Dear John,

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• CG: California Appeals Court Strikes Down Gun Conviction of Kate Steinle Shooter
• AP: Court reverses sole conviction in San Francisco pier killing
• SJMN: Thousands more Bay Area residents fleeing region than arriving from other states
• OCReg: Newsom announces deal to cap rising rent prices in California
• AP: California governor announces deal to cap rising rent prices
• CG: San Clemente Employs Temporary Solution to Curb Homeless Encampments
• OCReg: San Clemente clears homeless camp site and requires proof of ties to the city for reentry
• SFC: Parking lot for SF homeless living in vehicles one step closer to reality
• SFC: 37% of SF's homeless population is black. This is a heartbreaking problem
• OCReg: Labor Day: California reached its lowest unemployment rate
• SacBee: Anti-vaccine protesters disrupt California Assembly with loud chants
• AP: Bill to ban most paper receipts in California fails
• CalM: Alas, paper receipt ban, we hardly knew ye: 2019 bills get winnowed some more
• SFC: Judge denies plan to pay PG&E executives millions in bonuses
• AP: Inmates, staff injured in 3rd Calif. prison brawl in 3 days
• AP: Death of California condemned inmate investigated as suicide
• VOSD: Sacramento Report: AB 5 Fight Reaches a Fever Pitch
• SacBee: Travel agents, cartoonists and fishermen: New exceptions as California labor bill advances
• AP: California law requires updating transgender grads' records
• SacBee: California can afford to protect the lives of black mothers. Will Legislature act?
• FH: Senate Bill 5 helps increase supply of workforce and affordable housing
• CG: California Ride-share Gig Companies Facing Takeover by Labor Unions
• CG: Protests and Near-Arrests in Assembly Appropriations When SB 276 is Passed on Party Lines Ahead of Hearing
• SacBee: California is the friendliest state for marijuana businesses, law firm analysis finds
• AP: California issues toxic algae warnings ahead of Labor Day
• SDUT: Charter school reform would address several, but not all, recent controversies
• LAT $: How Rick Singer tried to rope in USC legend Pat Haden amid admissions scandal
• SDUT: Wadie Deddeh, longtime state legislator, dies at 98
• VCStar $: State launches criminal probe of Woolsey Fire
• LAT $: Sirhan Sirhan is reportedly stabbed at prison in San Diego
• OCReg: Attack on Prop. 13 falters, but danger is still ahead
• NR: Valley of the Shadow
• OCReg: A small but meaningful concession in CHP negotiations
• FH: A Contrarian (And Promising) Jobs Strategy for the Homeless
• FH: California Needs a Campaign Manager
• OCReg: Proceed with caution on gun red-flag laws
• SacBee: Unions plan to block downtown Sacramento street in Labor Day protest targeting Kaiser
• SFC: BART eliminates paper ticket sales at first San Francisco station
• SJMN: Performing artists to BART: Back off proposed panhandling ban
• SFC: New $15 million mansion sells in Hillsborough. Dream home? Nope, teardown
• FresBee: Does this proposed Fresno County policy target Andrew Janz? Supervisors say 'It's all false'
• Three-day bicycle ride in honor of fallen Newman police corporal ends in hugs, tears
• FresBee: Group protests blackface incident before Bullard football game against Buchanan
• VCStar $: T.O. pastor's role as mayor stirs debate for some
• LADN: LA City Councilman John Lee opposes proposed homeless housing site in Chatsworth
• LAT $: LAPD Commissioner Sandra Figueroa-Villa failed to disclose income from city contracts
• OCReg: With 2 years left on San Onofre beach lease, state - and surfers - hope military won't put end to access
• OCReg: Closure lifted at Huntington Harbour, after tests show no sewage contamination following 60,000-gallon spill
• PE: Riverside deputy police chief to oversee department until new leader hired
• SDUT: DA clears cops in five shootings and in-custody death incidents
• SDUT: A Trump campaign fundraiser in San Diego is reportedly scheduled next month

Sincerely,