As Trump protest groups continue their activities, the president-elect changed his attitude towards them.
CHRISTINE RUSHTON with LAT: "What a difference 10 hours makes."
"President-elect Donald Trump embraced anti-Trump protesters as passionate on Friday, after calling them “unfair” and a product of media incitement the previous night."
"Love the fact that the small groups of protesters last night have passion for our great country,” Trump posted on Twitter on Friday morning."
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Speaking of Trump, experts discuss his debate-claim to prosecute Hillary Clinton.
DUEL QUENTIN WILBER with LAT: "Lock her up!” was his supporters’ fervent cry."
"But it’s Donald Trump who may find himself in political shackles, stuck between his followers’ yearning to putHillary Clinton in jail and his expressed desire to unite a badly fractured country after an election in which he lost the popular vote."
"The tension is not likely to dissipate anytime soon. After having pledged to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Clinton, Trump faces a dilemma: He can either drop the matter and risk angering his supporters, or charge ahead with a criminal inquiry targeting his vanquished political foe, something never before done in U.S. history."
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Senator-elect Kamala Harris and other local/state officials reassure immigrant families that they will continue to fight for their protection and advocacy.
SUSAN ABRAM with Los Angeles Daily News: "Saying they want to calm fears after President elect Donald Trump’s victory, state and local officials reached out to Los Angeles’ immigrant community Thursday to assure them, and especially those who are undocumented, that they will work hard to fight for and protect them."
"U.S. Sen.-elect Kamala Harris visited the headquarters of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles or CHIRLA, to tell the immigrant community that she will stand up for those who see themselves as most affected by Trump’s proposals. In addition to building economic security, Trump plans to finish building the wall along the Mexican and U.S. border and deport illegal immigrants who are criminals. Those who have entered the country illegally, he said in a speech in Arizona this summer, also would be subject to deportation. He also said he would halt federal funding to sanctuary cities such as Los Angeles, which have policies that protect those in the country illegally."
"This is a time in our country for coalition building,” Harris told a throng of news reporters and her supporters at CHIRLA. She became tearful when she recounted stories of mothers and fathers whose children ask them if they will be deported, and parents respond: “I don’t know."
California's death penalty appeal failed at the ballot, but the proposition's supporters vow to keep pursuing the complete abolition of the practice.
JAZMINE ULLOA with LAT: "As executions have declined and public opinion of the death penalty has hit a record low nationwide, many looked to California as a test of whether the public — not courts or governments — was ready to overturn the practice."
"But California voters on Tuesday defeated a measure to repeal capital punishment and, as of Thursday, were on course to narrowly approve a dueling proposition that aims to amend and expedite it."
"Death penalty supporters lauded the outcome, saying it reflected what they have been pointing to all along: Most Americans want the systemfixed, not ended. But abolitionists argued that campaigns in favor of capital punishment benefited from the so-called “Trump effect,” a wave of mostly white, male voters from rural areas energized by the Republican presidential campaign of Donald Trump."
READ MORE related to The Ballot: Voters approve plastic bag ban: What happens next? -- PAUL ROGERS with East Bay Times;
With Donald Trump looking to reverse direction on Obama's climate change legacy, the Pentagon chimes in on the environmental crisis.
W.J. HENNIGAN with LAT: "A bitter wind blew across Sewell’s Point on a recent afternoon as ocean waves crashed against a concrete pier where two black attack submarines were tied up for the day."
"Pier 3 was taking the last hits of a severe storm that had roared ashore a few days before. It flooded four buildings, tore up rooftops, knocked down trees and briefly cut electricity at the world’s largest naval station."
"Storms obviously aren’t new here, but they are worse than ever — and the Pentagon blames climate change."
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Gov. Brown is looking for common ground with president-elect Donald Trump.
CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO with Sacramento Bee: "California Gov. Jerry Brown, who earlier this year mused about building a wall around the state should Republican Donald Trump be elected, pledged Thursday to do his part to find common ground with the president elect."
"But Brown also put Trump on notice that “as Californians, we will also stay true to our basic principles. We will protect the precious rights of our people and continue to confront the existential threat of our time – devastating climate change."
"Despite his complicated history with the Clintons, Brown endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton a week before California’s June primary, and then campaigned for her last weekend before Tuesday’s election."
READ MORE related to California's Future: What does Donald Trump have in store for California? -- MATTHEW ARTZ with East Bay Times; Former L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa launches bid for California governor -- BRENDA GAZZAR with Daily News; Has Trump spurred a Tea Party of the left? -- JEFF HORSEMAN with The Press-Enterprise
Despite Trump's vehement vow to repeal Obamacare, enrollment promotions continue to push through.
PAUL SISSON with Union-Tribune: "Even as President-elect Donald Trump and Republican leaders in Congress vow to dismantle Obamacare, promotions for 2017 enrollment are forging ahead."
"Covered California plans to launch a statewide bus tour on Saturday, starting in San Diego County, to urge the uninsured to sign up and get current policyholders to renew their health plans for another year."
"And on Tuesday, the health exchange had sent out an alert to hundreds of affiliated organizations, advising them to tell clients that their “coverage is not in jeopardy” amid threats in Washington, D.C., to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Those customers range from the roughly 1.3 million people enrolled in Covered California to the millions more on Medi-Cal, the insurance program for the poor that has expanded greatly in recent years with money from Obamacare."
READ MORE related to Health: No immediate changes to your Obamacare coverage -- EMILY BAZAR with California Healthline; Concerned about losing your marketplace plan? ACA repeal may take awhile -- MICHELLE ANDREWS with KHN; Covered California's future in peril if Federal subsidies dry up -- CHAD TERHUNE with California Healthline
The State Superintendent of Public Instruction has released a public announcement to primary and secondary schoolers that they will be safe on their campuses from discrimination and bullying.
MAUREEN MAGEE with Union-Tribune: "Following widespread student protests over the election of Donald Trump as president, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson tried to reassure California public school students — from kindergartners to 12th graders — that they will be protected from discrimination and bullying."
"I know that the outcome of the recent Presidential election has caused deep concern among many students and their families.The nation maintains a strong tradition for the peaceful transition of power,” Torlakson said in the statement issued late Thursday."
"And I want to let all of California’s 6.2 million public school students know that keeping them safe from discrimination and bullying at our great state’s 11,000 public schools is a top priority."
READ MORE related to Education: In short term at least, Trump presidency unlikely to disrupt California education -- LOUIS FREEDBERG with EdSource; Districts pass $23 billion in construction bonds, most parcel taxes -- JOHN FENSTERWALD with EdSource; Honig says California's "build and support" strategy for schools will pay off -- LOUIS FREEDBERG and JOHN FENSTERWALD with EdSource.