Dear John,

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• LAT $: California bullet train's mishandling of land deals adds to mounting costs and delays
• SFC: SF ranks high in property crime while it ranks low in arrests
• SDUT: San Diego is fifth-most surveilled city in America, study says
• SFC: California housing, guns, criminal justice reform: Focus shifts to Gavin Newsom
• LAT $: News Analysis: California's Legislature tackled big issues in 2019. Bigger fights might be coming
• CalM: Newsom rejects 'Trump insurance' bill, blood on the floor, plastics, time, and 18-year-old scotch
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• PE: Health insurance costs 'wildly inflated' for government workers, analysis finds
• SJMN: Secrecy surrounds Trump's Bay Area trip for fundraiser Tuesday
• CG: California State Agencies and Their Role in Public Policy
• Hill: Can Carl DeMaio save the California GOP?
• PE: Firefighters, residents get lucky with Horseshoe fire
• FresBee: Forest Service makes progress fighting Plumas County's Walker Fire, now 67% contained
• PE: Wildfire grows to 163 acres southeast of Hemet in San Jacinto Mountains
• SJMN: As fire season heats up, insurance companies drop long-time clients
• CG: Republican Veteran Aja Smith Running For Congress Against Democrat Incumbent Mark Takano
• FresBee: California communities need to attract doctors and other qualified medical practitioners. Here's how
• FresBee: How can California communities attract doctors and other qualified medical practitioners?
• California lawmaker trying to weaken privacy law is married to Ring executive - POLITICO
• EdS: Full-day kindergarten could soon be required in every California school
• SJMN: How California's 'red flag' law thwarted gun threats at Sunnyvale Ford, Netflix, and Palo Alto City Hall
• Reason: Kamala Harris Does Not Understand Why the Constitution Should Get in the Way of Her Gun Control Agenda
• OCReg: Assembly Bill 1451 is an attack on direct democracy
• NR: For the Love of God, Life Is Worth a Fight
• OCReg: Transit planners want to make your life worse
• OCReg: Capitol session was disaster for liberty
• CalM: Housing action just half-a-loaf
• LAT $: Skelton: In defying Newsom, she tried to protect California from Trump - and showed how legislating should work
• NR: The Lawfare Campaign against Gunmakers
• SacBee: E. coli in the river? Sacramento leaders must face reality and install restrooms
• SFC: Yes, she's a Fisherman's Wharf tourist attraction. But her story could make you cry
• SFC: Office rents are so high that Bay Area businesses are buying buildings
• SFC: San Francisco warns of Oracle OpenWorld conference traffic
• Reason: Remember the Vallejo Cop Who Tackled a Veteran for Filming Him?
• SacBee: Boating accident on the San Joaquin Delta leaves one dead, sheriff says
• Homeless families need emergency shelter. Stanislaus County has a new plan for them.
• CalCoast: Burglar targets The Mayor's Place in Nipomo
• CalCoast: Salinas inmate escapes shortly before possible release date
• VCStar $: Ventura County beachfront eyed for development
• LAT $: Boy's death seemed like a failure of L.A.'s child-welfare system. It wasn't so simple
• SDUT: Lincoln High investigating racial taunts from San Clemente High fans
• SDUT: County's two largest law enforcement agencies responding differently to police transparency bill
• VOSD: Surveys Show Wide Health and Wellness Disparities in San Diego Schools

Sincerely,