Dear John,

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• OCReg: Inglewood mayor's $342K-a-year assistant escorted out of City Hall, hires high-profile lawyer
• CG: Is Redevelopment Rising From the Dead?
• CG: Bill to allow formerly imprisoned felons to vote passes in the Assembly
• AP: California's struggling GOP looks to rebound in 2020
• SacBee: Contract extends $3,100 health care perk to another group of California state employees
• SacBee: Newsom signs SEIU-backed bill requiring Kaiser to share more hospital financial data
• VOSD: New State Bill Would Require a PLA for Pure Water Project
• LAT $: Air board kills regulation of dangerous refinery acid in favor of oil industry plan
• SacBee: Almost 400 California prison inmates joined dorm-busting riot at north state camp
• LAT $: California vaccine bill exemption rules agreed to by Newsom and lawmakers
• CG: Why Is Ricardo Lara Quiet on Hundreds of Thousands of Homeowners Insurance Cancellations?
• CalM: Trump's dual threat to California's car deal
• LAT $: Trump warns California that emissions deal with automakers may be illegal
• AP: Trump challenges California power to control auto pollution
• LAT $: College admissions scandal: Prosecutors recommend one-month sentence for Felicity Huffman
• LAT $: CSU may up their college admissions requirements. But will that hurt low-income students?
• CalM: Without state bond, PG&E needs money - and hedge funds await CA's largest utility
• SacBee: PG&E wildfire payment plan dies in Capitol, for now
• AP: California says tax return law doesn't bar ballot access
• AP: California lawmaker, governor reach deal on vaccine bill
• PE: Bill to boost California homebuilding headed to Newsom's desk
• CG: State Armories Would Be Used As Crisis and Bridge Housing Under Bill Now in Senate
• SFC: Sponsor pulls bill to open California community college parking lots to homeless
• LAT $: To chase away homeless people, 7-Eleven stores in L.A. use classical music
• LAT $: At vigil for Conception boat fire victims, love of diving unites and soothes mourners
• SDUT: Rep. Duncan Hunter argues his campaign filings are immune from prosecution
• SDUT: More deaths associated with mysterious vaping illness; 11 cases reported in San Diego County
• OCReg: Running for office(s)? For many Orange County politicians the answer is yes. Always.
• PE: Containment of Tenaja fire near Murrieta expected to jump overnight
• AP: Containment increases on Southern California wildfire
• AP: California law exempts wildfire victims from solar rules
• VOSD: VOSD Podcast: The Race for the 53rd Is Wide Open (for Democrats)
• SFC: Disabled Concord woman from Guatemala fights to stay in the US
• OCReg: Worker-rights bill does no favors for drivers or consumers
• CalM: California congressional delegation needs to protect patients against surprise medical bills
• OCReg: Reject charter school 'deal' that undermines educational choice
• SacBee: Sources: Major League Soccer and Sacramento agree to deal framework for expansion franchise
• SacBee: Lawsuit alleges discrimination against disabled, black students at Sacramento City Unified
• KQED: For Oakland's Wounded Music Scene, No Ghost Ship Verdict Could Deliver Justice
• SFC: Richmond chief on leave after vote, acting replacement appointed
• AP: Tourists may pay tolls to drive crooked San Francisco street
• SFC: Housing and retail redevelopment of UCSF campus gets key SF approval
• SFC: SF's DCCC endorses Brown, Breed, Loftus - one campaign
• Stanislaus County's Head Start receives big boost in $26 million federal funding
• State homeless officials converge on Modesto to hear city, Stanislaus County story
• New McHenry bridge over Stanislaus will be done sooner than planned. Now the bad news
• CalCoast: SLO County raids large illegal marijuana grow
• VCStar $: Conejo parks latest to sue Edison over Woolsey Fire
• LADN: U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry visits the Santa Susana Field Lab
• OCReg: Orange County taking steps to crack down on addiction treatment fraud
• OCReg: Proposed Cal State Fullerton Master Plan calls for 6,000-seat event center, but no changes to Arboretum
• OCReg: Costa Mesa wants to weigh in on Fairview Developmental Center's future
• SDUT: Poll shows Gloria with big lead over Bry in 2020 race for San Diego mayor
• SDUT: SANDAG unveils spending blueprint for traffic-prone commuter corridors, vexing backers of freeway expansion
• SDUT: SANDAG board moves forward with formula used to set housing quotas

Sincerely,