Thursday, March 24, 2022
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • OCReg: Newsom makes offer on gas rebate: $400 per registered vehicle
  • AP: US states seek to ease inflation burden with direct payments
  • SJMN: Here’s why California wants to give motorists big bucks back for gas price relief
  • SFC: Newsom proposes $400 debit cards to offset soaring gas prices for car owners
  • AP: California car owners could get up to $800 for gas
  • CalM: Gas money: Is it better to send out checks or suspend a tax?
  • Should rich Californians get gas price, inflation relief? Newsom, Democrats weigh options
  • AP: Sacramento teachers strike as Minneapolis walkout continues
  • CG: Sonoma County Teachers Strike is Over, but Issues Not Resolved
  • SDUT: ‘Everything has gone up. My wages haven’t.’ Grocery workers vote on possible strike in San Diego
  • AP: Cal State college system drops SAT/ACT admission requirement
  • SJMN: Fired Santa Clara City Manager Deanna Santana will collect six-figure severance package
  • LADN: Second GOP senator this month puts ‘hold’ on Garcetti’s nomination to India ambassadorship
  • LAT $: California set off a biofuel boom — but can it manage the fallout?
  • LAT $: From Bass and Caruso, sharply divergent views of L.A. and how it should be run
  • AP: 5th worker charged with sex abuse at federal women’s prison
  • AP: Congresswoman: US rep charged with lying to feds is ‘honest’
  • LADN: Report: Only 17 of 183 people removed from Echo Park Lake are in long-term housing
  • SFC: Bill seeks to expand access to medical marijuana — but could it backfire?
  • SFC: Calif. senator takes on Republican foes during hearing for SCOTUS nominee
  • CalM: More Black and Latino Californians face out-of-reach home prices
  • SBSun: City of Industry won’t be forced to share private discussions at core of corruption case
  • SFC: Internet entrepreneurs inflaming political division on Facebook to sell shirts
  • FresBee: Special election to replace Devin Nunes in Congress is confusing and largely pointless
  • SacBee: More than 500,000 in California will struggle to pay student loans once pause ends, study finds
  • LAT $: Arellano: L.A. County’s sheriff leans on his Latino identity. Does he exemplify our worst traits?
  • Reason: The Biden Administration Is Ignoring How Its Policies Will Worsen Inflation. Again.
  • OCReg: Lawmakers hiking taxes amid a surplus
  • NR: Climate Change: The SEC Turns Up the Heat
  • Progressive District Attorneys Are Making Our Cities Unsafe
  • OCReg: What happened to John Eastman?
  • OCReg: The false promise of renewable energy
  • FresBee: Fresno email scam case reflects a basic truth: The public’s right to know is paramount
  • Exclusive: Sex on duty, felony behavior alleged in Northern California police lawsuit
  • SacBee: A neutral analyst sided with striking teachers over Sacramento schools. He was right
  • SacBee: A Sacramento woman was evicted from a city homeless shelter. She died in a tent 10 days later
  • SJMN: Oakland may ask voters to approve overhaul of ‘inequitable’ business tax
  • Reason: San Francisco Passes Moratorium on Delivery Warehouses To Shake Down Amazon
  • SJMN: Santa Clara County ends longstanding relationship with Moscow over Ukraine invasion
  • FresBee: 10 things to know about rent control for Fresno’s mobile home parks
  • FresBee: Facing criticism over credit cards, Fresno eyes pricey audit. Vote expected Thursday
  • CalCoast: SLO County garbage rates on the rise, much higher for some
  • VCStar $: Oil company gives $5M to defeat referendums in county
  • VCStar $: Harassment suit filed against Santa Paula police chief
  • CG: The Hidden Airport Crisis in SoCal: How One Airport Closure Is Creating Major Problems
  • LADN: L.A. County inspector general says 41 LASD deputies belong to Banditos, Executioners
  • LAT $: Calls for action after regulators criticize delays in L.A. County’s public health system
  • LADN: Buscaino introduces measures to reduce Wilmington truck traffic
  • OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 111 new cases and 10 more deaths, March 23
  • OCReg: Anaheim police supervisor altered sex offender registry to harass detective, lawsuit says
  • OCReg: Cypress council casts closed-session vote to battle push for district elections
  • OCReg: Last defendant pleads guilty in OC kidnapping and torture of marijuana dispensary owner
  • PE: Riverside County home prices hit $565,000 — 15th record of pandemic era
  • SBSun: San Bernardino County’s median home price nears $500,000
  • SDUT: Oceanside City Manager Deanna Lorson abruptly resigns
  • VOSD: City Officials Pivot to Avoid Whiffing on State Homeless Housing Money
  • SDUT: ‘Keep moving forward’: Interim sheriff outlines goals for department, improvements inside jails
Sincerely,

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