Sacramento Bee's DIANA LAMBERT/SAM STANTON: "Former UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi will teach one engineering course per quarter over the next nine months in her new $318,000 faculty position, school officials said Monday."
"Her first course this fall is a one-unit graduate seminar scheduled to meet 50 minutes each Friday, according to a listing on the Office of the University Registrar website."
"UC Davis officials said Katehi will also conduct research. Specific details of her research topic were unavailable Monday."
Chuck McFadden tells the tale in Capitol Weekly: "Millennials are better educated than previous generations; they are technologically savvy. For political types, they are a headache."
"They are the largest living generation. Even though there are 9.4 million California millennials, making them a potentially rich source of votes, they don’t vote in very high percentages unless they’re thrilled. They get more excited about general elections than midterms. That’s true of the electorate as a whole, usually, but it’s especially evident among millennials."
"The core of the millennials is the group of people aged 18-to-34 years, which is how we use the term as it relates to California voters, but some demographers and media types say it is anyone born as early as 1976 and as late as 2004. So go figure."
L.A. gains financial concessions in return for agreeing to host the 2028 Olympic Games. Be there or be square.
LA Times' David Wharton: "After weeks of intense negotiations with the International Olympic Committee, Los Angeles officials have agreed to host the Summer Games in 2028 — instead of 2024 — in return for a deal they hope will generate hundreds of millions in additional savings and revenues."
"The arrangement, which lets Paris go first with the 2024 Games, will bring the world’s largest sporting event back to Southern California for a third time."
"It could also set a precedent as the IOC made concessions to L.A. that involved sponsorship sales, the retention of any potential surplus and upfront funding for youth sports programs throughout the city."
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From the LAT's Liam Dillon: "It might sound strange that one of the main impediments for bike lanes in California is a state environmental law, but it's true."
"The California Environmental Quality Act requires new projects to take into account effects on car congestion, and doing so has stymied bike lanes up and down the state for more than a decade."
"Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday signed legislation allowing cities to continue sidestepping provisions of CEQA when planning for new bike lanes or painting them on roads. But the measure, Assembly Bill 1218 from Assemblyman Jay Obernolte (R-Big Bear Lake), doesn't do much to address the problem."
Lowering the bar? California considers new bar exam passing score. The ultimate result of the change likely will be more lawyers in practice. Uh, wait ...
The Chronicle's ISHA SALIAN: "The State Bar of California moved forward Monday with a proposal to lower the passing score of the bar exam by three points — a change that could increase the rate of passing by about eight percentage points."
"The State Bar made the proposal open for a public comment period until August 25, with the goal of finalizing a recommendation in September."
Meanwhile, those 'Calexit' backers are confident about their latest plan to leave the United States. The first one flopped, but hope springs eternal.
Sacramento Bee's ANGELA HART: "The people behind California’s latest effort to leave the United States are confident this time and are preparing to fan out across the Golden State to collect signatures for a 2018 ballot initiative."
"It would repeal a provision of the California Constitution stating that the state is “an inseparable part of the United States ... up to and including agreement establishing California as a fully independent country,” the ballot language reads."
“We feel like this current initiative is more feasible and will hold up more to scrutiny and legal challenges,” said Steve Gonzales, a member of the group California Freedom Coalition. A first attempt fizzled and was withdrawn."
Speaking of fizzling, California is seeing a 5 percent drop in attendance at the the state fair at Cal Expo. The heat probably had something to do with it.
Sacramento Bee's ALEXANDRA YOON-HENDRICKS: "Triple-digit weather dampened attendance at this year’s California State Fair, fair officials said Monday."
"The 17-day event at Cal Expo drew 636,628 visitors, 5 percent fewer than its 673,237 visitors last year. Last year’s total was down 14 percent from the 787,833 visitors of 2015. In 2010, the fair was moved to July to accommodate the early start of school in August, but prior to the change the fair had a record high attendance of 1.04 million in 2001."
"Eight days of triple-degree heat occurring almost exclusively on Fridays and weekends – when attendance is typically highest – were the biggest contributor to this year’s lower numbers, said spokeswoman Sabrina Rodriguez."
Back in D.C., Anthony Scaramucci was dumped as White House communications director after just 10 days.
Sacramento Bee's KATE IRBY/TERESA WELSH: "Anthony Scaramucci is no longer White House communications director, a position to which he was appointed to a little more than a week ago."
“Anthony Scaramucci will be leaving his role as White House Communications Director,” read White House statement released Monday afternoon. “Mr. Scaramucci felt it was best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team. We wish him all the best.”
"The New York Times reported shortly before the administration released an official statement that new Chief of Staff John Kelly requested Scaramucci’s removal. Kelly, a retired Marine general, was sworn in Monday morning after serving the last six months as secretary of homeland security. When the news of Scaramucci’s departure broke Monday afternoon, Kelly was in the East Room of the White house for a Medal of Honor ceremony and was “smiling” and “in good spirits,” according to reports."
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