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2 climbers dead after falling from Yosemite’s El Capitan -- Two climbers died Saturday in a fall from Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan, officials said. The two people, whose identities have not been released, fell around 8:15 a.m. while climbing the Freeblast route on the iconic granite formation, park rangers said. Kimberly Veklerov in the San Francisco Chronicle$ Carlos Lozano in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/2/18

Democrats in these House races are 'extreme long shots.' Here's why they're still trying -- This is no suburban, coast-hugging battleground. This is Yucca Valley, the part of California where it’s easier to get a signal for the local Christian radio station than for NPR, and the tallest structures for miles are wind turbines that tower over the desert. Christine Mai-Duc, Jazmine Ulloa in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/2/18

Big Tobacco vs. San Francisco in vaping vote -- A major tobacco company is pouring millions of dollars into a ballot initiative that would repeal the country’s strongest effort yet to ban the sale of flavored tobaccos, which are attracting a whole new generation of users including children and teens. Victoria Colliver Politico -- 6/2/18

Housing a defining issue in San Francisco mayor’s race -- The late Mayor Ed Lee cast himself a housing champion, a tower crane-loving bureaucrat who not only put unprecedented resources into subsidized, affordable housing but also pushed more controversial market-rate towers and mid-rises that have reshaped neighborhoods from Hayes Valley to Rincon Hill to Dogpatch. J.K. Dineen in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 6/2/18

He challenged Feinstein, but Kevin de León is fighting a cast of unknowns -- If polls are to be believed, Sen. Dianne Feinstein is a virtual lock to finish on top in Tuesday’s 32-candidate primary. But those same surveys might as well be looking at different contests when it comes to predicting who will grab the all-important second spot in the election and advance to the fall campaign. John Wildermuth in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 6/2/18

Welcome To The Jungle: Experts Divided Over California’s Top-Two Primary System -- Republicans are at risk of being shut out of California’s races for governor and U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Democrats could face the same fate in several congressional races seen as crucial to retaking the House of Representatives. Ben Adler Capital Public Radio -- 6/2/18

L.A. County supervisors rarely lose a reelection bid. That probably won't change on Tuesday -- Nearly 40 years ago, as a conservative wave swept the country and installed Ronald Reagan in the White House, two Republican politicians unseated Democratic members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Nina Agrawal in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/2/18

Two challengers in sheriff's race hope to buck tradition. One is backed by more money than the incumbent -- Once you’re sheriff, you’re sheriff for life, or so the thinking goes about an elected position that often receives scant voter scrutiny. Maya Lau in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/2/18

'We have failed': Top USC officials try to reassure students amid gynecologist scandal -- Top administrators at USC are reaching out to students in the wake of misconduct allegations against the university’s longtime gynecologist, acknowledging failings and vowing reforms as they try to address growing outrage over the revelations. Joy Resmovits in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/2/18

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at rally to call for higher wages for Disneyland Resort workers -- At a rally attended by hundreds of Disneyland Resort workers, Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke out Saturday against wealthy corporations that fail to pay their workers a “living wage.” Hugo Martin in the Los Angeles Times$ Alicia Robinson in the Orange County Register -- 6/2/18

Will Tesla investors oust three directors and strip chairman job from Elon Musk? They'll vote Tuesday -- With Tesla in trouble, some investors think it’s time to shake up the board of directors. Shareholders will vote Tuesday whether to dump three directors and replace Elon Musk as board chairman. Few, if any, expect the votes to pass. Russ Mitchell in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/2/18

Security way up at outdoor San Diego concerts in wake of 2017 Las Vegas music festival massacre -- Send in the drones. Along with 3-D mapping and a beefed-up police presence that can include officers armed with assault rifles, the growing use of drones is just one of the enhanced security measures some outdoor concert venues in San Diego have enacted in the wake of last fall’s Route 91 Harvest festival massacre in Las Vegas. George Varga in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 6/2/18

Lopez: 50 years later, the RFK busboy still waits on someone to follow in Kennedy's footsteps -- Juan Romero has spent half a century trying to move on. He gets up before sunrise, goes to work and paves another road or driveway in the San Jose area, strong as ever at 67. Steve Lopez in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/2/18

