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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

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THE HEADLINES

  • Newsom’s Egregious Hollywood Taxpayer Gift
  • California Democrats won't rule out new taxes to pay for healthcare for undocumented immigrants
  • LAT $: Latino legislative caucus decries Newsom’s proposed Medi-Cal cuts
  • CG: California Congressional Democrats Voted for Largest Tax Increase in American History
  • CalM: Why California’s biggest local effort to fight homelessness is starting all over again
  • LAT $: L.A. landlord stops blasting “Baby Shark” tune to drive off homeless following complaints
  • SFC: Exclusive: S.F. DA launches criminal probe into nonprofit that misspent millions
  • SFC: ‘They want more?’ State Farm increases California home insurance rate hike request to 30%
  • AP: Authorities analyzing nihilistic writings of suspect in California fertility clinic bombing
  • CG: Another $10-$14 Billion Needed to Fund High Speed Rail Line Bakersfield to Merced
  • SFC: Exclusive footage: Deadly Palisades Fire may have grown from this Jan. 1 blaze
  • OCReg: Why more construction didn’t fix California’s high housing costs
  • OCReg: Legislators push to keep incentives for property owners to install solar panels
  • SJMN: A Silicon Valley Democrat takes town halls to enemy territory — but will it peel off any GOP votes in Congress?
  • SFC: California watchdog finds for-profit psychiatric hospital abused patients
  • SacBee: With threat of salary freezes, what’s on the bargaining table for state workers?
  • SFC: Trump calls for ‘major investigation’ into Springsteen, Oprah and Beyoncé over Kamala Harris campaign ties
  • CalM: ‘Relic of slavery’: California lawmakers are trying again to raise pay for incarcerated workers
  • VOC: An OC Senator Pushes to Fund Drug Court Programs Across California
  • CalM: Immigrants learn English for free at California colleges. Under Trump, some are skipping class
  • NR: Gavin Newsom’s Shameless Dodge on the Homeless Crisis
  • OCReg: State bailouts are not the solution for Los Angeles’ budget woes
  • CG: Greenberg: Open Letter to SF City Hall over Drug Addiction Fiasco
  • CalM: Newsom’s budget cuts anger allies and leave the state’s chronic deficit unresolved
  • SacBee: 15 Sacramento police officers doubled their pay with overtime for multiple years
  • SacBee: City Council will vote on tiny homes site for homeless in South Sacramento
  • SFC: Exclusive: Police union rejects Oakland request to defer raises amid financial woes
  • SFC: This S.F. cafe nearly closed over a permit nightmare. Mayor Lurie’s new plan promises a fix
  • FresBee: Fresno hospital kickback scheme included these lavish gifts and nepotism hires
  • Beyer High’s $8.5 million science renovation set to begin, backed by Measure L
  • FresBee: Ex-principal seen on camera knocking down Fresno special needs kid takes plea deal
  • VCStar $: Layoffs come to Ventura County schools
  • LAT $: L.A. County is paying off millions in medical debt — no strings attached. Do you qualify?
  • OCReg: Family of LA County sheriff’s deputy who died after fire at training facility files wrongful death suit
  • OCReg: Orange County DA ‘knew his office was in trouble,’ lawyer for ex-prosecutor says
  • LAT $: Appeals court halts Temecula school district ban on critical race theory
  • SDUT: Homelessness in San Diego County finally dropped. Can the decrease hold?
  • SDUT: Trump administration to pay nearly $5M to settle suit over San Diegan Ashli Babbitt’s fatal shooting in Capitol

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