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$200 billion California budget sent to Gov. Jerry Brown -- California lawmakers approved and sent Gov. Jerry Brown a $200 billion state budget on Thursday, using revenue from a rosy economy to build $16 billion in reserves and steer hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding to universities and programs for the homeless. Adam Ashton in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 6/14/18

Initiative to give Disneyland workers a 'living wage' qualifies for the ballot in Anaheim -- The Orange County Registrar of Voters has certified that a petition to force major Anaheim employers who get city subsidies to boost their workers’ hourly salaries had produced a minimum of 13,185 valid signatures — or at least 10% of the city’s voters. Hugo Martin in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/14/18

California lawmakers debate budget expanding help for poor -- State lawmakers on Thursday debated a $139 billion budget that uses California’s massive surplus to boost funding for homelessness, welfare, child care and universities while socking money into savings. The budget had enough support to clear the Senate and Assembly and was awaiting formal approval. Jonathan J. Cooper Associated Press -- 6/14/18

Nearly 35,000 former Corinthian College students in California will see debt relief -- Almost 35,000 former Corinthian College students in California will have the remainder of their private loan balances forgiven and some may receive payment refunds after an investigation by the state attorney general’s office said a loan company engaged in illegal debt-collection practices. Samantha Masunaga in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/14/18

Furor over family separation now a part of House debate over immigration -- House Republicans could move to strictly limit the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their parents at the border under immigration legislation expected to be considered next week. Sarah D. Wire in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/14/18

Feds won't transfer some immigrant suspects to California custody, citing 'sanctuary state' law -- As California moves ahead with policies to limit law enforcement cooperation on immigration-related offenses, U.S. authorities are responding in kind. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in recent months have refused to transfer some suspects wanted by California law enforcement agencies for crimes including sexual assault and drug possession. Richard Marosi in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/14/18

Gov. Jerry Brown signs law to end underreporting of hate crimes in California -- Following a state audit that faulted law enforcement agencies including the Los Angeles Police Department for underreporting hate crimes, Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a measure that seeks to improve the investigation and tracking of incidents based on race, gender and sexual orientation, officials said Thursday. Patrick McGreevy in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/14/18

End of daylight saving time inches closer in California -- The state Senate on Thursday approved a proposal to ask voters to repeal a 70-year-old initiative that set a biannual clock change in California and give lawmakers the power to adjust the time with a two-thirds vote. Taryn Luna in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 6/14/18

Ivanka Trump heading to California for fundraisers with Kevin McCarthy -- The two will headline events in Fresno and Los Angeles on Monday. Proceeds from the fundraisers will support Protect the House, a political action committee led by McCarthy and Vice President Mike Pence that is focused on protecting GOP control of Congress. Michael Livingston, Seema Mehta in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/14/18

A California gas tax repeal would halt thousands of projects -- Thousands of road projects funded by a recently enacted California gas tax are in jeopardy if voters repeal it. A Republican-led effort to repeal the gas tax has qualified for November’s ballot and has signs of momentum. Keeley Webster The Bond Buyer -- 6/14/18

Chronicle Investigation: A Retreat’s Risky Lessons -- It’s just hours into Camp Diversity, a leadership retreat for high school students, but the warmth of the community circle, “Power of Hugs” exercise and hot chocolate is quickly fading. Karen de Sá in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 6/14/18

Capitol staff, get ready to move. State budget has $755 million for new offices -- The California state budget frees up $1.6 billion to build new structures in downtown Sacramento, including a long-awaited project that will replace a warren of offices attached to the Capitol and temporarily move legislative staff to a yet-to-be constructed office building on O Street. Adam Ashton in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 6/14/18

Supreme Court gives voters more freedom to wear political T-shirts to polling places -- The Supreme Court gave voters slightly more freedom to wear political T-shirts or buttons when they go to cast a ballot, striking down a broad Minnesota law that imposed a “political apparel ban.” David G. Savage in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/14/18

