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• CalM: California to send $95 million to undocumented flooding victims – months after promising ‘rapid response’
• CA to provide disaster relief funds for undocumented immigrants, who aren't eligible for FEMA aid
• SF bakery owner says stabbing suspect also stabbed his dad in 2016
• LAT $: San Francisco man convicted of murder in vicious attack partially caught on Zoom
• SFC: Santa Rosa mother arrested after 1-year-old child overdoses on fentanyl
• SFC: Oakland crime spree has residents and business owners on edge
• CalM: Tax on short-term rentals like Airbnb could fund California affordable housing
• AP: Facing sweltering summers, California’s Newsom floats plan for state to buy energy
• Rally set for embattled Temecula Valley High drama teacher
• LAT $: Transgender teacher’s Pride flag burned at school, where protests have escalated
• Elementary board votes in favor of raising Pride flag
• SDUT: Bill calling to limit use of police dogs in arrests, crowd control not moving forward
• CG: Sen. Wiener’s Affordable Housing Mandate for Cities Extended
• AP: California lawmakers advance bill to cool down outside areas at schools
• Lawmakers and Big Tech clash over the fate of self-driving semitrucks in California
• AP: California advances fentanyl bills focused on prevention, increased penalties
• CalM: A break for renters? California considers reining in high security deposits
• CG: Bill To Accelerate CA Credentials For Out-Of-State Teachers Passes Senate
• SFC: California Dems are angry over these three concessions as House approves debt limit deal
• OCReg: How did Orange County’s representatives vote on the debt ceiling deal?
• LAT $: House approves bipartisan deal to suspend debt limit, reducing fear of U.S. default
• California House members didn’t like the debt limit bill. Here’s why most voted ‘yes’ anyway
• SDUT: Grand jury suggests improvements to housing homeless people quicker, and to retain and train staff
• LADN: HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra joins LA Mayor Bass to address homelessness
• SF launches new street crisis team to respond to homelessness
• VOSD: North County Report: Six Years Later, More Homeless Shelters Are Coming to North County
• LAT $: Majority of Californians fear worsening weather swings due to climate change, poll finds
• CalM: Gov. Newsom, legislators may soon end education grant worth $2,500
• AP: Holiday Bowl sues Pac-12, UC Regents after UCLA pulled out of 2021 game
• LAT $: A summer bummer for gas: Pump prices expected to remain high thanks to travel demand
• CG: Meta Threatens To Halt All News In California if ‘Journalism Usage Fee’ Passes
• OCReg: Retired Orange County fire captain is running for Congress
• AP: Judge dismisses criminal charges against California energy company in 2020 fatal wildfire
• Ron DeSantis bringing his presidential campaign to Sacramento. The price to see him? $3,330
• CG: SPECIAL: We Can End California’s Homeless Crisis in One Year – These Blue States Show Us How
• OCReg: Now Santa Ana tries to evade housing goals
• Washington Post Attacks Homeschooling
• CalM: California transit systems’ pleas for aid haven’t moved the Capitol
• PG&E, SMUD summer rates to go into effect June 1
• CG: Former SF DA Boudin Announces He Won’t Run For Office In 2024
• SFC: S.F. began taxing vacant storefronts. Only 74 owners and tenants have paid
• Mayor Breed announces SF budget for next 2 years, reveals priorities
• SFC: San Francisco exodus: Where the richest residents are moving
• SFC: S.F. budget at record high. Here’s how much mayor wants to spend on homelessness, crime
• Tech billionaire gives $2M to save SF shopping districts
• SJMN: Facebook owner Meta will chop 1,100-plus additional Bay Area jobs
• SJMN: Largest-ever San Jose safe RV parking site could come to Berryessa neighborhood
• FresBee: Bitwise Industries hasn’t paid Fresno business taxes in more than a year, mayor says
• FresBee: Bitwise Industries faced another breach of contract suit in 2022 over building ownership
• CalCoast: U.S. Census reveals largest racial groups in each Central Coast County
• LAT $: Monterey County sheriff’s deputy survives shooting; suspect is barricaded
• FoxLA: LA Metro to consider congestion pricing
• LADN: Encino Hospital Medical Center nurses allege lax safety, security
• LAT $: Deputy accused of being in ‘Executioners’ gang reveals tattoo in court, names names
• LAT $: Thousands of local hotel workers move closer to a strike
• LAT $: Volunteer awarded $6.8 million after being mauled at animal shelter run by troubled L.A. agency
• VOC: Head of OC Animal Care Steps Down as Activists Fight for Open Shelter Policies
• SDUT: Father Joe’s reveals plans for two buildings for homeless people
• SDUT: ‘The public has an interest’: Federal judge orders sheriff to release internal records on jail deaths

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