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Will California’s win streak against Trump end?

Good morning, California. In 2016, Sen. Dianne Feinstein signed the ballot argument against Proposition 64, the initiative that legalized commercial sales of marijuana. She warned the measure would increase highway fatalities, allow cultivation near schools and increase cartels. On Tuesday, Feinstein, running for reelection, changed positions, saying she’s “open to considering federal protection for state-legalized […]

에 의해 Dan Morain • 5월 2, 2018

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Will billionaires’ millions bend governor’s race?

Good morning, California. “Employers will ignore  it at their peril,” Teamster lobbyist Barry Broad said of Monday’s unanimous California Supreme Court decision in Dynamex Operations West. The ruling could upend the gig economy by requiring that employers treat many more workers as employees, not independent contractors. Broad: “A lot of labor representatives are elated.” A drop-out, […]

에 의해 Dan Morain • 5월 1, 2018

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Prescriptions for California’s housing crisis

Good Monday morning, California. Santa Barbara County has nearly 300 wineries, and has granted 730 cannabis cultivation permits, more than anywhere in the state. “The cannabis situation in Lompoc has created a challenge for many wineries,” said Peter Work of Ampelos Cellars. — Santa Barbara Independent. Housing: What would candidates do? CALmatters asked the major […]

에 의해 Dan Morain • 4월 30, 2018

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The bill comes due for wildfires

Good morning, California. Local governments have set sights on taxing soda. Enter Californians for Accountability and Transparency in Government Spending, a campaign committee set up to promote a November initiative to ban local taxes and fees without approval of two-thirds of the voters. Top funder: Soda companies at $5 million-plus. Who should pay for wildfires? Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, center, […]

에 의해 Dan Morain • 4월 27, 2018

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Why has the big city’s Villaraigosa spent so much time in farm country?

The candidate for California governor sees a path through the Central Valley to the November ballot.

에 의해 Dan Morain • 4월 26, 2018

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Closure for a terrible crime

Good morning, California. Charter school advocates already are spending $9.5 million to elect former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa as  governor. On Wednesday, they disclosed they’re spending $2 million to elect Villaraigosa’s former aide, Marshall Tuck as California superintendent of public instruction. Public school unions back his opponent, Assemblyman Tony Thurmond, a Richmond Democrat. An initiative funder’s sad hope […]

에 의해 Dan Morain • 4월 26, 2018

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Congressional Republicans take their shot

Good morning, California. “If you care about this state, it’s time to sound the alarm about the crisis in media and what it means for the health of democracy in the world’s sixth largest economy.”–CALmatters GOP’s gas-tax bank shot California’s congressional Republicans are all in on an initiative to repeal the state’s 12-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax. As they […]

에 의해 Dan Morain • 4월 25, 2018

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Prepare for the flood. Of campaign ads

Good morning, California. Sen. Kamala Harris, contemplating a presidential run, told a New York radio station she won’t take corporate political action committee money. Harris had taken $260,000 in corporate PAC money since 2015. Here comes the flood Get ready for the deluge of campaign ads and the puffery that goes with them. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the […]

에 의해 Dan Morain • 4월 24, 2018

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Next governor’s life or death decisions

Good Monday morning, California. Death penalty: What would candidates do A life-or-death decision: California’s next governor could quickly face a stark choice: allow an execution to take place or commute it. As part of our 2018 election guide, which we introduce today, we asked major candidates for governor how they would confront that decision, and compiled their answers […]

에 의해 Dan Morain • 4월 23, 2018

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Trump itches for a fight with Jerry Brown

Good morning, California. Happy 4/20, for those who care, including the Sacramento lobbyists who are making bank on their many cannabis clients. California to Trump: Take ‘yes’ for an answer Working out policy is hard, especially when it involves President Trump and the Mexican border, and when it’s done by Twitter. Let’s review: Trump demanded that Texas, New […]

에 의해 Dan Morain • 4월 20, 2018