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• Dr. Tony Lima: The Myth of Donor States
• Senate Votes to End California’s EV Mandate
• Austin’s Reign as a Tech Hub Might Be Coming to an End
• Villaraigosa blasts Harris and Becerra for not speaking out about Biden’s decline
• Kamala Harris takes swipe at Musk and warns world to ‘remember the 1930s’ at Gold Coast real estate conference
• The Next Tax Reform Glitch Is Coming to Main Street Businesses
• Barbara Lee Speaks for Oakland
• Placer County revives homebuyer program eases path to ownership
• Former LA deputy mayor to plead guilty to reporting fake bomb threat at City Hall
• L.A. hotels threaten to withdraw from Olympics deal over minimum wage hike

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• 25-year-old suspect in fertility clinic bombing left behind ‘anti-pro-life’ writings, officials say
• Woman connected to the Zizians fired the bullet that killed a Vermont border agent, report says
• Is the California Dream a Mirage?
• Dave Eggers: Uncle Patrick’s secessionist breakfast 
• GM Is Pushing Hard to Tank California’s EV Mandate
• Newsom says bailing L.A. out of budget crisis is ‘nonstarter.’ Bass remains hopeful
• Got medical debt? LA County may have just paid it off
• She brought ‘teeth’ as juvenile hall watchdog — but claims state defanged her
• Video shows L.A. probation officers letting group beat teen in Los Padrinos juvenile hall
• Gov. Newsom Smears USC Professor Mische for Reporting CA is Facing $8.43/gallon Gas as Refineries Close
• Salman Rushdie as graduation speaker upsets Muslim students at Claremont Colleges

Lance Christensen inside the state capitol:

• Lance Christensen
• Budget Bloat And Blame Games: Inside Newsom’s May Revision
• Newsom spends more to educate fewer kids more poorly
• AB 379 passed out of the Assembly with a 74-0 vote

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• Guest host Will O’Neill
• High-speed rail, abortion and the will of the voters: Takeaways from Gov. Newsom's budget
• Who’s the mayor of California?
• In unhinged rant, Gavin Newsom essentially admits he's at fault for homeless crisis in California
• Gov. Gavin Newsom, Mayor of Turlock spar over homeless shelter funding
• Los Angeles County opposes Newsom's executive order, won't arrest and jail people at encampments
• California released 15,000 prisoners early during COVID. New data reveals what happened to many of them
• Governor hopefuls kiss labor’s ring
• Wash Post says Harris’ coverup of Biden’s cognitive decline part of why Democrats lost: ‘Credibility problems’

Jon Fleischman Returns:

• Flash Report
• California Patriot Profile: The Late Andrew Breitbart

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• Trump’s circle tries to soothe investors’ frayed nerves
• What to make of Trump’s big plans for Alcatraz
• The Tariff Impact on Main Street 
• Trump’s First 100 Days Have Shattered California’s Left-Wing Illusions
• California overtakes Japan to become world’s fourth-largest economy. But tariffs pose threat
• House Votes to Block California’s Plan to Ban New Gas-Powered Cars
• Why California recently revised its clean air regulations for zero-emission trucks | Opinion
• In a Wildfire-Ravaged L.A. Suburb, Red Tape Snarls the Rebuilding: ‘Everybody’s Forgotten About Us’
• Santa Ynez Reservoir in Palisades must be drained again after more leaks found
• Dems go to Krell and back on sex trafficking
• Kill new housing with regulation, but blame math
• Is California doomed to repeat pension history?
• California cancels vacation payouts for state workers over budget concerns
• Trans high school track star sparks fury after winning girls’ triple jump by staggering 8 feet

Sheridan Karras, California Policy Center:

• SEIU 721’S strike affects county services while union pushes for bigger payouts

Mark Mix, National Right to Work:

• Mark Mix
• Employee of LAX Foodservice Provider Slams Unite Here Local 11 With Federal Charges Detailing Intimidation, Harassment

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Show Notes:

• Trump’s tariffs threaten Southern California’s $300-billion trade industry, report says
• Longshore union blasts Trump tariffs, warns of massive job losses
• Harris to criticize Trump in first major address since leaving office
• Kamala Harris Has Been Quietly, Carefully Working the Phones and Plotting Her Next Move
• Is Gavin Newsom changing his tune with the oil industry?
• Republicans find the perfect storm
• Karen Bass unveils her ‘very difficult budget’ for LA
• Mayor Bass proposes more than 1,600 layoffs: What departments are on the list?
• Santa Cruz City Council approves near-term wharf repair, downtown Vibrancy Ordinance
• Protections for nesting gulls (among other uniquely Californian headaches) delayed repairs to Santa Cruz wharf
• San Diego's Big Bay Boom fireworks display may fizzle out this year
• Long Beach is giving away free gun safes to help prevent accidental firearm deaths

