Tuesday, May 8, 2018
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*FR Publisher Jon Fleischman's Commentary*
FRBlog: CAGOP Convention Winner: Lt. Governor Candidate Cole Harris
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*FR Senior Correspondent*
Katy Grimes
FRBlog: Dem George Soros Dumps Big $$$ In California DA’s Races
- SDUT: Billionaire Soros drops $1.5 million into PAC supporting DA candidate Jones-Wright
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Requiescat in Pace
Sam Aanestad
A Great Conservative
Sam Aanestad dies at age 71
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Hello, Newman Recall!
LAT $: Sen. Josh Newman in a fight for his political life over vote to raise California's gas tax -
Illegal Immigrant Health Care
SacBee: CA lawmakers push health care for undocumented immigrants
- SDUT: Sessions promises prosecutions for all illegal border crossings, including asylum seekers
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Drug Abuse
NYT: Needle by Needle, a Heroin Crisis Grips California’s Rural North - California lawmakers move to limit opioids for minors
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UC Strike
SDUT: UC bracing for Day 2 of strike when nurses, tech workers are expected to join picket line - LAT $: Massive UC workers' strike disrupts dining, classes and medical services
- SFC: Kamala Harris cancels Cal graduation speech in boycott of UC over labor dispute
- PE: UC service workers begin 3-day strike; 29,000 nurses, pharmacists, radiologists will join them Tuesday
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Under the Dome
Ambitious Health Reform Package Needs $1 Billion From California
- California governor denies parole for 1979 murder accomplice
- FH: Be a Do-It-Yourself Lawmaker
- LAT $: California justice calls for new rules on eyewitness identification in court
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Delta Tunnels
SJMN: $650 million vote on Delta tunnels: Are taxpayers protected? -
NRA Heads North
Reason: Oliver North Tapped as President of the NRA -
Governor 2018
Newsom ad highlights odd incentives of top-2 primary
- FH: GOP Whiffs on Guv Endorsement
- California’s Governor Candidates Debate: Here’s A Look The Six Contenders - capradio.org
- SFC: California governor’s campaign could turn nasty as voters tune in
- OCReg: California Gubernatorial hopefuls look to health care for election edge – Orange County Register
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Vote 2018
SacBee: Voter Guide: Who are all those people on your ballot? - LAT $: Vice News special on California candidate Katie Hill offers unvarnished -- sometimes uncomfortable -- look at campaigning in 2018
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Solar Power
SFC: State solar plan could add $10K to cost of house - OCReg: Edison alliance with City of Industry on solar farm project collapsing over concern about costs
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The Golden Pen
Chris Norby
VOC: Norby: Reviving Redevelopment Abuses Won’t Help Homeless
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Sal Rodriguez
OCReg: California to make homebuilding $25,000 to $30,000 more expensive with new solar mandate -
Cheryl A. Schmit
SacBee: Congress could open floodgates for new tribes – and casinos – across California -
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Cities should stop plundering the public on code-violation prosecutions -
Richard Rider
FRBlog: Texas 2015 COL-adjusted median household income is 32.0% higher than CA — UPDATED April 2018
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Tom Campbell
OCReg: Should we regulate Facebook like a railroad? -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: See the top contributors to Sacramento district attorney, sheriff and city council races - SacBee: Sacramento will have faster apartment growth than any large U.S. city, analyst predicts
- SacBee: "We've got some healing to do." New Phillips ad sounds social justice themes
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SF Bay Area
SFC: SF mayor candidate Alioto loses public financing appeal, says she’ll go to court - SFC: Mayoral candidates face hurdle of housing homeless who resist moving inside
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East Bay
SFC: Oakland to clear long-standing homeless encampment while opening new shed-homes
- SFC: Oakland to clear homeless camp, open shed-homes
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South Bay
SJMN: SJPD officer alleges blatant Islamophobia in department -
Central Valley
Count finds fewer homeless in Stanislaus. But why? - FresBee: These candidates hope to replace Clint Olivier in Fresno City Council District 7
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Ventura County
VCStar $: Starr files class action lawsuit against Oxnard -
Los Angeles County
LAT $: Bucking precedent, Garcetti won't name three finalists for LAPD chief
- LADN: New LAX police headquarters planned for 2021 after years of officers working out of trailers
- LADN: Another ‘street takeover’ in Chatsworth as drivers do ‘dangerous’ doughnuts and burnouts in intersection
- LAT $: STDs in L.A. County are skyrocketing. Officials think racism and stigma may be to blame
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Orange County
OC: Todd Spitzer called out for deceptive campaigning - OCReg: La Habra residents, angry about golf course home project, launch effort to recall Mayor Tim Shaw
- PE: Buena Park police chief calls store video of Mentos incident ‘disturbing’
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San Diego County
SDUT: Omar Passons for San Diego County Supervisor