC: California regulators to decide fate of state’s last nuclear plant Thursday -
Survey Says
SBSun: Californians have mixed views of Robert Mueller – but really don’t like Donald Trump, new poll finds -
Trump's Gift to DiFi
SFC: Trump’s tweet the stuff of re-election dreams for Calif. Sen. Feinstein
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The Golden Pen
Susan Shelley
FH: Making housing more expensive to build won’t make it more affordable
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Steven Greenhut
Bill to unionize Capitol staffers is ridiculous, but cynics might find a bright side -
National Review
NR: The GOP Must Win a Better Deal on DACA -
Joel Fox
FH: Proposition 13 on his Mind
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Sac Bee Editorial
SacBee: Jerry Brown offers a tight-fisted final budget. We may come to appreciate every cent -
Dan Walters
Commentary: Brown's final budget reflects cautious approach | CALmatters -
Opinion: Pension Reform
SJMN: Brown suffers major setback on pension reform -
SF Bay Area
SFC: Proposal for $9 tolls on Bay Bridge, $8 on other bridges gets big boost - SFGate - SFC: Breed, Leno, Kim and Alioto trounced in SF poll by ‘Undecided’
- SJMN: Here we go again: FAA investigating another SFO landing mishap
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East Bay
SFC: Amid budget cuts, Oakland school board gives itself a raise
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Central Valley
FresBee: If City Hall red tape gets out of hand, builders should get fees back, councilman says - FresBee: Fresno police Chief Dyer predicts rise in drug violence with legal marijuana
- Brown proposes fix for stalled Modesto, Sonora courthouse projects
- Turlock - again - is looking for someone to lead the city
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Public lashes out at Supervisor Adam Hill, no chairmanship - CalCoast: Wallace case moved to Santa Maria after Guerrero appointed judge
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Orange County
OCReg: FAA to alter JWA airplane routes under tentative settlement after noise complaints from Newport Beach neighborhoods
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San Diego County
VOSD: How the New Push to Increase Hotel Taxes Differs from the Old One