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• California is first state to sue Trump on tariffs
• California’s lawsuit puts West Coast business leaders to the test
• The Hollywood Upside of Trump’s Trade War
• Gov. Gavin Newsom under fire for calling deported man’s case a ‘distraction’
• Valero to shutter at least one of its California refineries
• California’s refinery capacity stretched to the limit
• Vistra withdraws Morro Bay battery plant application 
• How labor killed a bill to let California wildfire victims sue Big Oil for climate change
• Newsom OKs $2.8B to close California's Medicaid funding gap after expanding immigrant coverage
• California just blew a deadline for voter-approved health care measure  — losing millions of federal dollars
• Barbara Lee wins tight Oakland mayoral race
• ‘There’s a reckoning to be had’: San Francisco Dems move to push the national party to the center.
• Californians can now buy opioid reversal drugs from the state online

Edward Ring: Myths of Earth Day

• Earth Day Reclaimed: Challenging The Top 10 Myths That Hijacked Environmentalism
• Peter Zeihan, “The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization”
• Ed’s energy newsletter, “What’s Current”

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Show Notes:

• Merle Haggard
• Why did it take Bernie Sanders and AOC to rally California liberals?
• ‘Not acceptable.' Not a single home building permit finalized in Altadena following Eaton Fire
• Homeowners sue California FAIR Plan, claim it’s not paying for home cleanups after wildfires
• Measure ULA is reducing apartment development in the city of L.A, report says
• CA Dems pass on funding Prop. 36 as Newsom celebrates rights of crime victims
• For California’s largest public union, telework poses challenge — and opportunity
• The Prop 22 fight rides again
• California Is Preparing to Take Trump to Court to Stop His Tariffs
• Oakland mayor’s race too close to call as Barbara Lee predicts ‘a long week’
• Trump’s volatile trade policy creates new problems for California state budget
• Judge allows Menendez brothers' resentencing effort to move forward
• Menendez brothers' aunt hospitalized after DA shares graphic photos in court: 'We are devastated'
• Rosie O'Donnell says convicted killer Lyle Menendez is first 'straight man' she can 'love' and 'trust'

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Show Notes

• David on Mike Rowe’s “The Way I Heard It”
• ‘Truly A Moron’: Elon Musk Puts Key Trump Official On Blast After He Goes After Tesla
• Navarro left a trail of political wreckage in California
• Newsom is trying to loophole California out of Trump's tariff war
• UC Berkeley prof says California has lost 20,000 fast-food jobs since Newsom’s Fast Foot Act
• Proposed California bill would bar fining, arresting homeless people for camping
• Feds to look into potential fraud and corruption in Southern California homeless funds
• In unprecedented payout, L.A. County will settle sex abuse claims for $4 billion
• RealPage sues Berkeley over its ban on algorithmic rent pricing software
• Steph Curry’s plan to build a headquarters in S.F.’s Dogpatch area is dead
• NBA’s Steph Curry joins neighbors in opposing affordable-housing plan for ritzy Atherton

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Show Notes:

• The complicated legacy of César Chávez
• Trump targets California ban on ‘forced outing’ of students’ gender identity to parents
• Trump ally and rising California GOP star Essayli named top federal prosecutor in L.A.
• California farmers fear tariff trade war losses in billions, uneven bailouts
• Gavin Newsom calls Democratic brand ‘toxic’ on Bill Maher show
• Will this bill be the end of California’s housing vs environment wars?
• Resistance roars back at the border
• SB 573 would raise corporate taxes based on executive compensation
• The Luigi Mangioni [sic] Access to Healthcare Act
• Policies, not greed, driving California’s sky-high gas prices, study finds

Julie Hamill

• California Justice Center
• What is FERPA?
• California Laws Force Public School Districts to Violate FERPA and Title IX; Mandatory Withholding of Federal Funds
• Trump targets California ban on ‘forced outing’ of students’ gender identity to parents

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Show Notes

• David: An anniversary to forget and remember
• Here’s how Gavin Newsom’s podcast arrangement works. The details raise questions
• Newsom betrays a promise by failing to fund high school ethnic studies classes | Opinion
• University of California drops “diversity statements”
• With L.A.’s mayor facing a recall threat, her supporters go after billionaires
• Weaponized turds: San Francisco’s strange and terrible victory over the EPA
• Will: OUSD teachers present an affair to remember
• A homegrown Arizona company was about to break ground on a billion-dollar development – then a California union stepped in

Oakland with Tim Gardner: 

• Oakland Report
• Oakland's MACRO missed all of its pilot project goals—so the city expanded it
• Is Oakland fundamentally ‘broken’? The mayor’s race hinges on the answer

Major League Baseball Opening Day with Rick Reiff: 

• Rick Reiff’s website
• MLB removes references to ‘diversity’ from website’s careers page