Dear John,

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• AmerSpec: Public Servants Or The Public's Masters?
• SFC: Nanny state or progressive politics? Debate rages on in 'Ban Francisco'
• SFC: Want a lid with your coffee? In SF, you may have to ask
• SFC: The last (plastic) straw? Some users don't like SF's ban on the sippers
• SDUT: Legislature passes wildfire liability bill in Sacramento, legislation heads to Newsom's desk
• AP: California backs effort to boost utilities during wildfires
• AP: Police chief loses weapon in California restaurant restroom
• CalCoast: SLO police chief loses her gun in restaurant bathroom
• CalM: Tom Steyer wants to fix American politics by making it Californian
• CG: CA Bill Guarantees New 'Rights' to Foster Kids, Promotes Abortions, Rape Care, Phone Calls, Texts and Privacy From Adults
• AP: California lawmakers seek to slow desert water project
• SacBee: Kamala Harris, Ocasio-Cortez team up to give ex-cons a chance at federal housing assistance
• SacBee: California to pay off $10.5M in student debt - giving poor patients greater access to dentists
• SBSun: Former Rialto police officer charged in fatal beating at 2014 house party
• OCReg: Fullerton police plan to release briefing - including camera footage - of police shooting of 17-year-old girl
• LAT $: FBI investigating tattooed deputy gangs in L.A. County Sheriff's Department
• LAT $: Family of Anaheim girl shot by an officer cries for 'answers that we deserve'
• LAT $: UCLA professor faces 219 years in prison for conspiring to send U.S. missile chips to China
• VOSD: Audit Reveals Major Lack of Planning on Multimillion-Dollar 'Smart Meter' Project
• SacBee: They're young, they have a college degree, they're coming to California. Who are they?
• AP: California governor orders firing of oil, gas regulator
• CG: Coastal Commission Crackdown
• SDUT: Planned immigration raids renew fear in local communities
• SJMN: 'More than anything, it's just really exhausting': Bay Area immigrant communities react to threat of ICE raids
• SBSun: Property damaged in earthquakes can be reassessed in order to pay lower taxes
• LAT $: Ridgecrest quakes caused major damage at China Lake naval base
• AP: Newer buildings show little damage after California quakes
• SDUT: Pence praises Coast Guard drug seizure efforts and criticizes immigration system during San Diego visit
• AP: Population of California town torched by wildfire down 90%
• Reason: The End of the Free Internet Is Near
• Reason: Google Told Employees to Delete Politically Incorrect Language From Code
• SacBee: This California leader has a history of harassing women. It doesn't seem to matter
• VOSD: Teacher Accused of Molesting Elementary Student Was Allowed to Quietly Retire
• LAT $: Setback for Planned Parenthood: Court lets Trump's funding cutoff remain in effect
• LAT $: Trump backs down in fight over census citizenship question
• OCReg: Socialism makes for bad beer
• OCReg: Is universal pre-K for the kids or for the jobs?
• FH: Sacramento's Shades of Socialism
• FH: The Problem Isn't that Lara Broke His Promise.
• SDUT: Abuses of prosecutorial discretion go far, far beyond Jeffrey Epstein
• SDUT: Is Duncan Hunter beyond redemption?
• SFC: 'I'm scared:' Single mother fights eviction from SF public housing
• SFC: SF supes kill Breed's proposal to streamline affordable housing
• SFC: Peskin cleared of allegations he illegally merged units at his home
• AP: Defendant in fatal warehouse blaze 'not blaming anyone'
• FresBee: Fresno councilwoman challenges longtime Rep. Costa. Is she his toughest opponent yet?
• CalCoast: Downtown SLO scraps property tax initiative
• AP: Latest: No decision on off-roading ban at California dunes
• FresBee: Oceano Dunes stays open to off-roading. But California still says big changes must be made
• VCStar $: Simi weighs issuing risky pension-related bonds
• AP: LA police chief aims to wipe out minor warrants for homeless
• LAT $: This Valley candidate got more votes with less money. Can she do it again?
• OCReg: Conflicting information on breached jail phone calls sends Orange County defense attorneys to court
• LAT $: Disneyland's second Star Wars land ride is delayed until January
• OCReg: Anaheim tried to woo the Angels with a video that transformed the stadium's parking lots into homes and retail
• PE: Man arrested after gun is fired in a Menifee home; deputies seize anti-tank weapon launcher and firearms
• PE: Jury orders San Bernardino County to pay $113.4 million to boy rendered quadriplegic by child abuse
• SBSun: San Bernardino gives developers 6 weeks to submit plans for Carousel Mall redevelopment
• SDUT: San Diego Unified gives progress report on $8.4 billion in bond projects
• SDUT: Editorial: State crackdown on illegal cannabis stores should follow San Diego model
• SDUT: Appeals court revives lawsuit over controversial 2015 SDPD shooting in Midway
• VOSD: 'Purge it': Encinitas Official Describes Culture of Deleting Emails

Sincerely,