 

California Policy & Politics This Morning

Newsom highlights Trump's support of Cox as he campaigns in the Central Valley -- Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom made clear to a Central Valley audience Friday which candidate in the race for governor is President Trump's choice to lead California: John Cox. Seema Mehta in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/2/18

Schwarzenegger won't vote for leading GOP candidates for governor -- The former governor’s decision to speak out against the candidacies of John Cox, a Rancho Sante Fe businessman, and Travis Allen, an Orange County legislator, stands in sharp contrast to his past refusals to weigh in on those who have followed him into office. John Myers in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/2/18

Delaine Eastin criticizes Jerry Brown's record on education -- “He has not been a supporter of preschool,” Eastin said at a community discussion held Friday afternoon at First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles. Eastin said that when Brown vetoed a bill mandating kindergarten in 2014, he set California children back on education. Michael Livingston in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/2/18

In pitch to women voters, Delaine Eastin and John Chiang say their campaigns hold symbolic meaning -- Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls John Chiang and Delaine Eastin tried to imbue their runs with greater symbolic meaning in speeches at a women’s rally Friday evening, framing their campaigns as a strike against President Trump and a bid for women’s equality, respectively. Melanie Mason in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/2/18

Politifact CA: Fact-checking Gavin Newsom’s attack: John Chiang ‘lost track of $31 billion’ -- In a recent TV attack ad in the California governor’s race, Gavin Newsom’s campaign claimed "the state auditor found (John) Chiang lost track of $31 billion," when he was state controller. But did the ad get its facts straight? Chris Nichols Politifact CA -- 6/2/18

High Rollers—A closer look at some of the sources underwriting California’s costly campaign season -- With California’s primary just days away, here’s a sampling of a few of the players spending big to influence your vote—the self-funders, the billionaire advocates, the unions and the corporations: Laurel Rosenhall and Matt Levin Calmatters -- 6/2/18

National Democrats spend $137K to support Orange County GOP candidate in complex strategy to help Democrats -- The radio ads and robocalls supporting John Gabbard, a GOP candidate in the crowded 48th Congressional District contest, seem to be part of an unorthodox tactic to siphon votes away from the race’s top leading Republicans, incumbent Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and former Orange County GOP Chairman Scott Baugh. Jordan Graham in the Orange County Register -- 6/2/18

California Democrats won't have a lot of cash after Tuesday's congressional primaries -- The Democratic House candidates lucky enough to finish in the top two in California's primary won't have much time to celebrate on Tuesday night. The expensive battles among a large number of well-funded Democratic campaigns have forced them to spend most of their campaign cash just to get to the general election. Emily Cadei in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 6/2/18

Bumpy road for California Democrats targeting Republican House seats -- As Californians prepare to go to the polls on Tuesday to choose candidates in primary elections, the state’s quirky electoral rules and a softening of support for Democrats among suburban voters could disrupt the party’s ambitious plan to wrest as many as 10 seats from Republicans in California. Sharon Bernstein Reuters -- 6/2/18

In California, Democrats might have blown their shot against “Putin’s favorite congressman” -- When Hillary Clinton eked out a victory in a deep-red Republican district in Orange County, California, Democrats saw an opening to flip it to blue in the 2018 midterms. All they’d need to do, after all, is unseat Vladimir Putin’s favorite Congress member, But then things started to fall apart. Tara Golshan Vox -- 6/2/18

Nuclear option: Why politicians are warily watching the recall election of Sen. Josh Newman -- On Tuesday, voters in the district that stretches from Anaheim to Chino Hills will decide whether to fire Newman halfway through his first term in the Legislature. His offense: voting for a transportation bill last year that raised the state gas tax and other vehicle fees. Ben Christopher Calmatters -- 6/2/18

Democrats look to make GOP irrelevant again in California Legislature -- Four hundred miles from the Bay Area, voters will fill three legislative seats Tuesday that were vacated by Democrats in sexual harassment scandals and decide whether to fire a Democratic state senator who voted to increase gas taxes. The results of those races will have an immediate impact statewide. Melody Gutierrez in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 6/2/18

