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Lawmakers are cutting a construction minimum wage from a budget bill after trades union reps & some Democrats railed against it yesterday. w/ Rachel Bluth & Eric He subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…

NEW: The build-baby-build Abundance philosophy popularized by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson has powerful friends in California, from Gavin Newsom on down. But it just collided with political reality in Sacramento: politico.com/news/2025/06/2…

California lawmakers are moving to expedite protections for immigrants amid Southern California ICE raids, Lindsey Holden writes ... Dems punch back on ICE raids politi.co/3GhzjFe via POLITICO

“I’ve been around long enough to know that some of this latest trendy stuff is bullshit" ‘Abundance’ movement hits a labor wall in California politi.co/40s1eci via POLITICO

Read Melanie Mason and Jeremy B. White on what donors are saying about Kamala Harris ramping up outreach in CA ... -- 'Kamala just reminds you we are in this complete shit storm.' -- “... no one is incredibly pumped.” politi.co/3TdnGC3 via POLITICO

Gavin Newsom sues Fox News for $787M in defamation case over Trump call, via Tyler Katzenberger politi.co/3I0VGPG via POLITICO

Kamala Harris’ enthusiasm problem , via Blake Jones and Dustin Gardiner ... politi.co/4ke2Ayq via POLITICO

How Christine Mui scored this revealing interview w/ a former Musk friend -- Low's email robot provided 'a math puzzle to solve to get on his calendar. POLITICO didn’t solve the problem, perhaps because it’s not solvable, but he replied anyway.' politico.com/news/2025/06/2…

Trump administration sues Los Angeles over sanctuary policies via juliann ventura politi.co/3Tg01RF via POLITICO

Porter now saying she'll stay in CA gov's race even if Kamala Harris runs, Melanie Mason writes in CA Playbook this morning ... Katie Porter changes her tune on Kamala Harris politi.co/4noTH8h via POLITICO

In CA Playbook this AM, from Melanie Mason , Blake Jones and Dustin Gardiner ... Porter to stay put in gov's race even if Kamala Harris runs. Plus a sports betting in CA scoop, Becerra's fundraising haul and Newsom on CEQA ... politico.com/newsletters/ca…

New polling in CA Playbook, from Dustin Gardiner , Blake Jones and juliann ventura ... -- Trump's CA offensive may be lifting Newsom -- Harris top choice for CA gov, but just 41% say they'd choose her over an unnamed R -- Housing tops voter concerns politico.com/newsletters/ca…

CA's answer to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ -- Lindsey Holden on a a little-known provision of a budget bill Newsom signed that's meant to deter Trump from using closed state prisons as immigrant detention facilities. politico.com/newsletters/ca…

. Dustin Gardiner w/ this dispatch from a Democratic Socialists of America happy hour last night in San Francisco's Mission District -- where the left is looking east to New York with envy and a lot of soul searching. politico.com/news/2025/07/0…

'It's one of the more disappointing turnabouts' -- In the past 2 weeks alone, Jeremy B. White & Camille von Kaenel write, California Dems have retrenched on environmental reviews for construction projects, a cap on oil industry profits and clean fuel mandates. politico.com/news/2025/07/0…

In this AM's CA Playbook, from Dustin Gardiner , Jessica Piper and Blake Jones, Newsom's Trump-trolling social media posts are driving up engagement. (Posts promoting his new podcast, not so much). politico.com/newsletters/ca…

Clyburn praises Newsom as he hits the trail in South Carolina: ‘I feel good about his chances’ -- read Tyler Katzenberger on Newsom's SC swing ... politi.co/44ArzGr via POLITICO

“He would need to be more moderate here,” John Drew, a 48-year-old real estate professional who saw Newsom speak in northeastern SC, tells Tyler Katzenberger . “Progressive ain’t gonna work here.” Gavin Newsom confronts his California problem politi.co/4eIeEae via POLITICO

Republicans in Washington are nervous about Medicaid. Not in Valadao’s California district ... Blake Jones and Rachel Bluth on the Medicaid cut fallout in Bakersfield politi.co/3Imnw9u via POLITICO

In today's CA Playbook, from Blake Jones and Dustin Gardiner ... Trump's deportation machine hits a snag in the courts ... and public opinion / JD Vance does Disney / And why Matt Mahan is touting results of San Jose's homeless point-in-time count politico.com/newsletters/ca…