Wednesday, June 24, 2020
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*FR Exclusive*
Gene Wunderlich
FRBlog: Everyone Suffers Under AB 5
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Democrat Budget Screws Middle Class
CalM: Budget deal shields neediest Californians, shifts burden to middle class
- FresBee: Winners and losers: How California’s budget deal might affect you
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L.A. Democrat Corruption Case
CG: FBI Arrest Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar Over Bribery And Racketeering Charges
- LAT $: A councilman is charged with racketeering, and we just yawn
- LADN: They raided his office. Then years passed. Now FBI has LA councilman in custody.
- LAT $: L.A. City Councilman Jose Huizar charged in federal corruption probe
- LAT $: Mayor of Pico Rivera and consultant charged in scheme to launder campaign contributions
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Homeless Entitlements
AP: L.A. County agency offers $800M plan to help 15,000 homeless
- LAT $: As efforts collapse to place homeless in hotels, L.A. officials propose new, $800-million plan
- SFC: Phone buddy system connects SF homeless hotel residents with volunteers
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Small Businesses in Trouble
SDUT: As patience for public health restrictions wanes, businesses plead for relief -
Newsom's Threat
Gavin Newsom gets power to withhold funds for counties that don’t follow COVID-19 rules
- Governor Newsom describes how state will enforce mask order
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Defund the Police?
Democrats Not So Woke
LAT $: LAUSD votes against proposal to defund school police and can’t agree on reform plans - PE: Riverside County supervisors OK $6.5 billion budget, won’t defund Sheriff’s Department
- SFC: Cut $25 million from Oakland police? Not so fast, mayor says
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Closing Jails
LADN: LA County leaders to study closure of Men’s Central Jail within a year - SFC: Legislators expedite hearing on prisons amid coronavirus outbreaks
- SFC: Report: Prop. 47 cut gaps in arrests, jailings among Blacks and whites
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Opening Racial Justice Offices
SDUT: San Diego County to establish Office of Equity and Racial Justice; specifics expected to come in September -
COVID Concerns
AP: Yosemite won’t reopen some campgrounds amid virus concerns
- SFC: California sees spike in number of cases — for second straight day
- Record high of new coronavirus cases reported in California: More than 6,000 in a day
- AP: Health officers sound alarm as California economy reopens
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Police Oversight
LAT $: L.A. County leaders call for independent investigation into Andres Guardado’s death - AP: LA board seeks investigation after deputy fatally shot teen
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Rewriting History
AP: California city of Fort Bragg considers name change - AP: 2 California national parks removing Robert E. Lee mentions
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Climate Change
CalM: California re-evaluating its landmark climate strategy -
High Speed Boondoggle
Reason: Even the Coronavirus Might Not Be Able to Kill California's Bullet Train Boondoggle
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Gun Control
AP: California bill ups scrutiny of hunting license in gun sales -
Today in Racism
SFC: Union City police investigating racist graffiti on car as hate crime - AP: California raceway president says noose found in tree
- PE: San Bernardino County declares racism a public health crisis
- SDUT: Santee resolution seeks to confront racism, protests, past history
- FresBee: Central school official in Fresno resigns after making ‘insensitive’ comments
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CalPERS Lawsuit
SacBee: Sitting CalPERS board member sues California pension fund president, claiming retaliation
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Congress 2020
SFC: GOP pouring money into a California Democratic House seat to try to flip it -
White House 2020
WSJ: Political Donors Linked to China Won Access to Trump, GOP -
VP 2020
AP: Q&A: Harris says Democrats need to listen to young voters - LAT $: Rep. Karen Bass moves onto Biden's vice presidential list - Los Angeles Times
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The Golden Pen
Chris Raahauge
CG: Our Assemblywoman: Absent When You Need Her, Always Present For Tax Increases -
Bruce Bialosky
FRBlog: A Discussion About Race
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Joe Mathews
FH: Why Sacramento Fails California—And Itself -
Carlos Galvan, Jr.
FH: Gov. Newsom: Cap-and-trade is not the legislature’s ATM -
John Stossel
OCReg: Political correctness has gone off the rails -
Dan Walters
CalM: Commentary: Budget No. 4 won't be the last
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Joel Fox
FH: Unmasking an Opportunity and a Reckoning -
Sacramento Valley
SacBee: Sacramento County reports 131 new coronavirus cases, highest one-day increase by far -
SF Bay Area
SFC: SF residents share unexpected delights, discoveries of shelter in place - SJMN: Coronavirus: UPS drivers in Bay Area test positive for COVID-19 as shipping delays plague country
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South Bay
SJMN: District Attorney backs off whistleblower claim against line-level public defender
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Central Valley
FresBee: Fresno County reports 3 more deaths, 187 new cases of coronavirus. Numbers up regionally - Stanislaus County is now one of coronavirus ‘hot spots’ in California, officials say
- FresBee: Fresno church that displayed Black Lives Matter banners to become polling place again
- FresBee: Could ‘real repercussions’ of COVID-19 trigger a rollback of Fresno businesses reopening?
- AP: Central California town without water for days due to algae
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Mission San Luis Obispo removes statue to protect it from protesters - CalCoast: Grover Beach Council Member Barbara Nicolls resigns
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Ventura County
VCStar $: Health officer: First signs county could lose COVID fight -
Los Angeles County
LAT $: L.A. City Council passes $100-million rent relief program - LADN: LA County extends rent, mortgage moratoriums for residents hit hard by pandemic
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Orange County
VOC: South Orange County Cities See Steep Increases for Sheriff Protection
- OCReg: Two more O.C. restaurants close temporarily after one or more employees had COVID-19
- OCReg: Capistrano Unified plans to lay off 88 employees
- OCReg: Orange County slips back toward a coronavirus Stage 2 limit
- OCReg: Angels owner’s stadium plan adds 2 hotels, 5-acre park, offices and housing
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San Bernardino County
PE: San Bernardino County coronavirus cases set one-day record, pass 10,000 - SBSun: San Bernardino plans to use savings to rescue ailing budget
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Riverside County
PE: Riverside County coronavirus cases, hospitalizations, ICU use break records -
San Diego County
VOSD: The Burning Question Surrounding the Latest Version of Lilac Hills Ranch - SDUT: San Diego City Council unanimously endorses police reform ballot measure
- SDUT: San Diego County will restructure, expand powers of its independent law enforcement oversight group