Martins Beach: Surfers tell Supreme Court billionaire Vinod Khosla has no right to block public from shoreline -- Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla knew California’s laws when he bought property on the San Mateo County coastline 10 years ago, and he shouldn’t be allowed to block public access to the beach now, particularly after families have visited it for nearly 100 years. That’s the core argument that surfers are making in a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court this week as part of a case that could potentially rewrite California’s laws guaranteeing public access to beaches if the Supreme Court takes up the case this fall and rules in Khosla’s favor. Paul Rogers in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 6/14/18

Schnur: I Knew a Man Named Larry Thomas -- I knew a man, who over the course of a remarkable career and an even more remarkable life, patiently and persistently taught me the type of lessons that the young and brash can only learn from those with large amounts of experience and character. I knew a man who was not only smart but wise, who was not only kind but gentle, and who was not only generous but selfless. Larry Thomas was all those things, and thoughtful and considerate and clever and shrewd and smooth and unflappable and humble and proud and funny and fascinating. I lost my friend Larry Thomas this week, and if you never knew him, then your loss was far greater than mine. Dan Schnur Fox & Hounds -- 6/14/18

 

California Policy & Politics This Morning

Gov. Jerry Brown rallies Democrats to elect Gavin Newsom as his successor -- Rallying Democrats for the November election, Gov. Jerry Brown said Wednesday that he looks forward to passing the baton to Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the party’s candidate for governor, who in turn promised to continue the progressive agenda pursued by Brown. Patrick McGreevy in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/14/18

Breaking Up is Hard to Do: What the Proposal to Split California Could Learn from the Past -- With a complicated path to reality and the state's political and business establishment lined up firmly against it, the proposal to split California into three separate states appears to be the longest of political longshots. But the move would not be completely unprecedented. Guy Marzorati KQED -- 6/14/18

Big hurdles for bold push to split California into 3 states -- Californians will face a choice this November of whether to divide the nation’s most populous state into three, an effort that would radically shake up not only the West Coast, but the entire nation. Kathleen Ronayne Associated Press -- 6/14/18

Who gets Yosemite? Where top landmarks would fall in Three Californias plan -- In many places, the divide would get tricky. For example, Yosemite National Park would suddenly straddle two of the new states since part of it is in Madera (Southern California) while other parts are in Tuolumne and Mariposa (Northern California) counties. And don’t even get us started with probable battles over how the state’s precious water reserves would be distributed since California is currently criss-crossed with an insanely complex grid of aqueducts, dams, levees and channels. Patrick May in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 6/14/18

Man behind plan to split up California likes chances in November vote -- Venture capitalist Tim Draper, fresh off an attention-grabbing victory getting a proposal onto the November ballot to split California into three states, said on Wednesday he was confident voters ill-served by their government would embrace the plan. Dan Whitcomb Reuters -- 6/14/18

Gavin Newsom opposes initiative to split California in three even though it was proposed by a friend -- California’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that he has been a friend of Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper for 20 years, but he is opposing a November ballot initiative championed by Draper to break California into three states. Patrick McGreevy in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/14/18

Gavin Newsom shrugs off three Californias measure. John Cox is silent -- However, the state’s voters will have to wait for another day to hear what the GOP’s standard-bearer in the fall election for governor, San Diego-area businessman John Cox, thinks about the idea. Asked whether he backs the initiative, Cox said through his campaign, “No comment.” He declined an interview request. At least one legislator wasn’t laughing off the measure, however. State Sen. Joel Anderson, R-Alpine (San Diego County), said he sees it as a referendum on Democratic leadership in the state and will vote for it. Melody Gutierrez in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 6/14/18

Villaraigosa reflects after a bruising loss in California governor's race -- In his sun-splashed home in the Hollywood Hills, Antonio Villaraigosa has been busy writing thank-you notes. Seema Mehta in the Los Angeles Times$ Adam Nagourney in the New York Times$ -- 6/14/18

San Francisco elects first African-American woman as mayor -- San Francisco Supervisor London Breed emerged victorious Wednesday to become the city’s first African-American woman mayor after narrowly defeating a rival who was seeking to become the first openly gay man in the position. Janie Har Associated Press -- 6/14/18

Knight: It’s a really big deal that San Francisco elected London Breed as mayor -- For a week, San Francisco political insiders huddled every afternoon in the bland basement of City Hall to get the latest vote counts in the mayor’s race, crunch data and make colorful precinct maps showing who was winning where. Heather Knight in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 6/14/18