Inspired By Russia, He Bought Influence On Facebook -- On Tuesday, California holds its congressional primaries and in one largely rural district, there is a new kind of money entering politics: payments to Facebook, where messages can be sharply targeted and it's cheaper to advertise than on radio, TV or newspapers. Aarti Shahani NPR -- 6/2/18

Outside Spending Ramps Up As Tuesday’s Election Approaches -- With the election Tuesday, groups are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in San Diego County’s most competitive races. These groups are allowed to spend unlimited amounts of money as long as they don’t coordinate with candidates’ campaigns. And they’re spending big in three races: the 49th Congressional District, county district attorney and county Board of Supervisors District 4. Jill Castellano, Leo Castañeda inewsource via KPBS -- 6/2/18

California Gubernatorial Primary Eyed for Its Impact on House Races -- However, the state’s quirky top-two primary system could send two Democrats to a runoff, leaving the GOP with no statewide standard-bearer. That, in turn, could damp Republican turnout as the GOP seeks to hold several U.S. House seats here, while setting the stage for a bitter battle between different factions of California Democrats. Alejandro Lazo in the Wall Street Journal$ -- 6/2/18

Families in high profile cases come out in final days of San Diego DA race -- Four days before polls open, the race for county district attorney featured twin news conferences Friday that centered on parents of children killed in two high-profile cases, each with contrasting views of how their case was handled by the office. Greg Moran, Teri Figueroa in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 6/2/18

Tech Was Supposed to Get Political. It’s Hanging Back in This Election -- Over the last decade, this has become the tech industry’s hometown. But as voters go to the polls Tuesday to choose a mayor in one of San Francisco’s most disputed elections in recent memory, the industry that set off a high-rise construction boom and has been blamed for a housing crisis in the city is fading into the background. David Streitfeld in the New York Times$ -- 6/2/18

California Politics Podcast: The Pre-Primary Podcast -- This week: The statewide primary is only hours away. We take one final look at the races for governor and U.S. Senate along with new statewide public polling. With John Myers, Melanie Mason and Seema Mehta of the Los Angeles Times. Link Here -- 6/2/18

The good, the bad and the dead: These California bill ideas have bitten the dust -- Legislators whipped through hundreds of bills in the last two weeks as they confronted critical deadlines. Some bills died very visibly following vigorous public debate, while others went out with a whisper, simply by never being brought up for a vote or by getting buried in the appropriations committee’s secretive “suspense file.” Laurel Rosenhall Calmatters -- 6/2/18

California Lawmakers Consider Wildfire Relief Fund -- California lawmakers are said to be considering a proposal to help utilities shoulder billions of dollars in potential liability costs while offering relief to wildfire victims by setting up a compensation fund that would be backed by the state and the power companies. Mark Chediak and Romy Varghese Bloomberg -- 6/2/18

'If Trump is left to his own devices, he will cause serious damage that will cost lives,' Gov. Brown warns -- The day President Trump pulled out of the Paris agreement on global warming, California Gov. Jerry Brown helped launch a robust movement of states, cities and businesses committed to carrying the country toward meeting its commitments. We checked in with Brown this week on how it has been going, and his assessment of the impact from Trump’s move. Here is what he had to say. Evan Halper in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/2/18

White House Told EPA to Ready California Autos Challenge in 2017 -- President Donald Trump was mulling a move to revoke California’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks during his earliest days in office, an email released through a public-records request shows. Ryan Beene Bloomberg -- 6/2/18

DNA lifted from Golden State Killer suspect at Hobby Lobby parking lot key to cracking case, documents show -- Authorities said in the court records that the definitive link came when the DNA taken from the car matched semen recovered at the scene of some of the Golden State Killer’s crime scene. Paige St. John, Joseph Serna, Ruben Vives, Benjamin Oreskes in the Los Angeles Times$ Sam Stanton and Darrell Smith in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 6/2/18

