Thursday, November 18, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • AP: California analyst predicts $31 billion budget surplus
  • LAT $: A huge California budget surplus will test legal spending limit, analysts warn
  • CG: OSHA Suspends Enforcement of Employer Vaccine Mandate Following Fifth Circuit Order
  • CalM: Cal State requires students to be vaccinated for COVID-19 — but it’s not evenly enforced
  • LAT $: 77 L.A. city employees lose pay after refusing to sign notice for vaccine mandate
  • SDUT: Proposed San Diego parcel tax would fund $250M in upgrades to city libraries, parks
  • SFC: S.F. schools to get $123M collected from property owners that’s been frozen
  • OCReg: Santa Ana to deliver $300 pre-paid cards to 20,000 households using stimulus money
  • SFC: Alameda County Board of Supes now all-male after choosing Chan replacement
  • LADN: Villanueva claims crime will spike on buses and subways if LA Metro ends contract with Sheriff’s Department
  • SacBee: Update: Arrest made in killing of 7-year-old girl, man in Upper Land Park shooting
  • SFC: S.F. D.A. charges woman with stealing more than $40K in Target merchandise
  • CG: CA Attorney General Bonta Files Request To Reinstate His Own Legislation Banning Private Prisons
  • AP: California asks review of order tossing ban on private jails
  • CalM: New study finds millions of workers are ‘functionally unemployed’
  • LAT $: Whistleblower or flamethrower? California Medical Board member calls out his colleagues
  • OCReg: Agreement between Los Angeles and LA28 would address sustainability, access to Olympic and Paralympic Games
  • LAT $: 2028 L.A. Olympics: Agreement outlines key issues but final price tag remains unclear
  • AP: Couple’s $86M award in Monsanto pesticide case stands
  • LADN: State addresses urgency to prepare roads, water systems for rising sea
  • CG: Lt Gov Eleni Kounalakis Has a History of Criticizing Biden
  • OCReg: Gov. Newsom visits LA, Long Beach ports as focus shifts to supply chain fixes
  • SFC: Will the Bay Area see holiday shopping shortages? Here's what retail experts are saying
  • AP: Son of Black man killed by California police settles lawsuit
  • SFC: Kaiser union employees to hold sympathy strikes In solidarity with Local 39
  • CalM: UC lecturers win raises, concessions in deal that averts two-day strike
  • CalM: Outgunned: The story of a woman, an abuser, and California’s failing gun control
  • SFC: Chocolatier criticized for owners’ anti-LGBTQ, anti-abortion views is expanding
  • SacBee: Caviar seller stayed with California treasurer and her staff on work trips, ex-staffer says
  • SJMN: Marin lawyer impersonator sentenced in federal PPP fraud case
  • AP: 3 Mexican citizens pulled from ocean after crossing attempt
  • CityJrnl: Public School Boards Against Parents
  • OCReg: OC oil spill spotlights key state failures
  • NR: Winning the War on Crime
  • Reason: New York Times Writer Sarah Jeong Says Inflation in the News Is Just 'Rich People Flipping Their Shit'
  • AP: Financier’s Northern California ranch to become public park
  • SFC: Napa was on fire. Winery’s crew was accused of wrongdoing. Case has exposed deep tensions
  • SacBee: Sacramento mayor’s ‘right to housing’ plan for the homeless likely moving forward
  • SJMN: Elizabeth Holmes trial: Theranos patient got false result pointing to HIV, refund two years later
  • More Stanislaus County residents get vaccinated against COVID-19. But not many kids.
  • FresBee: Fresno unveils affordable housing for formerly homeless residents with mental health needs
  • Modesto council elections may be a year away, but 3 candidates have stepped forward
  • FresBee: ‘I have hope.’ Fresno judge appoints group to help mobile home park after deadly fire
  • CalCoast: Paso Robles teacher under fire over politically charged Instagram video
  • SJMN: Through tense debate, Monterey County officials suspend mask mandate
  • CalCoast: Lucia Mar trustee slammed as hypocrite for hosting party
  • VCStar $: 'State of the Region' shows how pandemic shaped county
  • VCStar $: Former Rep. Gallegly sues CLU over $1M he says he raised for it
  • Reason: To Fight Climate Change, Los Angeles Bans Restaurants From Giving Out Unsolicited Ketchup Packets
  • LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County reported 1,284 new cases and 22 new deaths, Nov. 17
  • LADN: LA Mayor Garcetti, back from overseas trip, reports on his health, warns of COVID-19 winter surge
  • LADN: LA County nursing homes nearly finished with coronavirus boosters for residents
  • VOC: OC Supervisors Shorten Residents’ Review Time of Newly Proposed Election Maps
  • VOC: Will New State Redistricting Maps Separate North OC’s Korean American Community?
  • OCReg: Placentia-Yorba Linda school board revise proposed ban on critical race theory topics
  • OCReg: Homeless winter shelter program will return to armory in Santa Ana
  • SBSun: New landmark at Redlands museum recognizes Serrano people in San Bernardino County
  • SBSun: San Bernardino offers discounted adoption fees for long-term sheltered animals
  • PE: Is sheriff’s union endorsement bad sign for Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Hewitt?
  • PE: After backing COVID vaccine, mask mandates, Corona-Norco school trustee faces recall
  • SDUT: Opinion: San Diego Board of Supervisors should be leery of limiting free speech
  • SDUT: Decarbonization framework aims to eliminate greenhouse emissions in San Diego County
  • SDUT: Opinion: San Diego Board of Supervisors’ new rules of decorum pose a free speech problem
  • VOSD: The Housing Commission Had a Rough 2021. The City Council Wants Change.
  • SDUT: San Diego Sheriff’s Department rebuts claims in transgender lawsuit
  • SDUT: KUSI News stops airing radio partner content after racially insensitive ‘Famous Baby Daddies’ segment
Sincerely,

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