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— Nigel Duara on California Supreme Court #bail case
— Protect Kids CA #transgender initiative not on #election2024 ballot
— Mikhail Zinshteyn (he/him) on UAW 4811 strike UCLA UC Davis
— CalMatters College Beat on #HSI $$
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On Tuesday, a high-profile initiative that would have required public schools to notify parents if their children identify as transgender missed the deadline to submit enough signatures to qualify. cal.news/3R4UCff

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Alexei Koseff

Today’s CalMatters newsletter by Lynn La
— WendyFry on AFSC at border
— Alexei Koseff on Steve Glazer media bill
— Ryan Sabalow on ASM Jacqui Irwin tech bill
— Legislative Analyst + Mikhail Zinshteyn (he/him) on budget
— #minimumwage explainer
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It's a $38 billion dollar deficit, according to #GavinMath Lynn La (@CalMatters). According to the objective Legislative Analyst, it's $68 billion. Normalizing Gavin Newsom's political spin lays the foundation for all sorts of budget tricks to deceive Californians on how truly dire the

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Pretty, pretty good. That’s the overall assessment of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest budget plan from the independent Legislative Analyst’s Office. cal.news/3URF9jW

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📸 Fred Greaves

CalMatters Lynn La The quote below shows you're positioned on the left, warranting caution.

You could also say: 'Schiff could promote himself as the true Democrat best qualified to tackle MAGA, and attack Porter and Lee on their DSA/Squad far-left records that undermine the Democratic Party.'

Ahead of Friday’s deadline for bills to advance from the house where they were introduced, the Legislature on Wednesday passed a slew of measures that address fentanyl and retail theft. cal.news/4dRH94e

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— Alejandro Lazo on #climate
— Kristen Hwang on health tax
— Marisa Kendall on #homelessness
— Mike McGuire Speaker Robert Rivas crime bills
— Sameea Kamal on voter guide cost
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See which potential ballot measures California's Democratic and Republican parties are endorsing for November. So far, the parties agree on two of them: cal.news/3UUMeAp

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📸 Juliana Yamada

FYI, San Jose:
• Spent millions of $$ on homelessness, but can't say where it went
• Extended an $8M homelessness prevention contract on inflated data
• Hasn’t calculated how many new homes it needs
• Has about the same homeless population as SD but half the # of housing beds

Some big news 🚨:

Even for Californians accustomed to how long it can take to finish counting votes, the recount in a Silicon Valley congressional district is next level. Why the process is taking so long: cal.news/3Qnnv6g

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📸 Anne Wernikoff & Richard Pedroncelli, AP

With rents high, home prices higher and an increasing number of state residents just struggling to get by or pining for Reno, what should California do to address its housing crisis? cal.news/44piYpI

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— Alexei Koseff Sameea Kamal on #CAleg suspense file
— Carolyn Jones on community schools
— Ryan Sabalow on #domesticviolence bill
— @RA_Becks on #Deltatunnel
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Today’s CalMatters newsletter by Lynn La
— #CALeg bill deadline week
— Alejandro Lazo on #EV charging
— Alejandra Reyes-Velarde on green schools
— Vince Fong vs Mike Boudreaux
— Jeremia Kimelman on lobbying $$
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A day after the most prestigious awards in journalism were handed out, the latest legislative effort to help California media outlets stay afloat drew some major opposition. cal.news/44C8GTk

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📸 Andrew Kelly, Reuters