Where London Breed stands on San Francisco’s biggest issues -- The list is in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 6/14/18

Skelton: California's state budgets represent a seemingly unstoppable rise in government spending -- It’s nothing to pop champagne corks about, but California state government is reaching a historic milestone: its first $200-billion spending plan. George Skelton in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/14/18

Walters: Politicians give voters a double dose of sneakiness -- Senate Bill 863 is a double dose of sneakiness—combining, in just 17 words, two separate efforts to block Californians from knowing what their elected officials are doing. Dan Walters Calmatters -- 6/14/18

Here’s what the suicide epidemic looks like in California -- California residents are committing suicide at unprecedented rates. Phillip Reese in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 6/14/18

Carlsbad sticks to anti-sanctuary resolution -- Dozens of pleas to reconsider failed to stop the Carlsbad City Council on Tuesday from approving a resolution to back the federal government’s legal fight against California’s “sanctuary state” law. Phil Diehl in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 6/14/18

Victims of Golden State Killer could be eligible for restitution from California -- A proposed bill related to the state budget may make alleged victims of the Golden State Killer or East Area Rapist eligible for restitution from a fund used to compensate victims of crimes. Benjamin Oreskes in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/14/18

Apple: iPhones will now be even harder for law enforcement to crack -- Apple’s planned fix comes in the form of a new feature called “USB Restricted Mode.” Under USB Restricted Mode, an iPhone’s Lightning port — where the battery charger, headphones and adapters are plugged — will be disabled in an hour after the iPhone is locked. After the hour mark, only the owner’s passcode will be able to unlock the iPhone. Seung Lee in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 6/14/18

Ivanka Trump and Kevin McCarthy are coming to Fresno, but where? -- Ivanka Trump and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy will fundraise in Fresno on Monday, but the details surrounding the event have been mostly shrouded in secrecy. Rory Appleton in the Fresno Bee -- 6/14/18

Economy, Employers, Jobs, Unions, Pensions  

Electrify America to spend $44 million on Sacramento-area electric vehicles -- The city of Sacramento on Wednesday announced a $44 million investment by Electrify America to bring hundreds of electric vehicles to the city over the next year, an initiative officials hope will encourage sustainability, simplify transportation and ease traffic downtown. Kellen Browning in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 6/14/18

Chicago Says Elon Musk’s Company Will Build Tunnels and Electric Cars to Go to O’Hare -- There are two standard, rage-inducing ways to reach O’Hare International Airport from downtown Chicago. You can ride the L, a sluggish crawl on a train that meanders through neighborhoods and down the middle of an expressway. Or you can attempt driving on the expressway itself, which tends to be clogged with traffic and even slower. Julie Bosman, Mitch Smith in the New York Times$ -- 6/14/18

Fired Tesla Workers Still Love Elon Musk -- Tesla Inc. just started bidding farewell to more than 3,000 employees, the biggest layoffs in the company’s 15-year history. Some of those who lost their jobs have had surprisingly positive parting words to share with the chief executive who let them go. Dana Hull Bloomberg -- 6/14/18

AirBnB partners with NAACP to encourage more black Angelenos to become hosts -- Airbnb has been under fire for discrimination towards travelers who’ve been turned away based on their race. Now the company has announced a new partnership with civil rights organization NAACP. Alyssa Jeong Perry KPCC -- 6/14/18

Mayor proposes Airbnb regs allowing up to two rentals per host, with no limits in Mission Beach -- San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer is proposing that short-term rentals marketed on online platforms like Airbnb be restricted to no more than two per host citywide, except in Mission Beach, where there would be no limits. Lori Weisberg and Rob Nikolewski in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 6/14/18

Santa Monica tells scooter companies: You can stay — but there are new rules -- Love them or hate them, the scooters are staying in Santa Monica — at least for the next year and a half. Melissa Etehad, Tracey Lien in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/14/18

Nonprofit to train workers for future of manufacturing -- While nonprofits train low-income Bay Area residents for jobs in fields like health care, construction and tech support, these leaders say, there’s no similar forum to become proficient with the tools of today’s makers: computer-controlled lathes and mills, laser cutters, injection molding machines, 3-D printers. J.K. Dineen in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 6/14/18

