Dear John,

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• SacBee: SMUD chief made nearly $580,000 last year - among highest in California
• CG: Leaving California: Interviews With Californians Who Moved To Greener Pastures, Part VII
• CalM: Charter schools, unions call a truce in an epic battle as Newsom brokers a deal
• AP: California poised to overhaul charter schools
• LAT $: Case closed: Judge keeps restrictions on downtown L.A. homeless sweeps
• SFC: Gavin Newsom drops plan for California homelessness czar
• LADN: L.A. moves a step closer to allowing police to remove people from high-risk fire zones
• SacBee: California vaccine activists rally at Capitol in last-ditch appeal
• OCReg: Assemblyman Bill Brough's campaign expenses raise questions
• Rep. Duncan Hunter has almost depleted his legal expense fund
• LAT $: State might ban fur sales, but some in L.A. want their minks
• FresBee: Valadao will focus on water, immigration in congressional rematch with Cox
• CG: Distinguished White House Military Aide Challenging California Rep. Ami Bera
• OCReg: Calling alimony 'legal extortion,' Huntington Beach man aims to reform the law
• AP: Tesla heads down new road with car insurance in California
• CG: Vaping Supporters Meet with California Lawmakers About Strict Regulations on Vaping Products
• AP: Republican closer to joining spouse as California lawmaker
• CalM: Lawmakers tackle a severe housing shortage for renters who have federal vouchers
• SDUT: Shelter's registration forms give portrait of asylum seekers
• SacBee: 99% of public workers who seek student debt relief don't qualify. California wants to know why
• SFC: Yosemite's review of park concessionaire Aramark slams it for poor service
• AP: 4 inmates injured in 40-inmate fight at California prison
• AP: Sikh community asks FBI to investigate stabbing death
• SacBee: California workers have the power to help pick a presidential nominee. Will they use it?
• LAT $: Could verbal brawls and rants ruin Westminster's Vietnamese American council majority?
• LAT $: Trump says automakers are 'crazy' to side with California. They don't need another fight
• FH: Business as the Bad Guy
• SDUT: Let's be rational - not religious - about recycling
• OCReg: California Supreme Court decision a win for police accountability
• FH: Three Major Hurdles to Fixing California's Housing Crisis
• CalM: Politicians mull the future of work
• FH: The Greenland Purchases Makes the Case for California Independence
• FH: California Democrats Overzealous Actions on Energy Could Cost Them at the Polls
• OCReg: Shareholders and stakeholders
• SFC: Phil Matier: SF top Dem wants Shanti to pull award to Dede Wilsey
• SFC: 'Big numbers' settlement reached in suits over leaning Millennium Tower
• SFC: UC Berkeley eyes changes to buildings found to be at higher risk of quake damage
• SJMN: BART's San Jose extension gets major funding boost
• SJMN: D.C.-based conservative group sues Santa Clara County over sanctuary policy
• Expansion to come for low-income housing complex in Turlock
• FresBee: Clovis school board losing 23 years of experience following this trustee's resignation
• CalCoast: Morro Bay in line to tax vacation rentals
• LADN: LA Controller audit blasts homeless services authority outreach: They 'are not where they should be'
• LADN: Sheriff: Lancaster deputy who faked being shot is 'no longer employed' by department
• OCReg: The lingering problems of the OC snitch scandal
• OCReg: Former Capistrano Unified School District Foundation fundraising director charged with embezzlement
• OCReg: Anaheim council agrees on key stadium issues ahead of future meetings with Angels
• VOC: After 3rd Court Ruling Against Them, Supervisors Try Again with Esperanza Hills Project
• PE: Cause of 5 fires along 15 Freeway near Cajon Pass under investigation
• SBSun: San Bernardino waives $75,000 in fees - most unbudgeted - for popular community events
• PE: For some, Temecula boardwalk removal means 'Old Town isn't Old Town anymore'
• SDUT: National City, Imperial Beach object to proposed housing quotas
• VOSD: Oceanside's Community-Police Relations Are in a Bad Place
• SDUT: White House nominates two San Diego attorneys to federal bench
• SDUT: Community leaders discuss the use of sheriff's buses for children's camp

Sincerely,