Dear John,

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• FresBee: Underfunded pensions make GOP leaders reluctant to send federal aid to states like California
• Stanislaus County businesses among those struggling to pay rent during coronavirus
• SFC: Survey reveals dire state of SF restaurants during shelter-in-place
• SFC: Bay Area bakery favorite Specialty's closes permanently because of coronavirus - SFChronicle.com
• AP: California homeless quarantine in hotels, more rooms needed
• VOSD: Homeless Residents Around the County Confront Lack of Shelter, Resources
• CG: Stanford Doctor Has Nothing but Bad News for Politicians about C-Virus
• CG: Influenza Pandemic Peer Reviewed Study: 'There Is No Basis for Quarantine'
• SJMN: Coronavirus: How we decide the risks we're willing to take to venture out
• FRBlog: Saturday Headlines
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• FresBee: How a single insurance company came to dominate Gavin Newsom's COVID-19 testing team
• SDUT: Churches in Oceanside, Chula Vista hold in-person services despite public health orders
• SFC: Protesters demand to reopen Livermore, prompting rebuke from mayor
• FresBee: Hanford rally pushes for businesses and churches to open now
• FresBee: California state budget has a big problem, but are Gavin Newsom's numbers accurate?
• AP: Fear of the future: Class of 2020 enters a world in crisis
• AP: Spring storm brings rain, snow to portions of California
• AP: Football still a possibility at big 3 Cal State schools
• FresBee: Some nursing homes taking coronavirus stimulus checks from patients. Can they do that?
• Modesto Junior College to distribute $4.8 million in CARES Act Grant money to students
• PE: What is ballot harvesting and how is it affecting Southern California elections?
• OCReg: Butane can be dangerous at Southern California hash oil operations
• OCReg: ACLU sues over Terminal Island prison conditions
• PE: 'We are terrified': Coronavirus outbreak reported at Chino women's prison
• SFC: With Cal State and other colleges moving online, higher ed has to prove its value
• WSJ: Justice Department, State Attorneys General Likely to Bring Antitrust Lawsuits Against Google
• OCReg: Here's how $2.3 trillion in stimulus money was doled out and what could be next
• Can Republican recruits win in Democratic districts?
• Reason: Two Billionaires Demonstrate the Limits of Money in Elections
• CG: Two Californias: Full Govt. Paychecks vs. Full Unemployment
• FH: May Revise Proposes Major Revenue Raisers
• FRBlog: The Single Most Important Reason to Reelect President Trump
• OCReg: Newsom, Legislature should prepare to downsize state government further
• OCReg: AB5 relief bills voted down in committee
• CalM: Commentary: Business targets COVID-19 bills as 'job killers'
• FH: The Doddering Deifiers of Density-Part 1
• LAT $: Skelton: To balance California's budget, state will stick it to its most vulnerable citizens
• SacBee: Three years after deputies killed Mikel McIntyre, Sacramento sheriff hasn't released records
• SacBee: These people reshaped Sacramento over the past four decades. Who follows to forge a new way?
• SFC: Once united, Bay Area counties take divergent paths toward reopening
• SFC: Marin health director's own illness changes his view of dealing with COVID-19
• SFC: SF landlord Veritas responds to Pelosi's demand to return $3.6M loan
• Silicon Valley's Next Big Office Idea: Work From Anywhere
• SFC: Tesla tells employees Fremont factory has approval to restart this week
• FresBee: Fresno County residents are staying home more - but how much? Here's what your phone says
• FresBee: Tulare County sees relief in new coronavirus case numbers to conclude a rough week
• VCStar $: County closes Foster Park over crowds, parking
• AP: LA police wants to test everyone it arrests for COVID-19
• LAT $: Criminal probe launched into L.A. building explosion amid questions about stored oils
• LAT $: L.A. County records 694 new coronavirus cases and 29 deaths
• LADN: Massive downtown LA fire now site of arson investigation
• OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County tops 70,000 tests and reports 2 new deaths as of May 17
• OCReg: You can protect Santa Ana even if the police union won't, vote 'No' on the recall
• SBSun: Official: Stats behind San Bernardino County coronavirus 'hot spot' report are 'insane'
• PE: Some Inland Empire businesses reopen - defying coronavirus orders
• SDUT: Live updates: County reports 174 new COVID-19 cases, no additional deaths
• SDUT: Despite pandemic, sheriff continues booking suspects on minor, nonviolent offenses

Sincerely,