Amazon’s Clever Machines Are Moving From the Warehouse to Headquarters -- The people who command six-figure salaries to negotiate multimillion-dollar deals with major brands are being replaced by software that predicts what shoppers want and how much to charge for it. Machines are beating people at the critical inventory decisions that separate the winners and losers in retail. Spencer Soper Bloomberg -- 6/14/18

Taxes, Fees, Rates, Tolls, Bonds 

Will Amazon’s work to kill Seattle tax spook other cities? -- A tax on large companies such as Amazon that was meant to fight a growing homelessness crisis got rolled back during a raucous Seattle City Council meeting that exposed divisions over how much companies that have fueled booming economies should help pay to alleviate the downsides of success. Phuong Le Associated Press -- 6/14/18

Homeless  

High cost of housing drives up homeless rates, UCLA study indicates -- In a study contained in the latest UCLA Anderson Forecast, released Wednesday, UCLA found that higher median rent and home prices are strongly correlated with more people living on the streets or in shelters. The research backs other studies that have found a similar relationship. Andrew Khouri in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/14/18

Orange County cities propose homeless shelter sites to Judge Carter -- Three Orange County cities have proposed building a handful of emergency homeless shelters that would house up to 700 people. The announcement of the new shelters proposed in Anaheim, Huntington Beach and Santa Ana came Wednesday morning in U.S. District Court David O. Carter’s courtroom in Santa Ana. Alicia Robinson in the Orange County Register -- 6/14/18

Housing  

One symptom of California’s housing crisis? One state agency says someone making $200K deserves help buying a house -- When the California Housing Finance Agency was created in 1975 in Governor Jerry Brown’s first term, the mission was simple: help low- and moderate-income families buy their first home. Matt Levin Calmatters -- 6/14/18

Sonoma County, Santa Rosa may set up new government agency to help get more housing built -- Feeling increasingly frustrated with Sonoma County’s constant housing shortage, the Board of Supervisors agreed Wednesday to move toward creating a new government agency designed to fuel construction of homes in places where public officials want them most. J.D. Morris in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat -- 6/14/18

A California Refuge From Mud and Fire -- Destructive wildfires and mudslides in the seaside town of Montecito have prompted some homeowners to buy in nearby Hope Ranch, sending home prices soaring. The downside? It’s farther from Los Angeles and Oprah doesn’t live there. Nancy Keates in the Wall Street Journal$ -- 6/14/18

$1.3 million for 606 square feet? That’s the price on this 1936 Laguna Beach cottage -- Recently we spotted a 595-square foot Laguna Beach cottage listed for $1 million. It has one bedroom and one bathroom. So does this one. It’s all of 606 square feet. And it’s going for just shy of $1.3 million. Don’t gasp, out-of-towners! Even at that price, you don’t find too many standalone houses in Laguna Beach. Marilyn Kalfus in the Orange County Register -- 6/14/18

Education 

Here's what a new California law says about teaching abortion in class -- A Sutter Middle School science teacher was abiding by a relatively new state law when she raised the issue of abortion in her sex education class this month. It was the format of her presentation that may have run afoul of guidelines - upsetting some parents and prompting the Sacramento City Unified School District to launch an investigation. Cynthia Hubert in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 6/14/18

L.A. Unified unveils plan to forestall budget crisis a little longer -- You can add at least one more year to the life expectancy of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Officials at L.A. Unified had been saying for months that bankruptcy could be three years away. Now district leaders think they can buy more time to come up with a long-term fix. Howard Blume in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/14/18

This Unique Sacramento School Wants To Get More Autistic Adults Into Jobs -- As Megan Hendrickson finishes her graduation remarks, her already-shaky voice gives way to a flood of tears. Before she can cross the stage and return to her chair, a classmate folds her into a warm hug. Within seconds, 12 students are huddled in a clump, arms wrapped around one another, as they say farewell to a place they’ve come to call home. Sammy Caiola Capital Public Radio -- 6/14/18

