Newsom deploys ‘crime suppression’ teams statewide while mocking Trump’s threats
CalMatters, ALEXEI KOSEFF: "As he publicly mocks concerns that crime in California is out of control, Gov. Gavin Newsom is also surging law enforcement resources across the state.
Newsom announced Thursday that he would deploy new “crime suppression” teams of California Highway Patrol officers to partner with local officials in six regions: San Diego, the Inland Empire, Los Angeles, the Central Valley, Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area."
READ MORE on deployments: Newsom sends state police to more California cities in attempt to draw contrast with Trump, Chronicle, SOPHIA BOLLAG.
Newsom: Crime is a larger problem in GOP-led areas than Democratic-led ones
Washington Post, MAEGEN VAZQUEZ: "At a news conference discussing the expansion of an existing crime suppression program in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) went after President Donald Trump for the “blatant hypocrisy” of surging National Guard troops and federal law enforcement agents to Democratic-led cities when, he says, there are higher crime rates in some Republican-run places.
Newsom called his expansion of a program that deploys the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to more cities to address crime a “consequential contrast” to what Trump is attempting to do."
Trump revokes Secret Service protection for former VP Kamala Harris
LAT, SEUNG MIN KIM/ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON: "President Donald Trump has revoked Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris, a senior White House official said on Friday.
Former vice presidents typically get federal government protection for six months after leaving office, while ex-presidents do so for life. But then-President Joe Biden quietly signed a directive that had extended protection for Harris beyond the traditional six months, according to another person familiar with the matter. The people insisted on anonymity to discuss a matter not made public."
California Supreme Court rules on Republicans’ second redistricting case
Sac Bee, LIA RUSSELL: "For the second time in as many weeks, the California Supreme Court blocked Republican lawmakers’ attempt to stop their Democratic counterparts from moving forward with a plan to redraw the state’s congressional boundaries.
The state’s highest court dismissed an emergency petition on Wednesday from a handful of senators and assembly members who had wanted to prevent Proposition 50 from being included on the Nov. 4 ballot."
A deportee’s son, young parents, naturalized citizens: Here’s who came to Texas to join Trump’s deportation machine
LAT, BRITTNY MEJIA: "They came from all across America to join President Trump’s deportation machine.
A Border Patrol agent, his firefighter wife and their 3-year-old daughter who drove nearly eight hours for jobs that could bring them closer to home. A man from Tennessee who wanted to apply because of “the way things have become with the illegal immigration and the strain it’s been on our economy.”"
ICE denies Rep. Matsui access to Sacramento facilities for a second time
Sac Bee, MATHEW MIRANDA: "For the second time in a week, Rep. Doris Matsui was blocked from entering Sacramento immigration facilities where she and other elected leaders sought to investigate reports of people detained overnight without adequate shelter.
The rejected visit marked the latest attempt to gain clarity on the conditions inside the U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement office in downtown Sacramento. Earlier this month, reports surfaced that ICE was keeping individuals overnight for consecutive days with limited water, little access to restrooms and no air conditioning. Matsui, who argued argued she has a “constitutional mandate” to tour the facility, was denied access last week."
‘It’s happening everywhere’: 1 in 3 ICE detainees held in overcrowded facilities, data show
LAT, ANDREA CASTILLO/GABRIELLE LAMARR LEMEE: "Mattresses on the floor, next to bunk beds, in meeting rooms and gymnasiums. No access to a bathroom or drinking water. Hourlong lines to buy food at the commissary or to make a phone call.
These are some of the conditions described by lawyers and the people held at immigrant detention facilities around the country over the last few months. The number of detained immigrants surpassed a record 60,000 this month. A Los Angeles Times analysis of public data shows that more than a third of ICE detainees have spent time in an overcapacity dedicated detention center this year."
Latinos built a vibrant community on the sea in Oxnard. Trump raids are shattering it
LAT, RUBEN VIVES: "Latinos make up more than half of Oxnard’s 202,000 residents, and they have long taken pride in helping to build this sprawling city by the sea.
Constructed around the same agriculture fields where Cesar Chavez organized migrant laborers before establishing the United Farm Workers of America, Oxnard is a place where Latino influence is omnipresent — from music festivals to eateries."
‘Can you come wipe me?’: Younger 4-year-olds pose new challenges for TK
EdSource, LASHERICA THORNTON: "More 4-year-olds across California are entering transitional kindergarten this year — curious and eager to play and learn. But some aren’t fully potty-trained, posing an unexpected challenge for schools.
