Friday, March 22, 2019
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*FR Exclusive*
Edward Ring
FRBlog: San Diego’s 2012 Pension Reform at Risk
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Michele Hanisee
FH: Does the Governor Have the Authority NOT to Enforce Laws?
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Newsom's Tax Extortion
SacBee: Give the wealthy a tax break to encourage affordable housing? Gavin Newsom wants to try it
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Free Speech on Campus
AP: Trump orders colleges to back free speech or lose funding
- SDUT: Trump signs executive order on free speech on college campuses
- CG: Cal State System Caves on Anti-Semitism Lawsuit
- SFC: SF State settles suit accusing it of tolerating anti-Semitism
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Gavin's Water Tax
CG: Ignoring $30M From Water Bonds and State Surplus, Gov. Gavin Newsom Wants New Water Tax -
Property Rights Fights
SJMN: ‘I will fight:’ Flintstone house owner plans to sue city back
- FH: YIMBY ZOMBYs and California’s Housing Crisis
- Reason: The Zoning Code Banned His Tall Fence, but Not the Naked Mannequin Party Behind It
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Death Penalty Showdown
LAT $: Gov. Newsom may prohibit new death sentences, setting up possible conflict with Becerra -
Facebook's Evil Empire
AP: Facebook left millions of passwords readable by employees -
Dockworkers vs. Robots
LAT $: Dockworkers battle plan to bring driverless trucks to the Port of Los Angeles -
Liberal Non-Profits Campaigning for Democrats
ACLU to Aliso Viejo: Canvassing Restrictions are Unconstitutional
- CalM: Proposition 187’s real impact: A generation that will never forget
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Lincoln Audit
SacBee: City of Lincoln’s stability ‘threatened’ by years of financial mismanagement, state audit says -
College Admissions Scandal
LAT $: A wiretap brings privilege and helicopter parenting to the fore in the college admissions scandal - AP: Court hearing delayed for Loughlin, husband in college scam
- LAT $: College admissions scandal: UCLA men’s soccer coach Jorge Salcedo resigns in wake of bribery allegations
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Congress 2020
SDUT: Retired Republican Navy SEAL Wilske to run for Hunter's seat -
9th Circuit Expansion
SFC: Ninth Circuit recommended for expansion. Could it mean shift to the right?
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Women: Pay & Taxes
CalM: Women surfers push beyond equal pay—even if it means letting men into the water, too - SFC: Repealing California’s ‘tampon tax’: Gender equity versus budget fears
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Police Accountability
AP: Family sues LA sheriff’s department after fatal shooting - Deputy shoots and wounds suspect during investigation in central Modesto, police say
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Devin in Denial
SacBee: Devin Nunes blames Twitter for his close call in 2018 election. Here’s his real problem -
Super Blooms
PE: Lake Elsinore wildflower fields will reopen — along with $10 weekend shuttles, new parking rules
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Fake Campaigns
LAT $: Blythe man defrauded donors of more than $250,000 with fake Bernie Sanders, Beto O'Rourke websites, prosecutors say -
Vietnamese American Community
LAT $: In Little Saigon, this newspaper has been giving a community a voice for 40 years - SJMN: Ly Tong, legendary Vietnamese-American political protester, dying at hospital in San Diego
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San Onofre Cleanup
OCReg: Edison gets green light to dismantle San Onofre’s underwater infrastructure -
Immigration Enforcement
SDUT: CBP sends asylum seekers back to Mexico without required screening
- SJMN: San Jose: Supervisor proposes changing ICE notifications after Bambi Larson killing
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Utility Bankruptcy
KQED: Who Should Pay for Wildfire Liability So Utilities Don’t Go Bankrupt? -
Disney Layoffs
LAT $: Disney cuts high-level Fox executives and will shut down Fox 2000 label -
Democrat Anti Semitism
AP: Multiple 2020 Democrats say they won’t attend AIPAC summit
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The Golden Pen
C. Jarrett Dieterle & Steven Greenhut
SJMN: Opinion: California independent-contractor fight gets ugly -
Steven Greenhut
AmerSpec: Killing Death Penalty via Edict
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Joel Fox
FH: The Return of the Phrase: “San Francisco Democrats”? -
SDUT Editorial
SDUT: MTS touts pro-tax poll but hides details — so don't trust the poll -
Kevin D. Williamson
NR: The ‘Burn It Down!’ Democrats -
Shawn Steel
FH: Political Battles are Turning into “Lawfare”
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OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Governments shouldn’t be surveilling journalists -
David French
NR: GOP Legislatures, Throw Down the Gauntlet — Pass Heartbeat Bills -
OC Register Editorial
OCReg: Reject proposal to allow bonds to be issued without voter approval -
Pat Fong Kushida
OCReg: No, immigrant-owned small businesses won’t “do just fine” under California’s new privacy law
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Sacramento Valley
SacBee: A 100-bed homeless shelter is proposed near this wealthy Sacramento neighborhood - SacBee: Nearly half of Sac City Unified preschoolers to lose their program as district slashes budget
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SF Bay Area
SFC: 3 SF supervisors pledge to close juvenile hall after Chronicle report -
East Bay
AP: Raiders’ lease for Coliseum gets final approval - SFC: Notable sexual harassment cases at Berkeley include athletics staff, professors
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South Bay
SJMN: Chinese investors grab big North San Jose office building
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Central Valley
FresBee: FUSD will investigate claims that it overpaid for produce by hundreds of thousands of dollars - FresBee: Did Fresno and Tulare counties violate a pesticide law? A new study suggests so
- FresBee: Panhandling proposal mostly panned at Fresno City Hall
- FresBee: Nunes, Costa, Cox collide on climate change, yet they represent the same Fresno County region
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Central Coast
CalCoast: Self described progressive promotes sweetheart deal for developers - CalCoast: Arroyo Grande Mayor pulls support from grieving parents
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Ventura County
VCStar $: Rams are top priority for city of Thousand Oaks - VCStar $: Burglary crime trend spreads from T.O. to Simi
- LADN: Santa Susana Field Lab cleanup agreement penned years ago is ‘not achievable,’ report says
- VCStar $: Ventura County ag workers slam pesticide oversight
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Los Angeles County
LA County Halts Use of Popular Weed Killer on County Property - LADN: Energy regulation, climate change policy, is impacting local firms, LA County business leaders say
- LAT $: Hi Duk Lee, visionary who founded L.A.’s Koreatown, dies at 79
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Orange County
OCReg: Orange County Fire Authority offers $50 million proposal to keep Irvine from leaving
- VOC: Santana: Has Orange County’s Blue Wave Crashed?
- OCReg: Cal State Fullerton officials say Arboretum will not be demolished to make room for dorms, but professors, students are concerned
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San Bernardino County
PE: San Bernardino to outsource animal control services to Riverside County - LAT $: Shooting at San Bernardino mall leaves one man injured, another in custody
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San Diego County
SDUT: Downtown procession to be held Saturday to remember homeless deaths - VOSD: Looming SRO Closure Sets Off Another Round of Soul-Searching Over Housing’s Bottom Rung
- SDUT: Westboro Baptist Church members plan protests at East County high schools