Dear John,

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• FRBlog: New Nonsense Spewed at Democrats' Debates
• CG: California Budget Larded With Billions in Record Pork Spending: Dog park, Sculpture Garden, Parking Lot?
• AP: Bid to block California ballot measure costs taxpayers
• LAT $: Gov. Newsom grants pardon to Susan Burton, who assists women returning to society after prison
• SacBee: California Gov. Gavin Newsom pardons 7, mostly for low-level drug offenses
• AP: California governor pardons Vietnamese immigrant
• AP: 32 busted in federal drug crackdown in San Francisco
• SFC: Feds launch initiative to crack down on drug dealing in SF's Tenderloin
• AP: Democrats now No. 1 in former California GOP stronghold
• CalM: Orange County, once a GOP stronghold, officially goes to the Democrats
• SacBee: California auditor blasts Medi-Cal overseer for failing patients in 18 rural counties
• SFC: As bail changes in California, a new two-track plan is being proposed
• LAT $: Newsom backs effort to cap rent increases in California
• SJMN: Assault weapon buyback gains Democratic support in wake of mass shootings
• SFC: Open carry was legal until armed Black Panthers protested
• SDUT: Ahead of peak wildfire season, SDG&E and local officials ramp up safety efforts
• USNews: Census Bureau Seeks to Hire Non-U.S. Citizens Ahead of 2020
• SacBee: Pacific Islander community in Sacramento organizing its own outreach for Census 2020
• SacBee: UC Davis law clinic gets $1.15M boost for efforts helping detained migrant children
• AP: Attacker kills 4, wounds 2 in California stabbing rampage
• OCReg: 4 dead after series of stabbings in Garden Grove, Santa Ana
• CG: Leaving California: Interviews With Californians Who Moved To Greener Pastures, Part VI
• CalM: How domestic violence survivors could be given a moment to 'exhale'
• SDUT: San Diego secures $28.5 M in air-quality funding to green up construction equipment, freight trucks and more
• SacBee: Divorced dad gathers signatures to limit alimony payments in California
• PE: This new law will ensure Californians' right to display religious symbols on doors and in entryways
• CalM: Needy school districts are getting more money - but what about needy kids?
• SDUT: Ex-attorney for Navy SEAL acquitted of war crimes says Gallagher owes him up to $1 million
• LAT $: Swamp rats have invaded California. A Central Valley Democrat is declaring war
• CG: Pacific Standard Magazine Abruptly Shuts Down
• SJMN: SoulCycle hit with Bay Area-fueled backlash over chairman's Trump fundraiser: 'A lot of women are going to be outraged'
• OCReg: In 2020, President Trump will run for re-election against California
• FH: The Possibilities of Zoning
• OCReg: After mass shootings, there are many questions that need answering
• FH: Lawsuits Multiply Against Law Requiring Tax Returns for Ballot Access
• FH: In a Raucous Country, Our Sense of Unity Has Often Emerged Through Conflict
• CalM: Commentary: Housing crisis looms large
• CalM: Commentary: It may be a wasted effort
• Reason: Rage Rules American Politics
• FH: Following Mass Shootings Will Major New Gun Laws Come to California?
• SFC: Camp Fire claims 86th life; burned man's lungs fail after 9-month
• SacBee: 'Beauty in devastation': Camp Fire muralist brings his vision to Sacramento's Wide Open Walls
• SacBee: Here's what you need in your bank account to afford a median-priced Sacramento house
• SFC: Homelessness advocates lose their own home as market forces hit them
• SFC: Juul-backed ballot measure may repeal SF's flavored e-cigarette ban
• SFC: Just one contender left in SF sheriff's race
• SFC: Outside Lands gets green light for pot sales on festival grounds
• SJMN: Big new hotel for north San Jose "entertainment district"
• SJMN: Sheriff's Office hit with corruption probe over concealed weapons permits
• Tensions run high at City Council meeting as Straight Pride organizers go on defense
• FresBee: Fresno Unified board censures Terry Slatic, amid rising legal costs, pleas for recall
• CalCoast: The SLO police chief, her lost gun, and a conflux of failures
• CalCoast: Fact check: No meth found in home during search for chief's gun
• CalCoast: San Luis Obispo water company sells to Nestle
• LADN: Councilman wants LA River, from Canoga Park to Reseda, patrolled by the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority rangers
• LAT $: Mass shootings push the L.A. County Fair to upgrade security
• OCReg: Prosecutor argues in trial Hossein Nayeri masterminded abduction of OC marijuana dispensary owner and carried out his torture and sexual mutilation
• OCReg: Santa Ana recalls target two council members who voted against police raises
• OCReg: Disneyland ejects LA rapper and his entourage after alleged gun threat
• SBSun: Bishop Gerald Barnes to resign after 27 years leading Diocese of San Bernardino
• PE: Social workers dismissed 2 years of abuse claims for slain Corona boy
• PE: Murrieta allows marijuana, hemp testing labs and OKs sale of hemp products
• SDUT: Frustrated county supervisors adopt ordinance regulating cell antennas for 5G networks
• SDUT: San Diego's newest federal judge experienced in consumer litigation

Sincerely,