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Gas tax: Labor’s test for CA Democrats
Proposition 13 turns 40, labor shuns a Democrat over the gas tax, mental illness and ER visits, a lieutenant governor face-off and children's hospitals.
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Boos, catcalls and hard choices on homelessness
Where to shelter California's homeless, Trump's rotting trees, 2018 fire statistics, syphilis, Tuck and Thurmond, the Benicia-Martinez Bridge and a quiz.
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Follow the money, large and small-dollar donor edition
Campaign donations are going more to Democrats than Republicans in California's hot congressional races; Feinstein and de León debate; and Gavin Newsom gives because that's how far ahead of John Cox he is.
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Senate goes digital, GOP for Poizner, high-speed rail
The Senate goes digital, Steve Poizner's GOP donors, high speed rail in Fresno, recycled carpet, congenital syphilis in California, taxes and auto rules.
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Those DMV snafus, lead paint decision and cancer rates
Those DMV voter registration snafus, a Supreme Court win for California cities, lung cancer rates plummet, how Cox and Newsom would differ from Jerry Brown, UC outsourcing, PG&E and the CALmatters voter guide.
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Campaign money, McCarthy’s ‘Cherokee’ in-law, CA history
Campaign money, 2018 election ad buys, Kevin McCarthy's 'Cherokee' in-law, Kamala Harris, smoking deaths, bad jobs, carpet recycling and California history.
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Trump’s 9th Circuit, Brown’s climate concierge and asthma
Trump's 9th Circuit, Jerry Brown's climate whisperer, new PUC exit fees for utility customers, Central Valley and Salton Sea asthma rates and a quiz.
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The Kavanaugh effect, a PUC vote and John Cox
Justice Kavanaugh's impact on the law and the 2018 election, a PUC vote on community choice aggregation and the electrical grid and a John Cox profile.
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Disaster politics, YIMBYism and Trump’s CA pick
A Florida disaster relief firm facing complaints of shoddy work in California donates to Gavin Newsom and Democrats. Plus YIMBYism, Issa's seat and #MeToo.