California Policy & Politics This Morning   

Gun rights activists say they won’t comply with California’s new laws -- Fifty or so gun activists gathered Saturday morning at Sacramento’s Cesar Chavez Plaza to protest Gov. Jerry Brown’s signing of six gun control measures they said would turn “law-abiding citizens into criminals.” Tyler Foggatt in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 7/3/16

From SEALs to startups: Special ops drawn to Silicon Valley -- Keith David spent years flying around the globe on covert missions, making life-and-death decisions and overseeing multiple units unleashing airstrikes against insurgents. The former Navy SEAL now realizes it was the perfect training for a career in Silicon Valley. Julie Watson Associated Press -- 7/3/16

Diablo Canyon closure shows California’s power grid is changing fast -- California’s system for producing, moving and using electricity is changing fast. And apparently it no longer has room for a nuclear plant. David R. Baker in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 7/3/16

Former campaign bus rolls into Los Angeles as anti-Trump protest art -- A former Greyhound bus with “TRUMP” emblazoned along its side slowly made its way down the Pacific Coast Highway, trailed by the occasional honk, a burst of expletives or a show of thumbs — some up, some down. Javier Panzar in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/3/16

Sacramento devotes $10 million to high-tech firms, but plan faces risks -- Philadelphia, Portland, Ore., – and now Sacramento – don’t expect to turn themselves into the next Silicon Valley. But the idea is to leverage taxpayer dollars to spark innovation specific to local industries, creating a high-tech hub uniquely tied to the region. Anita Chabria in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 7/3/16

Can Gov. Jerry Brown keep the promises he made with Proposition 30? -- The day after California voters helped patch the state’s recession-battered budget by approving Proposition 30’s temporary tax hikes in 2012, Gov. Jerry Brown promised to treat the money as a short-term stopgap. Chris Megerian in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/3/16

What you need to know about the 17 propositions on November's statewide ballot -- California voters will be asked on Nov. 8 to sort through the longest list of statewide propositions since the PlayStation 2 was on the market and the St. Louis Rams won the Super Bowl. John Myers in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/3/16

Five California airports have the nation's slowest passport checkpoint times -- Americans are expected to travel in record numbers this summer, thanks to low gasoline prices and declining air fares. But if you fly abroad, expect a long wait at U.S. airports when you return, especially if you fly back to California. Hugo Martin in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/3/16

Candidates more willing to come out against capital punishment -- When California voters decide in November whether to abolish th. death penalty or speed it up, the rival measures will compete in a political climate that appears to be shifting, gradually, against capital punishment. Bob Egelko in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 7/3/16

Restaurants finding workers among the disadvantaged -- It takes just a few minutes with him to understand why Keith Corbin was appointed director of operations of Locol, helping the company open its new Oakland restaurant a month ago. Jonathan Kauffman in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 7/3/16

Morain: Billionaire Steyer sets out to stop supposed billionaire Trump -- Shortly before praising farm laborers at a United Farm Workers press conference, billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer had some choice words for the supposed billionaire who aspires to be president. “I will oppose him in every way I can,” Steyer said over an iced coffee, across from the Capitol. Dan Morain in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 7/3/16

Walters: California politicians often try to repeal laws of economics -- California has the nation’s largest population and the world’s sixth largest economy, thereby empowering its politicians – or so they believe – to go their own way on public policy. Dan Walters in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 7/3/16

Willie Brown: Any time you have to explain what was not said in a meeting, it looks bad -- What in the world was Bill Clinton thinking when he dropped by to “just say hello” to Attorney General Loretta Lynch when they both had their personal planes parked at the Phoenix airport the other day? Willie Brown in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 7/3/16

Internal Affairs: Mike Honda's campaign staffers on the move after primary loss to Ro Khanna -- There have been some staff changes at Rep. Mike Honda's campaign headquarters, with a short-term field director leaving as well as two top money raisers in Honda's closely watched race against Fremont attorney Ro Khanna, who unexpectedly beat the incumbent in the primary. The item is in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 7/3/16

Wanted: Federal prosecutors willing to work for free -- For an aspiring prosecutor, a recent job posting for a special assistant U.S. attorney in Sacramento might appear perfect at first glance. Sudhin Thanawalala Associated Press -- 7/3/16

Before battling blazes, firefighters chop down dead trees in Sierra -- Walking on top of several inches of dried pine needles, desiccated wood chips and dust on a ridge near Shaver Lake, three firefighters picked up the stripped branches from cut-down ponderosa pines and tossed them into the chipper. Razi Syed in the Fresno Bee -- 7/3/16

Saturday Updates 

Cal student among the victims in Bangladesh attack -- A 19-year-old UC Berkeley student was one of the hostages killed in the deadly attack at a popular restaurant in Bangladesh, authorities in India and university officials said Saturday. The officials said Tarishi Jain, a native of India, was killed after armed militants took dozens of people hostage Friday at Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Hamed Aleaziz in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 7/2/16

San Francisco’s Bohemian Club to pay workers $7 million in settlement -- Members of the San Francisco-based Bohemian Club will pay $7 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleges workers at the club’s private, ultra-elite Bohemian Grove campground were victims of wage theft, officials said Friday. Jenna Lyons in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 7/2/16

California's gun laws get tougher, with praise from liberals, alarm from firearm owners -- Gov. Jerry Brown signed a half dozen gun-control measures into law Friday, adding sharp teeth to a set of California laws already considered the nation’s toughest. David Downey in the Orange County Register -- 7/2/16

Report: Fresno is No. 1 for industrial solar power in California -- Fresno is the state’s top region for industrial solar power, according to a report from a San Francisco nonprofit. The amount of solar energy generated on Fresno-area warehouses and distribution centers – 11,132 kilowatts – is larger than the amount from equipment installed in the Silicon Valley and the greater Los Angeles areas combined, the 2016 California Green Innovation Index said. BoNhia Lee in the Fresno Bee -- 7/2/16

Paradise Cove in trouble again for charging for beach access -- In June, the California Coastal Commission once again began investigating complaints from beachgoers that the operator of Paradise Cove has been charging a $20 daily beach membership fee to access the shore. Sarah Parvini in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/2/16

Berkeley’s only hospital, Alta Bates, to close by 2030 -- Berkeley’s only hospital and emergency room plans to shut down in 14 years to avoid state-mandated earthquake safety upgrades that hospital officials say would require costly reconstruction. Libby Rainey in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 7/2/16

California congressman brings his Basque roots to Capitol Hill -- Rep. John Garamendi wanted to feel the dirt in his hands as a piece of his Basque heritage was planted on U.S. Capitol grounds Friday. Sarah D. Wire in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 7/2/16

Ryan does Trump damage control in Silicon Valley -- In between fundraisers during a West Coast swing this week — including an event with Apple’s Tim Cook — the House speaker made a lunch stop on the city's waterfront, where he tried to sell a crowd of tech executives including Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale and Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman on his work with the Republican Congress. To one person there, though, it went without saying: Ryan was trying to draw a “juxtaposition with Trump.” Tony Romm Politico -- 7/2/16

FBI interviews Hillary Clinton over email use as secretary of state -- The interview took place at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., over the course of three and a half hours. Gabriel Debeneedetti and Kristen East Politico -- 7/2/16