Economy, Employers, Jobs, Unions, Pensions  

How tight is the labor market? Employers flock to hire qualified homeless job applicants -- In a tight employment market, 24 companies sent representatives to Friday's "hiring event," which sought to connect homeless and formerly homeless men and women with work opportunities. The job fair, hosted by nonprofits that serve homeless people, took place at the Salvation Army's Ray Robinson Oak Park Community Center. Cynthia Hubert in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 6/2/18

Affordability Crisis Prices National Park Service Office Out of San Francisco -- Federal officials plan to relocate an office that helps oversee 60 national parks throughout the western United States from downtown San Francisco to Vancouver, Washington, in a move they say could save millions of dollars. Ted Goldberg KQED -- 6/2/18

Southern California bosses hire faster than the rest of the state but hand out smaller raises -- This comes from a quarterly job study by federal employment trackers based on detailed worker-by-worker data filed by employers. It’s typically a better snapshot of hiring and wage trends than monthly estimates released by state officials. However, it takes almost half a year to get the federal results. Jonathan Lansner in the Orange County Register -- 6/2/18

Google won't renew Pentagon artificial intelligence drone deal after staff backlash -- Not since 2010, when Google retreated from China after clashing with state censors, has an issue so roiled the rank and file. Almost 4,000 Google employees, out of an Alphabet total of 85,000, signed a letter asking Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai to nix the Project Maven contract and halt all work in “the business of war.” Mark Bergen in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/2/18

Fighting to make sure janitors get a fair wage -- Lilia Garcia-Brower, 45, is executive director of the Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund. The Los Angeles- based organization investigates wage theft and other abuses in the janitorial industry, which is notorious for paying workers below minimum wage. Andrew Khouri in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/2/18

Voters choose sides in Palm Springs short-term housing rental war -- That classic Midcentury Modern home you’ve been eyeing on Airbnb might not be listed for much longer. On June 5, Palm Springs is scheduled to vote on Measure C, a ballot initiative that proposes to ban short-term renting of single-family homes. R. Daniel Foster in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/2/18

Judge rules Theranos investors cannot pursue class action -- Investors who claimed that Theranos Inc defrauded them into investing indirectly in the company by touting revolutionary blood-testing technology that never existed cannot pursue their claims as a class action, a U.S. judge has ruled. Jonathan Stempel Reuters -- 6/2/18

Housing  

California landlords say they'll back caps on rent increases — if a big rent control measure goes away -- The California Apartment Assn. says it’s OK with limiting annual rent hikes to the cost of inflation plus 5% alongside property tax breaks for apartment owners who covert residences to low-income rentals. UC Berkeley researchers proposed both ideas this week. Liam Dillon in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/2/18

Transit 

BART's New Antioch Station Is Very Popular -- and Doesn't Have Enough Parking -- By all accounts, people in eastern Contra Costa County love the brand-new eBART line from Pittsburg-Bay Point to Antioch. In its first week of operation, the service has far exceeded its projected ridership. Dan Brekke KQED -- 6/2/18

Water  

New Device Produces Water From Thin Air – No Electricity Required -- Water is all around us. The only problem is that it remains trapped in the atmosphere until the right conditions release it as rain or snow. Now Omar Yaghi, a chemistry professor at the University of California, Berkeley, has helped find a way to grab that water anytime we need it. Matt Weiser Water Deeply via KQED -- 6/2/18

Wildfire  

California regulators want power lines turned off before fire risk -- California’s electric utilities would need to notify customers, local governments and state regulators in advance if they decide to preemptively shut down power lines at times when fire danger spikes, under a new proposal from state regulators. David R. Baker in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 6/2/18

Education 

A conservative Stanford professor plotted to dig up dirt on a liberal student -- The latest campus free speech controversy has a twist: It involves a conservative professor conspiring with students, in emails that sound like they were written by comic book villains, to dig up dirt on a progressive undergraduate. Zack Beauchamp Vox -- 6/2/18

