My first column for Bloomberg @Opinion — and it's on Gavin Newsom and California's budget crisis. (What else?)

What’s happening here could turn Newsom, one of the biggest assets of President Joe Biden's campaign, into a liability for the Democratic Party.bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Scoop: Tech critic Frank McCourt wants to buy TikTok semafor.com/article/05/15/…

'Sen. Bernie Sanders, who remains popular in California after winning the state’s 2020 Democratic presidential primary, on Wednesday announced he is throwing his support behind two ballot measures related to rent control and restrictions on oil drilling.'
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CA currently prevents cities from enacting rent control on ANY housing built in the last 30 years.

In a state where almost 200,000 people are already homeless, it's time to protect Californians against excessive increases in rent.

'The whole affair might have gone unnoticed but for a civil lawsuit filed by Greene's family and an explosive report from the Associated Press, which published much of the body camera footage'

NOLA.com reflects on 5th anniversary of Ronald Greene's death
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Sen. Bernie Sanders endorses 2 California ballot measures, including rent control expansion latimes.com/california/sto…

Sen. Bernie Sanders endorses 2 California ballot measures, including rent control expansion latimes.com/california/sto…

Planned Parenthood announces latest outside spending plan in California congressional races latimes.com/politics/story…

Trying to process this picture and quote about Thibodeau in his ESPN profile

Interesting be-worried-but-not-panicked interview with Biden pollster Jefrey Pollock -- who knows his battlegrounds, especially Penn. -- with Greg Sargent

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The Battle for the Streets of New York nytimes.com/interactive/20…

'Biden has raised $21 million from Californians through March 31, while Trump has raised $11.1 million,' Seema writes.

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Great talk with Richard Deitsch about the NBA, Barkley, the future of journalism, and the big questions of the universe.

Meet Laura Friedman, the pool-playing assemblywoman who’ll likely succeed Adam Schiff. Such a great read by Julia Wick latimes.com/california/sto…

High-end supermarket Erewhon suing under California’s environmental laws to stop a neighboring 520-unit apartment complex in Los Angeles latimes.com/business/story…

Biden, Trump head to Southern California in June for big-dollar fundraisers latimes.com/politics/story…

Meet Laura Friedman, the pool-playing assemblywoman who’ll likely succeed Adam Schiff latimes.com/california/sto… Julia Wick

How Mayor Bass' dog helped stop an intruder, and other new nuggets of info Richard Winton David Zahniser 🦅 and I have put together since the April 21 break-in at the mayor's home. latimes.com/california/sto…

In California all roads lead back to housing ⁦David Lauter⁩ latimes.com/world-nation/n…

Really enjoyable ⁦Julia Wick⁩ profile of Laura Friedman, the front-runner to represent Adam Schiff’s district in Congress. (Come for her former career as a semi-professional pool player, stay for her great find at a Goodwill in Sacramento.) latimes.com/california/sto…