Immigration, Border, Deportation 

Members of Congress protest separation of families at the border -- Members of Congress and immigration activists blocked the entrance to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters Wednesday, protesting the Trump administration’s policy of separating families at the border. Ten House members, including Reps. Judy Chu (D-Monterey Park ), Jimmy Gomez (D-Los Angeles), John Lewis (D-Ga.), Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.) and Luis V. Gutierrez (D-Ill.), wore white armbands to signify their intention to be arrested in an act of civil disobedience. Eliza Fawcett in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/14/18

Tour gives a glimpse inside Texas migrant youth shelter — cots, soccer and a Trump mural -- The former Walmart that’s been converted into a migrant shelter housed 1,469 youths Wednesday, enough to fill the high-school-style cafeteria and require added cots in dorm-style bedrooms to handle the overflow. Molly Hennessy-Fiske in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/14/18

Farmworkers In California Fearful After Immigrant Couple Dies While Fleeing ICE -- Two weeks ago, Celestino Hilario Garcia was pulling out of his driveway in Delano, Califprnia, on his way to work in the fields. That's when three SUVs and two cars with flashing lights closed him in on both sides. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulled Hilario Garcia out of the truck. He was arrested, and deported back to Mexico by the end of the day. Alex Hal NPR -- 6/14/18

Phillips: Is Congress about to do something to protect dreamers? Don’t bet on it -- House Republicans think they’ve found a compromise in an immigration battle that led to an uprising from their more moderate members. A petition they launched to force a vote on protecting certain undocumented immigrants from deportation came close to getting the required amount of signatures. Amber Phillips in the Washington Post$ -- 6/14/18

Health 

How 3 big Southern California hospitals are dealing with their growing number of ER visitors -- Emergency departments at three hospitals stood out in all of California as the ones that were the most visited in 2016. They couldn’t be more different. Susan Abram in the Los Angeles Daily News$ -- 6/14/18

Legionella found during water tests at VA hospital in Loma Linda -- Legionella bacteria was discovered Wednesday, June 13 at the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center in Loma Linda, a facility at the center of a federal whistleblower complaint from a group of worried physicians and nurses. Scott Schwebke in the San Bernardino Sun$ -- 6/14/18

California’s expanding care options for Boomers with dementia—but still falling short of the need -- Rob Lyman of Redwood City didn’t know what to do. He was helping his aunt, Sharron Evans, who had early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and needed constant supervision. A former teacher, she had run out of money and had no income. She qualified for government health care assistance, but it appeared she’d have to go to the only setting that would be covered: a nursing home. David Gorn Calmatters -- 6/14/18

Environment 

Record-Low Clarity in Lake Tahoe Blamed on Unusual Weather Events -- A bizarre confluence of weather events led to the average clarity level of Lake Tahoe last year falling to the lowest on record. Amel Ahmed KQED y Lauren Hernández in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 6/14/18

Mariposa Grove, Yosemite’s haven for giant sequoias, restored and ready for visitors -- The 250-acre Mariposa Grove, which contains 484 old-growth trees, many of which approach 300 feet tall, has been closed since July 2015 for what park officials say is the largest protection, restoration and improvement project in Yosemite history. Peter Fimrite in the San Francisco Chronicle$ Carmen George in the Fresno Bee -- 6/14/18

Scripps scientist worries how Antarctic climate change may affect San Diego -- Helen Fricker is worried. She says cities throughout the world, including San Diego, could be affected by the climate change that’s unfolding in the Antarctica. Fricker studies such change as a glaciologist at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which is located 8,600 miles from the majestic ice floes of Antarctica. Cliff Kapono in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 6/14/18

Study Says 2014 Napa Quake May Be Linked to Groundwater Changes -- Research suggests the magnitude 6.0 earthquake that rocked California wine country in August 2014 may have been caused by an expansion of Earth's crust due to seasonally receding groundwater under the Napa and Sonoma valleys. Associated Press via KQED -- 6/14/18

Also . . . 