Immigration, Border, Deportation 

Protesters rally outside San Diego ICE office, condemn family separation -- About 50 people protested outside of the federal building in downtown San Diego on Friday to condemn reports of migrant families being separated at the U.S. border. Organized as a so-called “pop up protest,” the event was part of a national day of action for children that included demonstrations scheduled in at least 16 states. Kate Morrissey in the San Diego Union-Tribune$ -- 6/2/18

Environment 

Much of San Diego's Recycling Goes to China and Now China Doesn't Want It -- Companies used to pay the city for the recyclable materials gathered from residents. Now, the city may have to pay companies to take them after China imposed new restrictions on recycled material. The city sends about 80 percent of its recycling abroad. Most has gone to China. Ry Rivard Voiceofsandiego.org -- 6/2/18

Also . . . 

Festivalgoers mostly see through new clear-bag policy at Clusterfest 2018 -- The much-stressed-about new clear-bag security policy being instituted at major San Francisco festivals debuted on Friday, June 1, at Comedy Central Presents Clusterfest, with a little frustration and a lot of adaptation. Peter Hartlaub and Mariecar Mendoza in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 6/2/18

Caltrans Is Exploring 'Bird Spike' Suicide Barrier for Coronado Bridge -- The agency expects the deterrent will be an interim strategy while a more permanent solution is developed over years. Randy Dotinga Voiceofsandiego.org -- 6/2/18

POTUS 45  

Trump’s spent far more going to Mar-a-Lago alone than the Mueller probe has cost -- The conservative group Judicial Watch, which calculated similar figures for Obama’s presidency, told the AP that it figured each trip to Mar-a-Lago cost about $1 million, including only Air Force One travel and Secret Service protection. Guess what. Trump has been to Mar-a-Lago 17 times, for a grand total of $17 million in flight and protection costs. Philip Bump in the Washington Post$ -- 6/2/18

Trump orders action to stem shutdowns of coal and nuclear power plants -- President Trump has ordered his Energy Department secretary to take immediate action to stem power plant closures, arguing that a decline in coal and nuclear electricity is putting the nation’s security at risk. Jennifer A. Dlouhy in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/2/18

Schwarzenegger mocks Trump on coal bailout: Protect pagers, Blockbuster too -- Actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Friday mocked reports that President Trump is considering a plan to prolong the use of struggling coal and nuclear plants, saying he eagerly awaits the administration's regulations to protect pagers, fax machines and Blockbuster. Justin Wise The Hill -- 6/2/18

President Trump has made 3,251 false or misleading claims in 497 days -- In the 497 days since he took the oath of office, President Trump has made 3,251 false or misleading claims, according to The Fact Checker’s database that analyzes, categorizes and tracks every suspect statement uttered by the president. That’s an average of more than 6.5 claims a day. Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo and Meg Kelly in the Washington Post$ -- 6/2/18

Trump’s False, Exaggerated and Contradictory Claims on Korea, Mexico and Trade -- President Trump falsely claimed the Korean War was the “longest war” in history. It was one of a host of inaccurate or puzzling statements he made to reporters on Friday. Linda Qiu in the New York Times$ -- 6/2/18

 

-- Friday Updates 

Once an afterthought, the Inland Empire becomes a pivotal battleground in California governor's race -- Seen by statewide politicians for years as a desert satellite in the outer orbit of Los Angeles, the Inland Empire has become one of most contested electoral prizes sought by the leading candidates running for California governor. Phil Willon in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/1/18

Gov. Brown says fallout from Trump quitting Paris accord is 'far more serious than anyone is saying' -- His promised coal renaissance sputtered. Rollbacks of environmental protections are tangled in court. Even automakers aren’t on board for his push toward heavier-polluting cars. But even so, a year after President Trump pulled out of the landmark Paris accord on climate change, the struggle to contain global warming has grown considerably more complicated without the prodding and encouragement once provided by the U.S. government. Evan Halper in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/1/18

Consumers will see minimal price effects from tariffs — and probably not until next year -- Consumers are unlikely to see big price increases on six-packs of beer or new cars as a result of the Trump administration’s decision Thursday to enact tariffs on imported steel and aluminum from certain countries, analysts said. Samantha Masunaga in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/1/18

