California Policy & Politics This Morning
California and Trump are on a collision course over immigrants here illegally -- California is quickly becoming a battleground for immigration policy as a cross-section of leaders across the state vowed to fight any plans by President-elect Donald Trump to deport thousands of people in the U.S. illegally. Makeda Easter and Dakota Smith in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/12/16
Morain: A road map Hillary Clinton did not follow to the White House -- On the night before Thanksgiving in 2014, an email from huma@clintonemail.com went to Hillary Clinton’s brain trust, Cheryl Mills, Robbie Mook and John Podesta. The subject line read “Ace Smith.” Dan Morain in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 11/12/16
Leading California Democrat says the state needs a 'legal wall' against a Trump administration -- Eric Bauman, chairman of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, called on Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders to lead an effort on statutes and constitutional amendments to "safeguard" the state from any effort by Trump to roll back existing federal policies on healthcare, immigration and climate change. John Myers in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/12/16
Protesters march through Los Angeles in fourth night of anti-Trump demonstrations -- Roughly 3,000 protesters marched through downtown Los Angeles on Friday in what marked the fourth night of unrest following Donald Trump’s election as president. Alene Tchekmedyian and James Queally in the Los Angeles Times$ Susan Abram in the Los Angeles Daily News$ -- 11/12/16
LAPD officer's gun, handcuffs stolen in fight during anti-Trump protest -- Los Angeles police officer’s pistol was stolen Thursday night during a fight with a woman, who attacked him with his handcuffs as protesters flooded downtown to decry the election of Donald Trump. James Queally and Alene Tchekmedyian in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/12/16
What it's like to defend Trump -- For Jennett Harlow and her son Ryan Sidebottom, supporting President-elect Donald Trump has already become a problem. Denise Florez in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/12/16
BART video verbal lashing reflects uptick in hate since Trump win -- A viral video posted Friday showed a woman verbally accosting a BART passenger by calling her a “stalker from the Middle East” — the latest in a series of altercations following the election of Donald Trump. Sarah Ravani in the San Francisco Chronicle Alene Tchekmedyian in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/12/16
Some kids scared to leave class as tears, bullying follow Trump’s election -- Middle-school teacher Katie Hull Sypnieski arrived at Rosa Parks School the day after the presidential election to tears, fear and anger. Diana Lambert in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 11/12/16
Bay Area immigrants fear deportation after Trump victory -- When Donald Trump was elected president, Esmeralda Soto was stunned. Then the fear began. Tatiana Sanchez in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 11/12/16
Hand-holding protest over Trump to ring Oakland’s Lake Merritt -- In the aftermath of demonstrations against President-elect Donald Trump, Oakland has faced garbage fires, smashed storefronts and vandalized landmarks. But one city resident is urging people to peacefully hold hands at Lake Merritt on Sunday in another Trump-reaction rally that she hopes will be different from the past ones. Jenna Lyons in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 11/12/16
Possible Trump Treasury pick is accused of deepening California’s foreclosure crisis -- If Donald Trump nominates campaign finance chairman Steven Mnuchin to head the Treasury Department, he’s sure to get a fight from advocacy groups that think the banker exacerbated the foreclosure crisis in California. Kevin G. Hall in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 11/12/16
Silicon Valley leaders reflect on tech’s role in election -- For the last year and a half, the technocrats of Silicon Valley have made clear where their allegiances lie: With few exceptions, they organized for Hillary Clinton, supported progressive causes, pushed for looser immigration restrictions, donated tens of millions of dollars to Democrats and related campaigns. Marissa Lang, Jess ica Floum and Wendy Lee in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 11/12/16
Millner: Donald Trump ran against my humanity -- The texts started coming in around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. At first, the people I love and I were just talking, using our usual casual shorthand to describe what we were seeing on our TV screens. Caille Millner in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 11/12/16
The toughest election in recent memory is over, but the anger and division remain -- The war for the White House is over. News flash: Donald Trump won, Hillary Clinton lost. Now, a whole lot of people who cast hearts and ballots for one side or the other are left to deal with the societal and emotional hangover born of 18 months of the most bitterly divisive presidential campaign in modern memory. Peter Larsen in the Orange County Register -- 11/12/16
