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Good news for @calmatters and #localnews. We're participating in the California Local News Fellowship and bringing on two exciting journalists - bonafide digger Cayla Mihalovich, and Joe Garcia, the writer behind "Listening to Taylor Swift in Prison."

*whispers* Digital Democracy, CalMatters' legislative megatool and AI watchdog, can take you straight to the moment Essayli tried to circumvent lawmaking procedures: digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/hearings/25798… and you can view the bill page, which shows it was never heard: digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_20232…

California’s workers’ comp — which is supposed to help people get medical treatment for workplace illnesses and injuries — can be a nightmare for firefighters and other first responders with PTSD. 1/7

Ended up here. It’s been a weird night yall.

No imagination required.

Big homelessness news today. The Supreme Court in Grants Pass v. Johnson rules cities can punish people for sleeping outside, even if they have nowhere to go -- opening the doors for more crackdowns on encampments CalMatters shorturl.at/A0HPE

It looks very likely that California voters in November will be asked to approve a $10 billion bond to pay for the impacts of climate change. Votes by Cal lawmakers and approval by Governor Gavin Newsom are still needed before voters can weigh in. leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavC…

Must read work by Felicia Mello WendyFry State inspectors are supposed to visit all farmworker housing to ensure its safety. Sometimes they used FaceTime instead calmatters.org/california-div…

Commentary: “People call the cops on anyone and on anything, and it’s really sad... A lot of the youth in Echo Park have experienced — especially those who are Latino and Black — police helicopters shining the light on them...” cal.news/3XOFGq0 📝 Kate McQuarrie

On the breakup of Klay Thompson and the Warriors nytimes.com/athletic/56157…

Much of the nation’s oil and many of its goods pass through L.A. County's industrial-port belt on their way to their final destination. The photographer Pablo Unzueta documented life there, in neighborhoods defined by the machinery of Big Industry. theatlantic.com/national/archi…

West LA enviros are big mad over this one. The Ballona wetlands restoration project is being blocked, paradoxically, by environmentalists. It was a key part of a settlement reached decades ago that built Playa Vista. Richly reported by Jim Newton calmatters.org/commentary/202…

He's a dynamic campaigner with a growing national fundraising network. He's also a California Democrat with a tough record to defend. The case for and against a Gavin Newsom presidential bid: calmatters.org/politics/elect…

Editorial: One candidate is patently unfit for the White House. It's not Biden (via L.A. Times Opinion ) latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Campaign finance documents show that Alex Tavlian, a political consultant and the executive editor of the online news site SJV Sun, has financial ties to the police officer who filed a complaint about Police Chief Balderrama’s affair. my latest for Fresnoland:

It seems at times that American high-speed rail will always be the project of the future. slate.trib.al/woGhc7E

Fred again.. - Rooftop Live (Arun’s Roof, London) youtu.be/6MAzUT1YhWE?si…