California Dems target Tom McClintock’s House seat for flipping -- In the foothills of the Sierra, three Democratic women are convinced they can unseat veteran GOP Rep. Tom McClintock, one of the nation’s most conservative congressmen. John Wildermuth in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 6/1/18

Knight: With San Francisco’s slick campaign mailers, ridiculousness wins by a landslide -- Good news, San Franciscans! By the time you go to bed on Tuesday, this tedious and uninspiring election will be over. We won’t yet know who will be the next mayor because mail-in ballots postmarked Tuesday will count, and tallying the results under the city’s ranked-choice voting system is expected to take at least several days. Heather Knight in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 6/1/18

Feinstein Well Ahead, Second Place Up for Grabs in U.S. Senate Race -- State Sen. Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) continues to face considerable headwinds in his herculean task of trying to topple incumbent U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll. Scott Shafer KQED -- 6/1/18

Cal scrapped probe of football program promised after 2014 death of player -- More than four years after a Cal football player with sickle cell trait died after a highly strenuous workout, and another player knocked out a teammate and gave him a concussion, internal correspondence shows that former UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks directed independent investigators last year to halt an examination of the football program and focus only on recommendations for the future. Nanette Asimov in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 6/1/18

Gun bills advance in California capital, would raise to 21 the legal age to buy rifles, same as handguns -- In a year when mass school shootings in Florida and Texas grabbed headlines and prompted student protests, a raft of proposed new gun regulations found little resistance from lawmakers in California, already home to some of the nation’s most extensive gun laws. John Woolfolk in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 6/1/18

Lazarus: State bill would put car dealers in driver's seat for newfangled subscription services -- The rise of Uber and Lyft has made clear that a growing number of people are perfectly content not to own a car. Automakers, in turn, have responded by introducing their own ride-sharing services in hopes of meeting changing consumer tastes. David Lazarus in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/1/18

California bans state workers from traveling to yet another state -- California's ban on state-funded travel grew to include a ninth state on Friday with Attorney Xavier Becerra announcing new restrictions on public employees attending work-related events in Oklahoma. Adam Ashton in the Sacramento Bee$ Michael Finnegan in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 6/1/18

Check out some of the places Bay Area residents are moving to -- With nearly as many people (especially Millennials) moving away from the crowded and expensive Bay Area as those moving into the crowded and expensive Bay Area, places like Austin and Phoenix are beckoning these Northern California expats like some exotic, moderately-priced low-hanging fruit. Patrick May in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 6/1/18

Bills that would make it easier for former prisoners to get jobs move closer to becoming state law -- Two bills that would change the career outlook for former prisoners or those with arrest and criminal conviction records are closer to becoming state law. The California assembly passed two bills that would prohibit using arrest or conviction records as the sole basis to deny professional licenses to Californians with non-violent offenses. Annie Sciacca in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 6/1/18

360,000 Californians have unsafe drinking water -- At the Shiloh elementary school near Modesto, drinking fountains sit abandoned, covered in clear plastic. At Mom and Pop's Diner, a fixture in the Merced County town of Dos Palos, regulars ask for bottled water because they know better than to consume what comes out of the tap. Dale Kasler, Phillip Reese, Ryan Sabalow in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 6/1/18

Quinn: What’s Missing In This Election? Bread and Circuses -- The Romans got it right: if you want to keep the people happy, you give them bread and circuses. But California politicians forgot that rule; and consequently we are about to have a primary with possibly an historic low turnout of voters. The lowest primary turnout ever was June 2014; June 2018 could match it. Tony Quinn Fox & Hounds -- 6/1/18

Fox: Antonio Drives Down the Center Lane -- Villaraigosa admitted he was in a tough race, saying he has been described as a conservative because he wants to pay bills, balance budgets, and have government live within its means. Joel Fox Fox & Hounds -- 6/1/18

Proposition 68: Money for parks, water, environment -- The conventional wisdom in Sacramento is that high-dollar borrowing has a better chance of winning voter approval if the economy is strong. That thinking will be tested Tuesday. Jessica Hice Capitol Weekly -- 6/1/18