Trump U highlights a slew of lawsuits facing president-elect -- Less than two months before he is sworn in as president, Donald Trump is due to testify to a jury in San Diego in a fraud suit by thousands of students who attended the real estate seminars once known as Trump University. It is one of dozens of legal cases that will accompany him to the White House. Bob Egelko in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 11/12/16
President-elect Donald Trump adds congressman Devin Nunes to transition team -- Nunes, who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, is the only local politician on the team, and he is rumored to be a candidate for positions within Trump’s administration. Rory Appleton in the Fresno Bee -- 11/12/16
Political CA: No, Jerry Brown hasn't declared California a 'separate nation' -- Following Donald Trump’s upset victory on Election Day, a group in deep blue California gained attention for its calls to create a sovereign Golden State. Chris Nichols Political CA -- 11/12/16
California’s vote-counting to-do list: 4.3 million ballots -- Roughly 4.3 million late-arriving mail and provisional ballots from Tuesday’s election remain to be counted in California, according to the most recent estimates. Jim Miller in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/12/16
California Politics Podcast: The Electoral Resistance -- Election 2016 is over, with a presidential shocker that puts California in the national spotlight as the home of Democratic political resistance. We also discuss ballot propositions, the U.S. Senate and congressional races, and the Democratic dominance of the Legislature after election day. With John Myers of the Los Angeles Times and Marisa Lagos of KQED News. Link here -- 11/12/16
Death penalty battles likely to continue after election -- The fight over the death penalty never seems to die. Even though it's not yet certain if opponents lost both capital punishment ballot measures, they pre-emptively asked the state Supreme Court to block Proposition 66 that would speed up executions. Brian Melley Associated Press -- 11/12/16
GOP majority at South Coast AQMD could be short-lived -- A group of Republican officials who control the board that oversees air quality rules in the Los Angeles basin may soon see their recent dominant majority evaporate. Sharon McNary KPCC -- 11/12/16
Meet the three Latinos Southern California voters just elected to Congress -- Southern California voters this week elected three Latinos to fill open seats in Congress, increasing the diversity of the state’s delegation in Washington and showing the growing clout of the state’s largest ethnic group. Javier Panzar in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/12/16
Taxes, Fees, Rates, Tolls, Bonds
Prop 64: Pot tax to pay for scientific research of marijuana use -- The passage of Proposition 64 not only legalized the use of recreational marijuana, it also sets aside much needed money for research into the drug's effects. Sanden Totten KPCC -- 11/12/16
Housing
Report on L.A. city homelessness plan gives a sobering picture of the struggle ahead -- Nine months after the Los Angeles City Council unanimously adopted a comprehensive plan to end homelessness, the first progress report on the plan, released this week, offered a sobering picture of the long and difficult path ahead. Doug Smith in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/12/16
Big funding gap could delay affordable housing on Treasure Island -- San Francisco is facing a $380 million funding gap that could delay the construction of affordable housing on Treasure Island. Lizzie Johnson in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 11/12/16
Education
Mountain View High history teacher on leave for comparing Trump to Hitler -- A history teacher at Mountain View High School has been placed on paid leave after drawing parallels between Republican President-elect Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler in his lesson plan. Tatiana Sanchez in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 11/12/16
CSU board to consider tuition hike for next year -- Although tuition has been stable since the 2011-12 school year, members of Cal State University’s Board of Trustees are scheduled to discuss increasing tuition for the 2017-18 academic year at their next meeting Tuesday in Long Beach. Andrew Edwards in the Orange County Register -- 11/12/16
Health
Lazarus: Trump embraces the cool parts of Obamacare — but not the part that makes it work -- When it comes to healthcare, President-elect Donald Trump made it clear Friday that he’s all in favor of dessert but doesn’t want any Brussels sprouts. David Lazarus in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/12/16
Judge is asked to stop Anthem from ending out-of-network coverage for 500,000 Californians -- A consumer group has asked a judge to immediately stop Anthem Blue Cross from switching 500,000 Californians to health plans offering no coverage for out-of-network care. Melody Petersen in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/12/16
