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• SFC: $1.7 million now buys two toilets in S.F. instead of just one
• LAT $: New contract would raise average L.A. teacher salary to $106,000
• FoxLA: LAUSD teachers to see 21% salary increase in tentative labor agreement
• CG: LA Schools, Teachers Union Agree to 21% Pay Raise In Three-Year Contract
• CG: Proposed Ballot Initiative for Stricter Penalties for Fentanyl Drug Dealers
• Man fatally shot trying to stop theft at East Bay Home Depot: Coroner
• SFC: Man shot at a Home Depot in Pleasanton while trying to stop theft
• LADN: Los Angeles man accused in armed-robbery spree at OC, LA gas stations, convenience stores
• Reuters: US government watchdog: health chief Becerra violated Hatch Act
• NR: Xavier Becerra Violated Hatch Act, U.S. Government Watchdog Finds
• Xavier Becerra violated Hatch Act by supporting Sen. Alex Padilla’s election, watchdog says
• SDUT: San Diego renters’ rights would soar under city’s proposed plan
• LADN: LA Mayor Bass proposes $1.3B to combat homelessness in first budget
• SDUT: No vacancy: Homeless people turned away from San Diego shelters every day
• California’s Medicaid experiment spends to save — and help the homeless
• LAT $: Californian Julie Su, Bidens pick for Labor secretary, faces a tough confirmation battle
• SFC: Dianne Feinsteins absence imperils Biden's labor secretary pick
• SFC: Mayor Breed opposes $50 million request to create S.F. reparations office
• CG: Cease & Desist Demand Filed in San Francisco Over Reparations Scheme
• SFC: Here’s how much soda sales dropped after Oakland imposed a tax
• AP: Court tosses Berkeley gas ban, but wider impact is unclear
• Reason: Californias Builders and YIMBYs at Loggerheads Over Bill Cracking Down on Unchecked Sprawl
• LAT $: This exclusive island town might be California’s biggest violator of affordable housing law
• FresBee: Without Senator Dianne Feinstein, nominees for federal judgeships in California must wait
• SFC: Al Sharpton calls on U.S. AG to investigate Antioch police, protect mayor
• SJMN: Antioch City Council backs audits for police department under scrutiny
• SFC: One California Republican signed onto a brief supporting abortion pill ban
• VOSD: The North County Charity Executives Cutting Deals that Enrich Them Personally
• OCReg: Assembly Bill 1476 gives cities carte blanche ‘takings’ power
• CG: Congress: Don’t Allow Julie Su to Fail Upward
• OCReg: John Stossel: Save the planet, invest in fossil fuels
• KABC: Katy Grimes
• CalM: Imperial Valley nears day of reckoning for use of distressed Colorado River
• CG: Leaving San Francisco: Three Tales Of Business Owners Who Left And Why
• SFC: S.F. real estate tech company lays off more workers, on top of 550 cuts last year
• SFC: Why San Francisco is bracing for a traffic nightmare this week
• San Francisco leaders urge state to save Bay Area public transit
• SFC: A’s fans frustrated with team's ownership plan ‘reverse boycott’
• SJMN: Confessions of a college counselor: Pushy parents, teen misery and the futility of the Stanford dream
• SJMN: Silicon Valley should fear how easily one firm allegedly stole another’s IP, fired worker claims
• FresBee: Highway 99 in Fresno to get $400 million overhaul. These two exits will close permanently
• FresBee: Fresno vice principal on leave after comments about ‘ghetto girls’ and ‘Section 8 people’
• FresBee: Community Health System board chair Farid Assemi steps down. New chair lives out of state
• CalCoast: Enney surges ahead in Paso Robles school board race
• FoxLA: Westlake HS student killed in crash involving Walmart stabbing suspect
• LAT $: L.A. County warns of possible $3-billion hit to budget from sex abuse claims
• LADN: LA County $43B draft budget adopted: forecast is cloudy, with economic storms
• LAT $: ‘Top shot’ LAPD officer sues chief, department over social media demand
• FoxLA: Mayor Karen Bass unveils $13 billion proposed city budget
• LADN: Journalist asks court to dismiss lawsuit over released LAPD public records
• OCReg: Niles: Why Disney’s real community of tomorrow is Anaheim
• OCReg: Disney security workers getting $8 an hour raise in new contract
• VOC: Is Orange County’s Green Energy CEO On His Way Out?
• VOC: Cypress Looks to Bolster Businesses Who Lost Foot Traffic During Pandemic
• OCReg: Irvine may open busy streets to people-powered modes of transit next year
• Riverside County to spend $18.4 million on helicopter, plane for Sheriff’s Department
• Hemet City Councilmember Karlee Meyer dies at 48
• El Cajon demands change at local motel
• SDUT: Unsafe driving by city workers is worst in 6 departments — and costs San Diegans tens of millions, audit finds
• SDUT: State officials told in 2017 window-shattering in downtown courthouse would get ‘progressively worse’

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