Wednesday, July 17, 2019
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*FR Exclusive*
Bruce Bialosky
A Terrible Court Ruling
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First Vetoes
CG: Governor Newsom Issues His First Vetoes
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High Speed Boondoggle
AP: California readies $1.6B high-speed rail design contract
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MS-13 Terror
AP: California indictment alleges MS-13 hacked victims to death
- California gang members charged in L.A. machete murders
- LAT $: An ultra-violent MS-13 group entered the U.S., then stalked L.A. with blades and bats
- PE: 22 suspected members of MS-13 charged in Angeles National Forest machete murders, Valley Glen park shooting
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Facial Ban
SFC: Oakland bans use of facial recognition technology -
IT Trouble
AP: Report finds California government IT security flaws
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Disaster Prep
SFC: California’s master of disaster talks quake-rate hike, new wildfire fund -
ICE Outcry
SFC: Undocumented immigrant reported by Daly City police to ICE, prompting outcry -
Blame the Tax Cuts!
SacBee: Corporate tax cuts blocked at least 15,000 affordable homes in California. Here’s how -
Trump Tweets
California Republicans face backlash for silence over Trump tweets
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Union Deal
SacBee: Safeway reaches tentative contract with union representing thousands of California workers -
Pot Delivery
AP: California pot seller asks court to void county delivery ban -
Aging Prisons
AP: Study: California’s 12 oldest prisons need major fixes - FresBee: Delays in California jail construction cost lives, dollars while money goes unspent
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Campaign Fundraising 2020
CalM: The Democratic scramble for California’s cash: A deeper dive in 5 charts
- SDUT: Hunter leads opponents in second quarter fundraising, but burns a lot of cash
- OCReg: Rep. Katie Hill leads her Republican challengers in early 2020 campaign fundraising
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California Socialism
VOSD: Five Months From Deadline, Many Companies Still Have All-Male Boards -
UC Tuition
SFC: UC eyes changing how it raises tuition — and who’d get the higher bills -
Homeless Crisis
CG: Gov. Newsom Names ‘Leaders & Statewide Experts’ to Advise on Homeless Crisis
- LADN: After clamorous public hearing, Sherman Oaks housing site for formerly homeless seniors is set for an August vote
- SJMN: Hundreds protest against homeless navigation center in Fremont
- LADN: Task force formed to relocate homeless encampments at risk of fire and flood in LA County
- OCReg: County supervisors approve proposed homeless lawsuit settlement that would leave some south county cities without anti-camping enforcement
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Rats!
SDUT: Report says California’s rat population is exploding, but county data differs -
Polling 2020
CapWkly: Our political polling shifts into high gear for 2020 -
Medical School Debt
LAT $: California doesn’t have enough doctors. To recruit them, the state is paying off medical school debt -
USC Scandal
LAT $: How many students cheated to get into USC? A look inside the admissions investigation
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RIP: John Paul Stevens
SDUT: Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens dead at 99 -
RIP: William Dannemeyer
BakCal: William Dannemeyer, former O.C. congressman and anti-gay crusader, dies at 89 -
Antitrust Appeal
SDUT: Qualcomm gets support from Justice Department, others in antitrust appeal
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The Golden Pen
Chris Reed
FH: California Attorney General an unexpected obstacle to police transparency law
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Timothy L. Coyle
FH: Soaring Building Costs Are Slowing Housing Recovery -
Susan Shelley
OCReg: California is making plans to track your children -
Joel Fox
FH: Tom Steyer Wants a National Referendum
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Jonathan Deluty
NR: Don’t Compare the Situation on the Border to the Holocaust -
Joe Mathews
FH: Dear San Francisco, My heart breaks for you. -
Victor Davis Hanson
NR: The Selfish Actors of Illegal Immigration
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Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Sacramento rents are up, but aren’t so bad elsewhere in California. Here’s a look at how much -
East Bay
SFC: Ghost Ship trial: Testimony wraps up with defendant contradicting officer -
SF Bay Area
SFC: Facebook cafeteria workers protest pay, hours in San Francisco - SFC: Investigator contradicts officers’ testimony in ‘Rideshare Rapist’ DNA hearing
- SFC: SFMTA board votes to make e-scooter program permanent
- SFC: Officials vote to close block in Hayes Valley to car traffic
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Central Valley
FresBee: School board calls for discipline over active shooter drill
- Fire risk leaves Tuolumne County residents scrambling to find affordable insurance
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Templeton seeking new tax to fund firefighter pay -
Los Angeles County
LAT $: Los Angeles is finally ditching coal — and replacing it with another polluting fuel - LAT $: Protesters target L.A. over skid row plan: ‘We will not be gentrified’
- LAT $: Child welfare chief under fire over suspicious death of 4-year-old boy
- LADN: LA County to pay $53 million to settle suit over jail’s invasive strip searches of women
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Orange County
VOC: Private Advisory Group Anaheim First Criticized as it Begins Citywide Study
- VOC: Fullerton City Council to Decide How to Handle Mobile Home Seniors’ Rent Increases
- OCReg: Judge OKs order to remove seawall protecting Laguna Beach home
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Riverside County
PE: Riverside Community Hospital’s $7.5 million remodel brings 14 more beds, 2 new doctors to emergency room - PE: 4 homes red-tagged, 26 others damaged following fatal gas line explosion in Murrieta
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: Should San Bernardino spend about $540,000 to replace Meadowbrook Park bridge? -
San Diego County
SDUT: Gun shows return to Del Mar in September as state defends ban in court