Dear John,

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• CG: Political Pressure Behind Cancelled Charity Event for Slain Ventura Sheriff's Family
• SJMN: College admissions scandal bills signed as Bay Area parent awaits sentence
• SFC: Political 'deepfake' videos banned in California before elections
• SJMN: From charter schools to suspensions: Rounding up California's new K-12 laws
• SacBee: Gavin Newsom gives California districts more power to block charter schools with new law
• SFC: Joe Biden doesn't punch back at Trump in SF fundraiser
• SacBee: As Warren rises, debate over her ability to beat Trump intensifies
• SFC: Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders? SF supervisor wants both
• LAT $: Silicon Valley can't escape the glare of the presidential race
• SDUT: Elizabeth Warren tells San Diego crowd she'll tax the wealthy to help middle class families
• CG: San Francisco Receives Notice From The EPA Over Pollution
• SFC: Feinstein, Harris ask for probe of EPA notice against SF
• LAT $: U.S. unemployment falls to 50-year low, including lowest rate on record for Latinos
• SacBee: California boom is ending, Gavin Newsom warns as 2020 budget writing begins
• LAT $: The next big California vs. Trump fight is over water and endangered species
• SFC: Eyeing a possible recession, California wineries cut back on production
• CG: First Hand Testimony: How the Homeless Crisis is Changing the Safest Communities in California
• CG: San Francisco Receives Notice From The EPA Over Pollution
• SJMN: PG&E bankruptcy attorney's fees: $140 million and counting
• SDUT: PG&E agrees to pay $65M to settle California records claims
• LAT $: California's contract worker law could add health coverage for some but put others at risk
• AmerSpec: Good News Is Bad News in California | The American Spectator
• OCReg: The dangerous growth of unchecked presidential power
• Victor Davis Hanson: Did America finally get 'woke' on China in time?
• SDUT: Column: Green New Deal protesters staged ruse to get inside Rep. Peters' office
• SFC: Saving SF Bay may mean filling parts of it in, agency says
• SFC: SF District Attorney Gascón resigning before election, explores run in LA
• SFC: Payouts to bathhouse, school reveal behind-the-scenes look at SF housing deals
• SFC: SF to push ahead on public bank in wake of new state bill
• SFC: SF resumes push for drug injection site after judge's ruling
• SJMN: Caltrain moving forward with plan for BART-like service that could ease Peninsula traffic
• SJMN: Clinics closed as health workers join Santa Clara County strike
• Fremont to form a Mobility Commission to address traffic, transit woes
• BakCal: Gleason isn't running in 2020 but still wants to unify Kern's east and west
• BakCal: First marijuana dispensary opens in Kern County since ban
• BakCal: Kern County Supervisors to consider placing medical marijuana initiative on March ballot
• SLTrib: Facing another vote on sewer project, Morro Bay says delays in project would cost millions
• SLTrib: Cal Poly fraternity waterboarded a member in a hazing incident, witness video shows
• VCStar $: Retired officer makes bid for Oxnard supervisor
• VCStar $: Santa Paula may extend oil pipeline agreement
• OCReg: LAX set to restrict ride-hail, taxi pickups outside terminals
• LAT $: LAX to end curbside pickup by Uber and Lyft
• LADN: CSUN gets $2.1 million anonymous gift to support Armenian studies
• OCReg: UC Irvine goes public with $2 billion fundraiser for research, student scholarships, an art museum and more
• PE: San Bernardino to use $150,000 in salary cuts to fund state and federal advocacy firms
• PE: City opposes carpool-to-toll-lane conversion, spending tolls on projects outside Corona 91 Freeway corridor
• PE: Menifee, Hemet will get 5.2 miles of trails under $6.8-million project
• SDUT: Judge in insurance case refuses to change ruling in favor of Lara donor
• SDUT: Westfield struggling to get San Diego's reimbursement for $16M UTC transit center
• SDUT: San Diego labor unions file suit to invalidate Prop B pension measure

Sincerely,