Thursday, September 12, 2019
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Taxpayer Win!
SacBee: Judge overturns Yuba County’s 1 percent sales tax, ruling it was misclassified on ballot
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Rent Control
CG: Rent Control Passes in the CA Legislature
- CalM: Big rent hikes are about to be illegal in California. Here’s what you should know
- SBSun: California rent cap bill AB 1482 passes state Legislature
- SDUT: Statewide rent cap appears likely to become law, would be a first for San Diego
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Gig Economy Fight
CNBC: Uber: Won't reclassify drivers, believes it's exempt from CA bill
- SFC: Uber: We’ll fight in court to keep drivers as independent contractors
- AP: Uber vows to keep fighting sweeping California labor bill
- SDUT: Forget Uber and Lyft. Gig economy bill will rattle several San Diego startups
- CalM: Who’s in, who’s out of AB 5?
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Ending NCAA Corruption
AP: California college athlete ‘fair pay’ bill goes to governor
- LAT $: California would allow college athletes to profit from endorsements under bill sent to governor
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Pot House
AP: Marijuana seized from building co-owned by ex-congressman - Turlock cops report illegal marijuana grow in building whose owners include Jeff Denham
- LAT $: Nearly 3,000 illegal marijuana businesses found in California audit, dwarfing legal trade
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Vaccine Mandate
LAT $: Vaccine bill critics want California voters to block new limits on exemptions
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Evil Tech Overlords
KQED: How Tech Companies Are Trying to Gut the California Consumer Privacy Act - Koch group launches ads defending Silicon Valley against state AG probes
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Animal Rights Agenda
LAT $: Lions, tigers and bears no more: California lawmakers ban exotic animals at circuses - CG: California Legislature Passes Bill to Ban Fur Industry, but will Governor Newsom Sign It?
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Congress 2020
PE: Republican Aja Smith seeks 2020 rematch with Inland Rep. Mark Takano - SDUT: San Diego Council President Georgette Gómez establishes congressional campaign committee
- CG: Shahid Buttar’s Campaign to Unseat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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Under the Dome
SDUT: Bill that would end gun shows at Del Mar Fairgrounds advances to governor’s desk
- AP: California lawmakers send governor police training bill
- LAT $: California lawmakers move to reinstate, revamp local affordable housing program
- CalM: Remakes and fresh takes: On these 2019 bills, it’s now Newsom’s call
- CG: Bill That Expands the Reporting of Child Abuse Passed in the Senate
- VOC: Gov. Newsom Signs Bill To Build OC’s First Veterans Cemetery
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Trump Tax Returns Law
SFC: Calif. Democrats cite Reagan vetoes to defend law aimed at Trump’s tax returns -
Gun Control
LAT $: California bill to clamp down on semiautomatic rifles heads for vote this week -
Death Penalty Trials
AP: Court won’t block death penalty trials despite moratorium - LAT $: California Supreme Court declines to take up L.A. death penalty cases
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Homeless Crisis
PE: High rents in Riverside, San Bernardino counties contribute to ‘homelessness crisis’
- SFC: Fremont chooses city hall parking lot for controversial homeless center
- SacBee: Sacramento mayor ‘wary’ of Trump’s offer for homeless aid. But says CA cities should listen
- SacBee: Police called nearly 800 times to a Sacramento homeless shelter. Will new shelters be safer?
- LAT $: An Echo Park lot could become homeless housing after a bitter clash at City Hall
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Wildfire Breaks
LAT $: Fuel breaks won’t stop the worst wildfires. So why is California spending millions on them? -
Water Wars
SacBee: California’s Trump-blocking environmental bill may be delayed in fight over water - CalM: Water dispute bedevils bill to blunt Trump’s environment aims
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Virtue Signaling
Lodi-area winery apologizes, reverses policy after refusing to host lesbian wedding -
Dive Boat Tragedy
LAT $: Final victim of California boat fire is recovered by divers
- AP: Early NTSB report expected in fatal California boat fire
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Governor's Reward
SDUT: Governor offers $50K reward in 1999 Poway cold-case killing -
White House 2020
OCReg: Korean DREAMers from Orange County will join Kamala Harris at Democratic debate -
Asylum Ban
SDUT: Supreme Court rules for Trump on asylum ban at southern border
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The Golden Pen
John Phillips
OCReg: State insurance czar wants us to pay the rent for his second home
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Chris Reed
SDUT: Chris Reed: ‘Moneyball'-style analytics will put workers under the microscope -
SacBee Editorial
SacBee: With scandals multiplying, will Ricardo Lara last a full term as insurance commissioner? -
Joe Mathews
FH: Is Steyer Running for President—Or California Office? -
Joel Fox
FH: AB 5 and the Ghost of Failed Bills Past
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OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Orange County supervisors need lessons about open government -
George Skelton
LAT $: Skelton: Labor won big with bill to rewrite California employment law — but it’s flawed -
Kerry Jackson
OCReg: Battle over “progressive” solutions leaves independent contractors on edge -
Dan Walters
CalM: Tax vote issue gets cloudier
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David French
NR: Jerry Falwell Jr. Shows How the Advance of Christendom Can Harm Christianity -
SF Bay Area
SFC: SF’s Central Subway hits huge delay — won’t open till 2021 - SFC: Cyclists cry foul over $238 citations for rolling through stop signs
- SFC: SF kept beds for mentally ill empty out of concern for patient safety, officials say
- SFC: Attorney, youth, public officials detail horrid juvenile hall conditions
- SFC: Lombard Street reservation plan faces one final twist
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South Bay
SJMN: Google deals widen in downtown San Jose
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Central Valley
Stanislaus County considers proposal that would bring new life to former animal shelter - FresBee: Dirty water fight brewing as Central Valley city refuses to help neighboring town
- FresBee: Animal control provider to part ways with Fresno. What will the city do?
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Ventura County
VCStar $: Oak Park explains gender diversity rollout -
Los Angeles County
LADN: LAPD gets OK for drone use, for good
- LADN: 3 dead in apparent murder-suicide involving deputy LA city attorney
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Orange County
OCReg: Authorities: CSUF student now reports she was raped off-campus, not in university garage elevator - OCReg: Candidate launches drive for new leader of Orange County GOP
- VOC: Westminster Mayor Claims Vietnam Interference at City Hall
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San Bernardino County
SBSun: San Bernardino County’s largest union gets raises – with first one coming in days - PE: Cal State San Bernardino student has active tuberculosis, may have exposed 400 to illness
- SBSun: Rialto pushes back start of semimonthly City Council meetings
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Riverside County
PE: Associate pastor at Riverside’s Harvest church dies -
San Diego County
SDUT: Privacy concerns lead county Board of Supervisors to delay consideration of license plate reader program - SDUT: La Mesa council approves task force to study police oversight options
- VOSD: Tri-City Deal Could Be a Glimpse of What’s to Come
- SDUT: Editorial: Why can’t San Diego school board have more independent trustees?