Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Dear John,


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THE HEADLINES
  • Natomas Unified School District pays teacher $190,000 to resign after ANTIFA flag in his classroom is found
  • Sacramento teacher recorded pledging allegiance to Antifa given 3 years' pay to resign
  • BreitbartCA: Los Angeles Schools Prepare Lesson on ‘Privilege’ and ‘Intersectionality’
  • FresBee: Fresno County’s top bureaucrats get big raises. Will make $160k and up under new scale
  • LAT $: L.A. City Council meeting erupts in chaos, with one protester arrested
  • LA City Council bans homeless encampments near schools, daycare centers in final vote
  • LADN: LA City Council shut down by protesters second time, then bans homeless camps by schools
  • LADN: UTLA claims LAUSD unfairly added four teaching days and three development days to school year
  • LAT $: L.A. teachers union demands withdrawal of extra school days in first clash under Carvalho
  • CG: Union Sponsored AB 5 Hits Independent Truckers
  • CG: Senator Wiener, Assemblyman Haney Call on Gov. Newsom to Sign Open Drug Den Sites Legislation
  • CG: LAO Report Details Astounding Failures within Newsom Admin’s Unemployment Department
  • SacBee: Did California unemployment agency lie to lawmakers about aid denied during pandemic?
  • CalM: Bounty hunting: Foes of guns and abortion resurrect an old idea
  • PE: FBI raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home garners threats from Inland Republicans
  • NR: FBI Seizes Representative Scott Perry’s Personal Cellphone a Day after Trump Raid: Report
  • AP: California’s Newsom wants to accelerate key climate goals
  • LAT $: Amid fight with oil industry, Newsom makes a last-minute pitch to harden California’s climate goals
  • CalM: Newsom to Legislature: Act fast to enact new climate change targets
  • OCReg: SCAQMD board rejects agreement with Vernon company over toxic gas emissions
  • LAT $: Mercedes driver involved in 13 prior wrecks before Windsor Hills crash, D.A. says
  • LAT $: Commentary: Gambling, special interests could spend half a billion dollars to buy your vote in November
  • LADN: Election season is here as Rep. Mike Garcia faces Christy Smith once again in November
  • LAT $: Sheriff’s Dept. under fire as trial starts over Kobe Bryant crash photos
  • National gas prices expected to fall below $4 average. How California, Modesto are faring
  • AP: 2 escape after plane lands on Southern California freeway
  • Off-duty Monterey Park police officer shot, killed in Downey identified
  • VOSD: Ensenada, Last in Line for Colorado River Water, Is Facing the Worst of the West’s Drought
  • CG: LA Sets New Monthly Water Conservation Record in July
  • OCReg: White House hosts UCI chancellor for discussion on abortion rights
  • SFC: Group that bars LGBTQ students from leadership asks court for reinstatement
  • NR: Citing ‘Public Health Emergency,’ Pelosi Extends House Proxy Voting Despite History of Abuse
  • Biden Puts IRS Funding Ahead of Military, Border Security
  • NR: Democrats’ Tone-Deaf Spending Bill
  • We Have No Reason To Trust The FBI
  • CalM: Housing factions use two state laws as weapons
  • SacBee: As cases mount, Sacramento County declares public health emergency for monkeypox outbreak
  • SacBee: Sacramento’s homeless ballot measure tonight could be changed or pulled from November ballot
  • SFC: District Attorney Brooke Jenkins locks up endorsements from Democrats who didn’t support Boudin recall
  • SFC: San Francisco hopes to finally start closing the math gap in city schools
  • SJMN: Here’s how much you need to earn to buy a home in the Bay Area
  • SJMN: Norm Mineta may soon get a statue at San Jose airport
  • SFC: 49ers offer Santa Clara ‘sweetheart’ deal to resolve Levi’s Stadium management fight
  • SJMN: Homelessness crisis: Santa Clara County houses 20% more people
  • FresBee: California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta pledges to help Calwa, Malaga and more with environmental racism
  • FresBee: California’s top cop says he’ll use ‘force’ and ‘power’ to help these Fresno-area residents
  • FresBee: County sales tax hike to support Fresno State will go before voters in November
  • FresBee: Gavin Newsom appoints first Hmong female judge to Fresno County Superior Court bench
  • CalCoast: Unsealed documents reveal discrepancies in Paul Flores’ story
  • VCStar $: Ventura County to consider legal action in field lab cleanup
  • VCStar $: Oxnard's Wagon Wheel development surpasses 1,000 units
  • LADN: Election 2022: LA County voters to decide whether to tax marijuana farms and retail sales
  • LAT $: L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn tests positive for coronavirus
  • LADN: LA County urges COVID protections as kids go back to school; 2,335 new cases reported
  • LADN: LA education figure gets home confinement for his role in the college admissions bribery scheme
  • VOC: Irvine’s Great Park Has Its First Development Plan in Years, Can the City Deliver?
  • OCReg: OC’s new $750,000 vehicle takes social services on the road
  • LAT $: Flash flood closes Palm Springs Aerial Tramway for a week as monsoon slams California deserts
  • PE: Perris OKs campaign donations of up to $20,000
  • SBSun: Support for San Bernardino County secession ‘overwhelming,’ backer says
  • SBSun: San Bernardino County to appoint successor to Assessor-Recorder Bob Dutton
  • SBSun: San Bernardino County sheriff, DA weigh in on ‘fair share’ measure
  • SDUT: Internships, child care and youth master plan among top priorities for new San Diego office
  • SDUT: Supervisors ratify monkeypox emergency, plan town hall for Thursday
  • VOSD: All 101 Ash Legal Battles Didn’t End with Settlement Deal
  • SDUT: San Diego city attorney announces settlement deal in hotel lawsuit without telling council
Sincerely,

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