Column: In the VP debate it’s ‘Mad Dad’ Vance vs. ‘Rad Dad’ Walz
LAT's ANITA CHABRIA: "Hello, and happy Tuesday. There are 34 days until the election and the vice presidential debate is upon us.
The contenders: JD “Mad Dad” Vance and Tim “Rad Dad” Walz."
Newsom vetoes bill allowing more lawsuits from victims of sex abuse at juvenile facilities
LAT's REBECCA ELLIS: "Many people who say they were raped or molested while confined at California juvenile facilities are out of time to sue the county governments that oversaw their care.
On Sunday, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have changed the statute of limitations to give people sexually abused in juvenile facilities more time to sue. His decision infuriated victim advocates, who accused him of bowing to pressure from local officials concerned about how to pay for an onslaught of litigation."
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes bill streamlining California voter registration at DMV
Sacramento Bee's CATHIE ANDERSON: "California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed on Sunday a Senate bill that would have automatically registered millions of eligible voters who had opted out of signing up when conducting business at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
“While the goal of streamlining voter registration is commendable, this bill raises several concerns,” Newsom stated in his veto message on Senate Bill 299. “It would place the DMV in the role of determining voter eligibility, a function more suitable for elections officials."
How a powerful conservative S.F. donor clashed with Daniel Lurie in tense mayoral race
The Chronicle's JD MORRIS: "As the San Francisco mayoral race heated up last month, an influential yet seldom seen figure in city politics posed a pointed question to candidate Daniel Lurie.
In a late-night email Sept. 4, the conservative donor Bill Oberndorf asked Lurie about a mailer his campaign had recently sent attacking former Supervisor Mark Farrell, one of the other leading candidates trying to unseat Mayor London Breed."
S.F. Chinatown seeks better representation in race for district supervisor
The Chronicle's KO LYN CHEANG: "Daisy Xie was standing outside her Chinatown to-go food business on Stockton Street recently when a man walked past, yelling to no one in particular, “I’m off my brains already. You think I need to smoke f—ing dope?”
“Every day, it is like this,” Xie said in Mandarin as the man passed her."
California enacts unprecedented restrictions on rat poisons in bid to protect wildlife
LAT's LILA SEIDMAN: "California has become the first state in the nation to restrict use of all blood-thinning rat poisons due to their unintended effect on mountain lions, birds of prey and other animals.
Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed a bill that expands an existing moratorium to all anticoagulant rodenticides, with only limited exceptions. The poisons prevent an animal’s blood from clotting and cause it to die from internal bleeding. When an unsuspecting mountain lion or owl gobbles a dead or sick rat — or another animal that ate a tainted rat — the toxic substance can be passed on."
Conservative humor site sues California over laws banning election-related deception
Sacramento Bee's ANDREW SHEELER: "Conservative parody humor site the Babylon Bee was unamused when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 2839 and AB 2655 into law. Now they’re suing.
The right-leaning Alliance Defending Freedom is representing the Babylon Bee and California attorney Kelly Chang Rickert in a lawsuit challenging the two laws. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California."
Gavin Newsom signs bill to expand IVF coverage in California, an election-year swipe at GOP
Sacramento Bee's NICOLE NIXON: "Insurance companies will soon be required to cover diagnoses and treatment for infertility — including in vitro fertilization — in California following a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom Sunday.
IVF has been an optional treatment for insurers for decades. Senate Bill 729, authored by state Sen. Caroline Menjivar, D-Van Nuys, makes it a requirement."
Vomiting, cramps and lethargy: As heat rises, California kids are sweltering in schools with no air conditioning
CALMatters's ALEJANDRA REYES-VELARDE: "In her fifth grade class in a Los Angeles school, on a day when outdoor temperatures reached 116 degrees, the heat gave Lilian Chin a headache. The air conditioner in her classroom was broken. Her fingers felt numb and she vomited in class, according to her mother. The nurse wasn’t available, so she was sent back to her hot classroom.
By the time the school day was over and Lilian made it to her mother’s air conditioned car, she was exhausted and red-faced. At home, she vomited again and got a leg cramp. Veronica Chin rushed her 11-year-old daughter to an emergency room, where she was diagnosed with heat exhaustion — a serious condition that leads to a life-threatening heat stroke if not treated promptly."
Campaign for College Opportunity’s new president on tackling the transfer process
EdSource's MICHAEL BURKE: "One of California’s top higher education advocacy groups, the Campaign for College Opportunity, has a new leader
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Jessie Ryan, who took over as president of the organization on July 1, has worked at the campaign for 19 years, most recently as an executive vice president."
Unusual October heat wave in California brings new fire fears; 1 million acres burned
LAT's GRACE TOOHEY: "An unusually warm autumn heat wave is continuing to push temperatures up across California, heightening fire risks across the state and prompting power shutoffs in the north and additional wildfire evacuations in the south.
Heat advisories, many warning of temperatures in the triple digits this week, have been issued throughout the state, from San Diego through Redding, with most areas expecting highs at least 10 to 20 degrees above average for this time of year, according to the National Weather Service."
S.F. heat wave: Tuesday could be hottest October day in 28 years
The Chronicle's ANTHONY EDWARDS, GREG PORTER: "Tuesday is in line to be San Francisco’s hottest October day in nearly three decades, and parts of the city could hit 100 degrees as an autumn heat wave threatens records across the Bay Area.
The Mission District, Bernal Heights, South of Market and other neighborhoods on the eastern half of the city may flirt with triple-digit temperatures. If San Francisco’s official weather station at Duboce Triangle surpasses 95 degrees, it would be the hottest October day since 1996."
OnlyFans, trafficking and drug dealers: How a jaguar cub wound up in a California suburb
LAT's BRITTNY MEJIA: "At less than a month old, unsteady on his small paws, the jaguar cub was already working.
While others born in the Amazon rainforest were still being nursed by their mothers, he was rented out to do a photo op in a Texas hotel room for $1,000 an hour."
Driver’s license renewals just got easier for older drivers in California.
LAT's DON LEE: "The union representing thousands of dock workers from Maine to Texas launched a strike Tuesday over wages and the use of automation, shutting down seaports with a work stoppage that threatens to cause significant disruption to trade and the national economy.
It was the first strike since 1977 for the International Longshoremen’s Assn., whose 47,000 members handle cargo operations at three dozen ports on the East and Gulf coasts that receive about half of U.S. imports . And it comes at a delicate time, economically and politically, as the country is emerging from a period of high inflation and is just a month ahead of national elections."
California DMV drops written test requirement for most drivers 70 and older
The Chronicle's AIDIN VAZIRI: "Driver’s license renewals just got easier for older drivers in California.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles announced Monday that it will no longer require most drivers age 70 and older to take a written knowledge test when renewing their licenses."
Late payments to nonprofits hamper California’s fight against homelessness
CALMatters's MARISA KENDALL: "California’s homeless service providers have a problem: They aren’t getting paid on time, and it’s making it even harder for them to get people off the street.
Nonprofits that provide everything from shelter beds, to counseling for homeless residents, to affordable housing, say they regularly are kept waiting weeks, if not months, for the city, county and state funding they rely on. That means they’re struggling to pay their employees, make rent payments for their clients, and, in some cases, even keep the lights on. Some are turning down new projects despite the massive need for services in their communities. Others are borrowing to stay afloat, ending up paying tens of thousands of dollars each month in interest — money they would rather spend on helping homeless Californians. It’s hampering the state’s efforts to solve what is arguably its biggest problem: Nearly 186,000 people have nowhere to call home."