POTUS 45
Watchdogs question Trump’s plans to keep his empire in the family -- Never before has a billionaire with so many diverse business entanglements directly affected by White House policy taken the presidency, and the potential conflicts of interest facing Donald Trump are so unprecedented that U.S. ethics laws weren’t even written to account for them. Katy O'Donnell Politico -- 11/12/16
Donald Trump’s questionable ‘blind trust’ setup just got more questionable -- A day after Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, announced that Trump's three oldest children -- Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric -- would control what he labeled a "blind trust" for the president-elect, the Trump campaign announced Friday afternoon that all three would also serve on Trump's presidential transition team executive committee. Aaron Blake in the Washington Post$ -- 11/12/16
-- Friday Updates
Paypal founder Thiel and California Rep. Nunes named top members of Trump transition team -- Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and a board member of Facebook, gave $1.25 million to the Trump campaign and appeared at the National Press Club in Washington to tout Trump in the final days of the campaign. Sean Cockerham in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 11/11/16
What President Trump will mean to California’s beleaguered GOP -- Republicans struggling to save their party in ultra-blue California are suddenly weighing what was unthinkable just weeks ago: Could the unforeseen Republican tsunami that swept Donald Trump into the White House and captured both houses of Congress deliver a life raft to the GOP in the Golden State? Matthew Artz in the East Bay Times -- 11/11/16
Criminal justice reform rolls on in California, much to the chagrin of police leaders -- Another defeat at the ballot box this week for California law enforcement leaders. For months, many police chiefs, sheriffs and prosecutors urged voters to reject Proposition 57, which will give thousands of state prisoners an early opportunity to be released. Voters overwhelmingly approved the measure 63.59 percent to 36.41 percent. Frank Stoltze KPCC -- 11/11/16
San Jose's Madison Nguyen concedes to Councilman Ash Kalra in tight Assembly race -- Nguyen, a former San Jose City councilwoman, sent a text message to Kalra this morning congratulating him and conceding the race, consultants for both candidates confirmed. Christine Mai-Duc in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/11/16
Possible Trump Treasury pick is accused of deepening California’s California’s foreclosure crisis -- If Donald Trump nominates campaign finance chairman Steven Mnuchin to head the Treasury Department, he’s sure to get a fight from advocacy groups that think the banker exacerbated the foreclosure crisis in California. Kevin G. Hall McClatchy DC -- 11/11/16
California's Rep. Duncan Hunter among names floated for Trump cabinet -- Rep. Duncan Hunter's name is being floated as a possibility to serve as President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of Defense. Sarah D. Wire in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/11/16
If the Obamacare law is repealed, could California keep it anyway? -- “The simple answer is that it would be extremely costly,” said Gerald Kominski, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Melody Petersen in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/11/16
Yes, Trump can boost deportations and gut the Dreamer program for young immigrants -- As president, Donald Trump can move swiftly to gut President Obama’s signature immigration policies by ramping up deportations and ending a program that has given temporary work permits to immigrants brought to the country illegally as children. Brian Bennett in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/11/16
After Trump's win, even some in Silicon Valley wonder: Has Facebook grown too influential? -- Hillary Clinton was the choice of nearly every American newspaper editorial board. It didn’t matter. David Pierson in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/11/16
For the fourth time in American history the president-elect lost the popular vote. Credit the electoral college -- Hillary Clinton will finish second, even though she will have beaten him by more than 200,000 votes in the national popular vote. For Democrats, it makes for a painful repeat of recent history. David G. Savage in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/11/16
Oakland downtown cleans up after third night of anti-Trump protests -- Crews were mopping up Oakland’s downtown and parts of Uptown on Friday morning, following a third night of protests opposing the election of Donald Trump that included at least 11 arrests. Harry Harris in the East Bay Times -- 11/11/16
SFPD’s use of force targets blacks in disproportionate numbers -- San Francisco police have used force on more African Americans this year than on any other racial group, according to Police Department data. Vivian Ho in the San Francisco Chronicle -- 11/11/16