Dear John,

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• PE: California businesses at the breaking point due to minimum wage hikes
• AP: Professor seeks Assembly seat after making sex assault claim
• AP: California county OKs $12 million urgent plan for homeless
• LAT $: It took some convincing, but L.A. opens a homeless shelter in Watts
• SFC: Grappling with homeless camp, Sonoma Co. officials OK emergency plan
• SacBee: Homeless get warm clothes thanks to the generosity of Book of Dreams readers
• FresBee: Will more sprawl help Fresno's housing crisis? What happens to inner-city communities?
• SDUT: Two years in, California's legal marijuana industry is stuck. Should voters step in?
• SFC: Court: Cops can't choke-hold someone who isn't resisting arrest
• SFC: Steady showers, Sierra snowfall expected for Santa's arrival
• LAT $: Coldest storm of 2019 could make white Christmas possible for some
• Porch pirates with more than 100 pieces of loot flip car in police chase, CA cops say
• AP: Suspected package thieves caught with more than 100 items
• Bloomberg Exploited Prison Labor to Make 2020 Campaign Phone Calls
• LAT $: Bloomberg cuts ties with contractor who used prisoners to make calls for his campaign
• SacBee: Bloomberg's new California director is working to build biggest state operation 'in history'
• AP: Bloomberg hires top California Democratic Party official
• CalM: Watch new 2020 law #7: Health insurance about to be mandatory in California
• AP: Wildfires cause turmoil in CA property insurance market
• AP: Study: California law lifts vaccination in 'high-risk' areas
• SacBee: California's 2016 vaccine law helped 'high-risk' counties the most, new study shows
• SJMN: Travis Kalanick's split from Uber: Ex-CEO leaves board of directors, sells remaining shares
• OCReg: Sacramento's push for density could come to your neighborhood
• OCReg: Voters were promised high-speed rail, not a boondoggle
• NR: 'A People Prepared'
• SJMN: Oakland official threatens to seize 'Moms 4 Housing' home
• FresBee: Mayor vetoes new rules allowing adults to buy weed in Fresno. Will it stop dispensaries?
• CalCoast: The hubris of the SLO City Council
• LAT $: Ray Remy, top aide to Mayor Tom Bradley and guiding force at L.A. City Hall, dies at 82
• LAT $: Eagle Rock church erases $5.3 million in medical debt for poor L.A. area families
• OCReg: Mission Viejo OKs land for up to 80 homes if Saddleback Church sells land by its offices
• PE: Bills protecting March Air Force Base jobs, banning burn pits signed into law
• PE: UC Riverside program offers 'family' for ex-foster children at holidays and beyond
• SDUT: Escondido's new police chief will be Ed Varso, a 19-year department veteran

Sincerely,