“They are younger, and they’re going to have more accidents,” said Elyse Doerflinger, a TK teacher in the Woodlake Unified School District in Tulare County. “Then what?”"
Sac State, Cal Expo clear way for a football stadium deal. Could it open in 2026?
Sac Bee, CHRIS BIDERMAN: "Sacramento State is hoping to play its football games in a new stadium at Cal Expo as soon as 2026.
The two sides on Thursday memorialized an agreement to open exclusive negotiations that officials hope will lead to turning Cal Expo’s defunct horse racing track and grand stand into a new football facility located roughly three miles north of Sacramento State’s campus."
L.A. has enough rental subsidies to end veteran homelessness. Why aren’t they being used?
LAT, DOUG SMITH: "Over the last decade, Los Angeles County housing authorities have received nearly 4,500 rental vouchers to get homeless veterans into permanent housing.
If all of those vouchers had been put to use, veteran homelessness would be a thing of the past."
Sacramento to build 135 tiny homes. McCarty calls it ‘future’ of homeless approach
Sac Bee, DARRELL SMITH/MATHEW MIRANDA: "Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty announced construction of 135 new tiny homes Thursday, the latest part of what he calls a cost-effective strategy to take more of the city’s homeless off the streets.
The homes under construction at 3900 Roseville Road will be operated by housing and supportive services provider The Gathering Inn and join the First Steps community where today more than 100 people transitioning from homelessness call home. McCarty announced the project on the same day that a city ordinance took effect to bar homeless camping at City Hall grounds."
Why California backed down from forcing landlords to keep residents cool
CalMatters, ALEJANDRA REYES-VELARDI: "During the most recent heat wave in Los Angeles, Memphis Perez, his wife, three children and elderly mother crammed into a bedroom, the only room in their apartment with air conditioning. He paid for the air conditioner himself, but thinks his landlord should have provided one instead.
“It’s like being inside a toaster,” Perez said. Temperatures reached the upper nineties; it was sweltering for days. “It’s only fair for them to do their part and provide a survivable experience in an apartment,” he added."
America’s economy runs on data. What Trump’s firing of a top data chief means for California
CalMatters, LEVI SUMAGAYSAY: "Unemployment numbers and the consumer price index come out every month like clockwork, giving individuals, businesses and local and state government agencies across the nation critical information.
Economists and others fear wide-ranging ramifications for California if the reliability of that information is uncertain, calling the data fundamental for making an array of policy and funding decisions."
(OPINION) Nine years later, California court saga over $23,420 housing fee remains unsettled
CalMatters, DAN WALTERS: "Nine years ago, in preparation for his retirement, engineer George Sheetz bought a plot of rural land in El Dorado County and applied for a county permit to place a manufactured home on his parcel.
Little did he know that what he thought would be a routine administrative transaction would turn into a legal dispute that would wind its laborious way through California courts, reach the U.S. Supreme Court — where he won a unanimous ruling — and is now back in California’s judicial system with the eventual outcome still uncertain."
SFPD issues new guidelines for ICE arrests amid protests
Chronicle , MEGAN CASSIDY: "As volatile high-profile clashes between federal immigration agents and protesters erupt on city streets, San Francisco police have issued new guidelines on how to navigate their role as peacekeepers in a sanctuary city.
In a department-wide memo Wednesday, Interim Police Chief Paul Yep instructed his officers to neither help nor hinder U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as they make immigration arrests, and to only take action when “necessary to safeguard life and property.”
Smoldering ashes at Napa vineyard seen as possible cause of Pickett Fire
Chronicle, ANNA BAUMAN: "Cal Fire investigators are looking into multiple potential causes for the Pickett Fire, including whether a contractor accidentally disposed of smoldering ashes at a Calistoga vineyard last week.
The ashes are among several possible causes that the agency is probing as part of its investigation into what sparked the Wine Country blaze last week, Shawn Zimmermaker, Cal Fire deputy chief of law enforcement and fire prevention for the Northern Region, told the Chronicle on Thursday."
Another major California insurer seeks to hike rates
Chronicle, MEGAN FAN MUNCE: "CSAA Insurance, the fifth largest home insurer in California, is the second insurer to request a rate hike in the past month under the Department of Insurance’s new reforms.
The insurer, which provides AAA-affiliated insurance in Northern and Central California, is asking regulators to approve a 6.9% increase for homeowners, it said in a statement Wednesday. The full details of the filing, including the proposed date it would go into effect, were not available as of Thursday morning."
