Dear John,

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• SacBee: More than 1,000 public pensions in California are so big they exceed IRS limits
• SFC: California spending big on census after Trump's citizenship question fight
• LAT $: Orange County, longtime GOP stronghold, now has more registered Democrats than Republicans
• CG: California Teacher Fired for Defending Western Civilization
• SacBee: Couple arrested during search for police chief's gun had drugs in home, prosecutor says
• SDUT: Prosecutors, lawyers for Margaret Hunter ask court for new sentencing date
• CapWkly: Billions of dollars at stake in toll road suits
• SacBee: After State Bar of California exam leak, hundreds of no-show applicants ask for a refund
• LAT $: One reason housing is so expensive in California? Cities and counties charge developers high fees
• CapWkly: Amid fire season, PG&E eyes its infrastructure
• VOSD: Secret Formulas Guide Who Gets Denied Home Insurance in Wildfire Risk Areas
• SFC: Judge had evidence subject of police raid was journalist, records show
• SacBee: Oops, wrong attachment: Tax department official mistakenly shares whistleblower complaint
• SDUT: Gilroy shooter's target list prompts domestic terrorism probe by FBI
• SJMN: Hundreds mourn loss of 13-year-old girl killed in Gilroy festival shooting
• LAT $: Trump wants to keep his tax returns private, asks courts to stop California law
• AP: California seeking quake disaster assistance from feds
• CG: Nor Cal Towns Rebuilding Following Devastating Camp Fire, While Chico Plays Politics
• FresBee: 'Sue me,' says Nunes challenger. He'll help raise money for constituents in lawsuit
• Rep. Josh Harder on guns, racism and impeachment. And what he really thinks of Trump
• AP: UC Regents to pay $1.5M in hostile work environment case
• PE: Kaiser presents labor agreement with raises to 80,000 employees
• SDUT: Judge rules warrants were unconstitutional in Lincoln Park gang conspiracy case
• AP: FBI: California gunman had list of possible targets
• PE: Video of LAPD officer shooting disabled man at Corona Costco sealed for 1 year
• OCReg: Top Navy SEAL orders commanders to fix ethics issues among their ranks
• LAT $: Boy Scouts face new allegations of sex abuse by 'hidden predators'
• FH: Junk the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Plan
• OCReg: Kamala Harris' convoluted student loan debt relief proposal
• NR: My Family Has Been Threatened by Racists. Why Should They Outgun Me?
• NR: The Infernal Art of the Deal
• FH: "Citizens Vote" Initiatives Are a Huge Opportunity for Those Who Believe In Immigrant Rights
• CalM: Housing crisis looms large
• CG: From El Paso to San Bernardino
• AP: 2 dead in apparent murder-suicide at California care home
• SFC: New state law ends appeals for new Navigation Centers
• SFC: Black leaders in SF support saving controversial George Washington High mural
• SJMN: Beer buyout: 1,079 losing jobs in Bay Area and beyond
• FresBee: Feds honor state for role in taking down MS-13 in Mendota
• CalCoast: California commission to meet in SLO over planned PG&E rate hike
• CalCoast: South SLO County Sanitation district labor agreement in trouble
• LADN: SoCalGas didn't show up for a Porter Ranch hearing on Aliso Canyon. Here's why
• LADN: Latest Sepulveda Basin encampment cleanup to be first of more to come, says councilwoman
• LAT $: Hiker found dead at Circle X Ranch in Santa Monica Mountains
• LADN: Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders campaigns in Northridge, where hundreds hear him talk about affordable housing
• OCReg: Bringing fiscal discipline to Orange County schools
• VOC: Fullerton City Council to Again Consider Mobile Home Park Rent Management
• OCReg: Demolition begins at site to be transformed into $40 million county mental health campus in Orange
• OCReg: Monrovia's city manager, Oliver Chi, will next run Huntington Beach
• OCReg: Man says he was 'railroaded' for abduction, torture of OC marijuana dispensary owner
• SBSun: San Bernardino Mayor John Valdivia hires Matt Brown, assistant county auditor-controller, as chief of staff
• PE: Riverside County supervisors stick with financing sheriff's helicopter; cost now $14M
• PE: Murrieta Councilman Randon Lane stepping down after more than 10 years
• SDUT: San Diego City Council restores firefighter death, disability benefits
• SDUT: County to develop region-wide lactation policy to support new mothers
• SDUT: Oceanside may shrink new business district

Sincerely,