Wednesday, July 25, 2018
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*FR Senior Correspondent*
Katy Grimes
FRBlog: John Cox Takes On California’s ‘Out-of-Touch Elites’
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No Straws Allowed
NR: Santa Barbara Authorizes Jail Time for Handing Out Straws
- SFC: No more slurping through plastic straws in San Francisco
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Your Tax Dollars Asleep
VCStar $: DMV worker slept 2,200 hours on job, auditor finds
- SacBee: California DMV worker slept on the job for three years, audit says
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Nathan Fletcher: Bought & Paid For
Democrats spent 37 times the contribution limit on Nathan Fletcher -
Democrat Hypocrisy
EBX: State Democrats Accept Money from ICE Contractors
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Governor 2018
SacBee: Homelessness is getting worse across California. Gavin Newsom says he has a plan to turn it around. -
The OC
OCReg: Orange County portrait: Low wages, child poverty, costly housing -
Ivory Towers Pay Raise
SFC: CSU trustees approve pay raises for executives with six-figure salaries -
Abortion Pills Required
California soon may be first state to require public universities to offer abortion pills -
Wildfire Costs
AP: California Panel to Probe Growing Wildfire Costs
- SJMN: Gov. Brown’s plan would ease wildfire burden on PG&E
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EPA Waiver
BreitbartCA: Trump Administration to Rescind California’s Greenhouse Gas EPA Waiver -
CA Gives a Dam!
SacBee: California’s largest reservoir project in decades gets an $800 million boost. But is it feasible? - SFC: California funds new dams to protect against drought
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Farm Aid
What they're saying: Republicans diss Trump's aid to farmers - SacBee: California farmers skeptical about Trump farm aid
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Open Carry Rights
BreitbartCA: Ninth Circuit: Limiting Open Carry to Police, Security Guards Violates Second Amendment
- SFC: San Francisco appeals court: 2nd Amendment grants right to carry guns openly - SFChronicle.com
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Heat Wave
LADN: Wednesday’s heat will be full of woe for Southern California - LAT $: To keep electricity flowing to Angelenos, the DWP says it might cut their power
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Yosemite Fire
LAT $: With Yosemite closing because of the Ferguson fire, here's what you need to know about what's open, what's closed and how to get a refund - FresBee: Yosemite Valley will close due to fire. ‘Get yourself out of here,’ official says
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Under the Dome
LAT $: California lawmakers use November's ballot guide to debate daylight saving time - Gov. Brown Proposal Would Make It Harder to Sue Utilities for Fire Damages
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Hadley Appointed CA GOP Vice Chair
LAT $: Former legislator David Hadley appointed vice chairman of California GOP, easing path to become next party leader
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Pelosi's Mutiny
BreitbartCA: More Dem Candidates Against Pelosi for Speaker -
CalPERS vs. Opioids
SacBee: Tai chi, anyone? CalPERS partners up in effort to fight opioid epidemic -
House 2018: Rohrabacher
BreitbartCA: Dana Rohrabacher’s Opponents Attack Him over Russia Policy
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The Golden Pen
Gary M. Galles
SFC: Rent control and inclusionary housing policies are self-interested and harmful
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Joel Fox
FH: An Impossible Run for President by Mayor Garcetti? -
Morris Brown
FH: Support Prop 6 – Repeal the Gas Tax -
Ronald Stein
FH: We’re Addicted to Prosperity -
John Phillips
LADN: San Francisco Bay Area’s ‘crazy train’ counts three murders in five days — and BART officials hid the details
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Peter Suderman
Reason: Republicans Want a Tax Break For Gym Memberships. That's a Terrible Idea. -
David Crane
FH: Jerry Brown Goes to Court for Kids -
Susan Shelley
OCReg: Death of a city’s sidewalks: the crack-up -
Dan Walters
Pension fund earnings up, but crushing debts remain
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OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Half the time, California prison guards failed to follow guidelines when using force -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Sacramento floats ban of unruly protesters from City Council meetings, kicks out speaker - SacBee: The law that led to soda tax blackmail is coming to cities. Is Sacramento’s rent control fight next?
- SacBee: Dixon City Council decides not to strip Hickman of vice mayor title over column
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SF Bay Area
SFC: Earlier victim of alleged BART killer: ‘I wish he would get the death penalty’ - SJMN: Brock Turner wanted nothing more than ‘outercourse,’ not intercourse, lawyer argues
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South Bay
SJMN: Another homeless housing proposal in San Jose draws residents’ ire
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Central Valley
These 5 Central Valley cities are among nation’s least-educated, study finds - FresBee: ICE making arrests at Fresno courthouse, and attorneys concerned over due process
- Campaign fine lowered against ex-Oakdale water board member
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Did SLO History Center staffers fabricate a homophobic tale? -
Los Angeles County
LAT $: LAPD officials defend predictive policing as activists call for its end
- LAT $: Beverly Hills City Council approves six-month ban on electric scooters
- LADN: LAPD chief says bullet that struck Trader Joe’s manager was fired by an officer
- LADN: LA County leaders back bill to fill company boards with at least 1 woman
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Orange County
OCReg: Bill to limit Orange County toll road agencies’ power is dead, but the fight’s not over for San Clemente -
Riverside County
PE: Moreno Valley’s ‘most vulnerable’ youths to get jobs in new city-school program - PE: A bill to let Riverside County drivers cross into HOV lanes sits idle in state Senate
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San Bernardino County
PE: Civil rights coalition delivers petition with 75,000 signatures demanding firing of San Bernardino County prosecutor -
San Diego County
SDUT: SDSU Aztecs face $1 million rent hike to play football in ex-Chargers stadium - SDUT: Protests spurred by death of man in police custody halt National City council meeting; police, deputies respond in riot gear
- SDUT: Chula Vista puts marijuana tax on November ballot