Video touches off L.A. City Hall discussion on policing and the mentally ill -- The video alarmed San Pedro residents when it spread through social media in January: a disheveled and seemingly agitated man being dropped off in the neighborhood by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies, who had just come from nearby Rancho Palos Verdes. Emily Alpert Reyes, Thomas Curwen in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/14/18

Incredible video shows rescue of man stuck between two massive waterfalls on Yuba River -- A summer float down the Yuba River ended with a dramatic airborne rescue after a swimmer became stranded on a rock, just feet from a 45-foot-high drop. Michelle Robertson in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 6/14/18

Proposal to remove ‘Early Days’ statue in San Francisco gets another chance -- American Indians who want the city to remove a 124-year-old statue of a vaquero, a priest and a fallen Indian from its perch in Civic Center were granted a new chance to make their case Wednesday night. Bob Egelko in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 6/14/18

Los Angeles prosecutors reviewing sexual assault allegation against actor Sylvester Stallone -- Los Angeles County prosecutors Wednesday began reviewing whether actor Sylvester Stallone should face charges in connection with a sexual assault reported last year to Santa Monica police, a spokesman said. Richard Winton in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/14/18

‘I feel like I’m having a heart attack,’ man in Sacramento police custody said before dying -- A man who would later die in Sacramento police custody told state and local law enforcement officers he felt like he was having a heart attack in video released by the Sacramento Police Department. Jordan Cutler-tietjen, Anita Chabria in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 6/14/18

San Diego police gearing up for statewide effort to reduce racial profiling -- San Diego police are preparing for a new statewide effort to reduce racial profiling by conducting officer training sessions, adding new data-collection software and amending Police Department policies. David Garrick in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 6/14/18

Dipsea: A Trail Race Where ‘You’re Either the Hunter or the Hunted’ -- The toughest part of the Dipsea, said to be the country’s oldest trail-running race, might not be the first mile, which contains nearly 700 stairs rising through the forests above Mill Valley. John Branch in the New York Times$ -- 6/14/18

POTUS 45  

Republicans embrace the ‘cult’ of Trump, ignoring warning signs -- Fiercely and undeniably, the Republican Party this week confirmed its rebranding as the party of Trump. Buoyed by a late Tuesday presidential tweet, voters in South Carolina cast out Rep. Mark Sanford, a firmly conservative member of Congress who had survived earlier scandal, in favor of a state legislator who had condemned Sanford for publicly criticizing the president. In Virginia, Republicans nominated for senator a Trump-like candidate with a history of embracing, as the president has, Confederate symbols and white nationalists. David Weigel, Robert Costa and Seung Min Kim in the Washington Post$ -- 6/14/18

Beltway 

GOP senators’ frustration with Trump — and each other — boils over -- GOP infighting reached a new level on Wednesday, with Sen. Lindsey Graham berating Sen. Bob Corker for pushing his amendment that would allow Congress to block President Donald Trump's tariffs, according to attendees and people briefed on the exchange. Burgess Everett Politico Seung Min Kim in the Washington Post$ -- 6/14/18

'It's Trump's party now' and Republicans could pay in November -- While fealty to the Republican president may be a requirement to win low-turnout Republican primaries dominated by conservative activists, it could prove a tougher sell against energized anti-Trump Democratic forces in midterm elections this fall. John Whitesides Reuters -- 6/14/18

An abuser, a brothel owner and a supporter of Confederate symbols all won primaries Tuesday -- A brothel owner, an admitted spousal abuser and a supporter of Confederate flag symbols all won their primaries Tuesday night, suggesting that voters on both sides of the aisle just didn't prioritize morals the way they might have in the past. Amber Phillips in the Washington Post$ -- 6/14/18

Rothenberg: Analysis: The House Blue Wave Is Alive and Well -- For the last couple of months, I’ve heard from many quarters that the “blue wave” has dissipated. Meh. Advocates of that view usually point to the RealClearPolitics generic ballot average or Donald Trump’s job approval ratings, which suggest the president’s popularity has risen and the Democratic House advantage fallen. Stuart Rothenberg Roll Call -- 6/14/18

 

-- Wednesday Updates 

Mark Leno concedes San Francisco mayor’s race to London Breed -- Former state Sen. Mark Leno conceded defeat in the San Francisco mayor’s race Wednesday to Supervisor London Breed. “I called Supervisor London Breed this morning to congratulate her ... and to wish her every success both personally and professionally in her new job as mayor of San Francisco,” Leno said in a news conference at a sign shop he runs near City Hall. Dominic Fracassa in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 6/13/18

