Dear John,

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• CG: Is Governor Newsom's Office Trying to Keep Documents Secret Over Rushed Passage of Utilities' Bailout?
• CapWkly: Two million and counting: California's early voters
• LAT $: California's presidential primary hinges on Los Angeles voting rules
• FresBee: Fresno is doing voting by mail this election. Here's how it's going so far
• VOC: OC's No Party Preference Voters Likely Key to 2020 Elections
• CalM: The developer bonus tucked into the school bond on your ballot
• AP: Judge orders talks about plan to move virus patients to city
• FresBee: Dozens of Fresno-area residents monitored for coronavirus as precaution, officials say
• VCStar $: Traveler taken to Point Mugu coronavirus quarantine site
• SacBee: Coronavirus updates: How Bay Area residents answered an SOS from a hospital in Wuhan
• OCReg: Injunction stays in place on using Fairview Developmental Center in Costa Mesa to house coronavirus patients
• CalM: State opens investigation following CalMatters' report on tech foundation
• AP: California bill would seal 2 million criminal records
• SDUT: 26,000 people convicted on marijuana charges in San Diego County could see records reduced
• SacBee: Joe Biden unveils new plan on housing, homelessness ahead of California primary
• FresBee: Julian Castro in Fresno campaigning for presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren
• SFC: Feds order South Bay reservoir drained amid fears of catastrophic dam failure
• SFC: Trump's new tough-love homelessness czar might surprise skeptics
• SFC: SF opens Bayview housing to serve pregnant homeless women
• CG: Three Republicans Vow To Fight Off Unions' Attempt to Takeover Freelancers and Independent Contractors as Primaries Near In California
• AP: California lawmakers: eye limits on housing project fees
• CG: Governor Newsom Suggests 'Doctor Prescribed Housing' for Mental Health Patients
• CG: Non-Profit Organizations Would Not Have to Pay Filing Fees Under SB 934
• CG: New Legislation Would Carve Out Additional Exemptions for Information from California Open Records Laws
• SDUT: Appeals court overturns judge's order that granted release of sexual predator into community
• SacBee: Attorneys for East Area Rapist suspect want more lawyers, investigators to defend client
• AP: Appeals court blocks release of ″Bolder Than Most' rapist
• PE: Rep. Ken Calvert faces two Democrats in 42nd Congressional District on March 3
• SDUT: San Diego congressional candidate's use of military rank in campaign raises questions
• PE: Low mortgage rates spur rebound in Southern California home prices, sales
• LAT $: Anti-vaccine protesters receive assurances from Siebel Newsom
• OCReg: Orange County joins memorial to Kobe and Gianna Bryant from afar
• AP: Love of basketball put Bryant, others on final fatal flight
• LADN: Vanessa Bryant sues helicopter firm over death of Kobe, daughter
• LAT $: Harvey Weinstein verdict in New York makes a conviction in L.A. more likely, experts say
• Reason: Harvey Weinstein's Sexual Assault Conviction Is a Well-Deserved Win for #MeToo
• AP: Utility fires contractor after probe involving wildfires
• AP: US appeals court upholds Trump rules involving abortions
• SFC: Appeals court rules Trump's restrictions on family planning funds are OK
• SacBee: California's new labor law is a work in progress. Here's how lawmakers could change it
• FH: 2020 Session Inundated with AB 5 Exemption Bills
• OCReg: The high cost and questionable trade-offs of 'free college' and debt bailout
• NR: Claims of Russian Election Meddling Are Still a Scam
• FH: Growth Control on March Ballot
• FH: Ready for the 2022 Governor's Race? There's a Poll Already!
• OCReg: Our new, prosperous economic normal
• OCReg: Price transparency is other side of the public option coin
• SDUT: Editorial: Coronavirus response: CDC, FDA need to show sense of urgency
• SacBee: Union funding 'smear campaign' against 1st openly-gay Councilman in Sacramento, mayor says
• SacBee: Man who shot himself in front of Sacramento deputies is dead, sheriff's officials say
• SFC: San Francisco's new eviction-prevention program is working, but is it enough?
• SFC: A Valencia Street bike shop owner fights a protected bike lane
• SFC: Ex-Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick fires back at critics, weighs lawsuit
• SJMN: Fired Oakland police chief breaks her silence, considers lawsuit
• SFC: As the startup boom deflates, a reckoning is coming for Silicon Valley
• FresBee: Who's giving to Fresno area candidates? Late donations keep coming in
• FresBee: Is Fresno's general plan committee reporting enough of its economic interests?
• VCStar $: Number of homeless students in county doubles
• VCStar $: Decision expected this week on Ventura lawsuit extension
• LAT $: Police unions, justice reformers battle for dollars in bitter L.A. County D.A. race
• LADN: Ports of LA, Long Beach pact aims to boost connectivity, cargo, cybersecurity, more
• OCReg: 18,412 signatures gathered to fight Santa Ana's 2525 apartment project near Discovery Cube
• OCReg: Disabled by addiction? Prove it, federal judge says to recovery home suing Costa Mesa
• SDUT: San Diego Unified to consider new drinking water plan proposal
• SDUT: Sweetwater school board votes to close learning centers, may layoff 237 employees
• VOSD: D1 Candidates Split on the County's Role in Addressing the Border Sewage Crisis

Sincerely,