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• SacBee: Judge overturns Yuba County's 1 percent sales tax, ruling it was misclassified on ballot
• CG: Rent Control Passes in the CA Legislature
• CalM: Big rent hikes are about to be illegal in California. Here's what you should know
• SBSun: California rent cap bill AB 1482 passes state Legislature
• SDUT: Statewide rent cap appears likely to become law, would be a first for San Diego
• CNBC: Uber: Won't reclassify drivers, believes it's exempt from CA bill
• SFC: Uber: We'll fight in court to keep drivers as independent contractors
• AP: Uber vows to keep fighting sweeping California labor bill
• SDUT: Forget Uber and Lyft. Gig economy bill will rattle several San Diego startups
• CalM: Who's in, who's out of AB 5?
• AP: California college athlete 'fair pay' bill goes to governor
• LAT $: California would allow college athletes to profit from endorsements under bill sent to governor
• AP: Marijuana seized from building co-owned by ex-congressman
• Turlock cops report illegal marijuana grow in building whose owners include Jeff Denham
• LAT $: Nearly 3,000 illegal marijuana businesses found in California audit, dwarfing legal trade
• LAT $: Vaccine bill critics want California voters to block new limits on exemptions
• LAT $: Lions, tigers and bears no more: California lawmakers ban exotic animals at circuses
• CG: California Legislature Passes Bill to Ban Fur Industry, but will Governor Newsom Sign It?
• PE: Republican Aja Smith seeks 2020 rematch with Inland Rep. Mark Takano
• SDUT: San Diego Council President Georgette Gómez establishes congressional campaign committee
• CG: Shahid Buttar's Campaign to Unseat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
• SDUT: Bill that would end gun shows at Del Mar Fairgrounds advances to governor's desk
• AP: California lawmakers send governor police training bill
• LAT $: California lawmakers move to reinstate, revamp local affordable housing program
• CalM: Remakes and fresh takes: On these 2019 bills, it's now Newsom's call
• CG: Bill That Expands the Reporting of Child Abuse Passed in the Senate
• VOC: Gov. Newsom Signs Bill To Build OC's First Veterans Cemetery
• LAT $: California bill to clamp down on semiautomatic rifles heads for vote this week
• AP: Court won't block death penalty trials despite moratorium
• LAT $: California Supreme Court declines to take up L.A. death penalty cases
• PE: High rents in Riverside, San Bernardino counties contribute to 'homelessness crisis'
• SFC: Fremont chooses city hall parking lot for controversial homeless center
• SacBee: Sacramento mayor 'wary' of Trump's offer for homeless aid. But says CA cities should listen
• SacBee: Police called nearly 800 times to a Sacramento homeless shelter. Will new shelters be safer?
• LAT $: An Echo Park lot could become homeless housing after a bitter clash at City Hall
• LAT $: Fuel breaks won't stop the worst wildfires. So why is California spending millions on them?
• SacBee: California's Trump-blocking environmental bill may be delayed in fight over water
• CalM: Water dispute bedevils bill to blunt Trump's environment aims
• Lodi-area winery apologizes, reverses policy after refusing to host lesbian wedding
• LAT $: Final victim of California boat fire is recovered by divers
• AP: Early NTSB report expected in fatal California boat fire
• SDUT: Governor offers $50K reward in 1999 Poway cold-case killing
• OCReg: Korean DREAMers from Orange County will join Kamala Harris at Democratic debate
• SDUT: Supreme Court rules for Trump on asylum ban at southern border
• OCReg: State insurance czar wants us to pay the rent for his second home
• SDUT: Chris Reed: 'Moneyball'-style analytics will put workers under the microscope
• SacBee: With scandals multiplying, will Ricardo Lara last a full term as insurance commissioner?
• FH: Is Steyer Running for President-Or California Office?
• FH: AB 5 and the Ghost of Failed Bills Past
• OCReg: Orange County supervisors need lessons about open government
• LAT $: Skelton: Labor won big with bill to rewrite California employment law - but it's flawed
• OCReg: Battle over "progressive" solutions leaves independent contractors on edge
• CalM: Tax vote issue gets cloudier
• NR: Jerry Falwell Jr. Shows How the Advance of Christendom Can Harm Christianity
• SFC: SF's Central Subway hits huge delay - won't open till 2021
• SFC: Cyclists cry foul over $238 citations for rolling through stop signs
• SFC: SF kept beds for mentally ill empty out of concern for patient safety, officials say
• SFC: Attorney, youth, public officials detail horrid juvenile hall conditions
• SFC: Lombard Street reservation plan faces one final twist
• SJMN: Google deals widen in downtown San Jose
• Stanislaus County considers proposal that would bring new life to former animal shelter
• FresBee: Dirty water fight brewing as Central Valley city refuses to help neighboring town
• FresBee: Animal control provider to part ways with Fresno. What will the city do?
• VCStar $: Oak Park explains gender diversity rollout
• LADN: LAPD gets OK for drone use, for good
• LADN: 3 dead in apparent murder-suicide involving deputy LA city attorney
• OCReg: Authorities: CSUF student now reports she was raped off-campus, not in university garage elevator
• OCReg: Candidate launches drive for new leader of Orange County GOP
• VOC: Westminster Mayor Claims Vietnam Interference at City Hall
• SBSun: San Bernardino County's largest union gets raises - with first one coming in days
• PE: Cal State San Bernardino student has active tuberculosis, may have exposed 400 to illness
• SBSun: Rialto pushes back start of semimonthly City Council meetings
• PE: Associate pastor at Riverside's Harvest church dies
• SDUT: Privacy concerns lead county Board of Supervisors to delay consideration of license plate reader program
• SDUT: La Mesa council approves task force to study police oversight options
• VOSD: Tri-City Deal Could Be a Glimpse of What's to Come
• SDUT: Editorial: Why can't San Diego school board have more independent trustees?

Sincerely,