Former DHS agent indicted for lying to FBI investigating massive immigration fraud case -- A former Department of Homeland Security agent has been charged with lying to federal investigators about whether he had provided confidential information from a federal law enforcement database to another pebbrson involved in an immigration fraud scheme. Greg Moran in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 6/13/18

Warriors won’t be seeing Trump, so Pelosi and Barbara Lee invite them to Hill -- President Trump won’t be meeting with the Golden State Warriors when they visit the nation’s capital for a game next year, but the NBA champions received a backup offer Tuesday when San Francisco Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Oakland Rep. Barbara Lee invited them to drop by Congress instead. John Wildermuth in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 6/13/18

Harassment complaint against Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia to get 'further investigation' -- A groping allegation against Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia will get further legislative scrutiny, as lawmakers review the appeal of a complaint originally found to be unsubstantiated. Melanie Mason in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/13/18

'We have been hurt.' More women say they were mistreated by USC gynecologist -- USC student Anika Narayanan says she vividly recalls her first appointment with Dr. George Tyndall at the campus health center, alleging that he made several explicit comments during an examination she felt was inappropriate and invasive. Richard Winton in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/13/18

6 California bills aimed to curb plastic pollution and litter – where are they now? -- A package of six state bills aimed at reducing plastic and cigarette-butt litter — with an emphasis on trash that ends up in the ocean — has met with a mixed fate, with half advancing and half dying in their legislative chamber of origin. Martin Wisckol in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 6/13/18

A California initiative tried to keep people out of jail. It's working, report says -- Proposition 47 — the 2014 ballot measure aimed at reducing penalties for certain nonviolent drug and property crimes — contributed to lower recidivism rates and did not lead to a rise in violent crime, according to a new report from the Public Policy Institute of California. Bryan Anderson in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 6/13/18

DNA clears Golden State Killer suspect in 1978 Simi Valley slayings that put innocent man in prison -- When DNA offered a break in the four-decade manhunt for the notorious Golden State Killer, cold-case investigators across California wondered if the man who was arrested was behind their own unsolved crimes. Alene Tchekmedyian in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/13/18

Breaking Up California Would Throw the Muni-Market Into Turmoil -- If California voters decide to split the state in three -- as billionaire Tim Draper has proposed -- it would roil the $3.8 trillion municipal-bond market. Romy Varghese Bloomberg -- 6/13/18

If Californians vote to split the state, here’s what would happen -- California voters will have a historic decision to make in November’s election: whether they should live in three new states instead of one. The proposal that qualified Tuesday for the fall ballot is far from the final step in the process, nor is its passage a guarantee that Northern California, Southern California and California would be newly drawn onto maps of the United States. John Myers in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/13/18

Fox: Can John Cox Win? There Have Been GOP Surprises in Blue States -- Can John Cox win the California gubernatorial race? A long shot to be sure, but looking at the overwhelming registration advantage Democrat Gavin Newsom has over Republican Cox doesn’t mean numbers are destiny. Ask the governors of Massachusetts, Maryland and Illinois. Joel Fox Fox & Hounds -- 6/13/18

Lopez: He never gave up on Santa Barbara's homeless people, even as many looked the other away -- As late as Memorial Day weekend, the United States Marine and Vietnam veteran still thought he had a chance. But the hope soon faded, and it was time for hospice care. Steve Lopez in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/13/18

Ap Fact Check: Trump Falsely Declares Post-summit Victory -- President Donald Trump falsely declared victory after his meeting with North Korea’s leader and twisted history in celebrating Tuesday’s summit with Kim Jong Un. A look at some of Trump’s statements and how they compare with the facts: Matthew Pennington, Calvin Woodward Associated Press -- 6/13/18

North Korea offers a starkly different view of Singapore summit -- North Korea made clear Wednesday it viewed the commitments that President Trump and ruler Kim Jong Un made about denuclearization and sanctions during their summit in strikingly different terms than the White House, suggesting trouble going forward. Victoria Kim, Noah Bierman, Matt Stiles in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/13/18