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Martins Beach: U.S. Supreme Court denies appeal of billionaire Vinod Khosla -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a request from Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla to weigh in on the long-running battle over Martins Beach in San Mateo County, turning down a case that could have potentially rewritten coastal access laws in California and across the United States. Paul Rogers in the San Jose Mercury$ Rosanna Xia in the Los Angeles Times$ Peter Fimrite in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 10/1/18

L.A. County could join fight against Trump immigration rule -- The ink isn’t yet dry on a controversial Trump administration proposal that could deny permanent residency or citizenship to immigrants who use public assistance programs, but some Los Angeles County officials are readying their opposition. Matt Stiles in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/1/18

L.A. and Long Beach port truckers and warehouse workers begin strike -- Truck drivers and warehouse workers who serve the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach began striking Monday morning in front of warehouses serving the ports, protesting the classification of drivers as independent contractors. Samantha Masunaga in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/1/18

BART’s new fare evasion problem: One whole county exempt from crackdown -- BART has a problem with its crackdown on fare evaders, one that even many board members didn’t know existed: The transit agency’s new team of blue-vested enforcers can’t ticket cheats at any of six stations in San Mateo County. Rachel Swan in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 10/1/18

Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes bill that would have expanded civil suit window for childhood sex abuse victims -- Gov. Jerry Brown has rejected a bill that would have given survivors of childhood sexual assault in California more time to file suits against those who could have stopped their abuse. Laura Newberry in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/1/18

California makes it easier for people with minor convictions to find jobs -- California will ease restrictions on people with minor criminal convictions to help them land jobs in automotive repair, construction, cosmetology and other careers, under a bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. Melody Gutierrez in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 10/1/18

Blood, drugs, theft and tacos: inside the lawsuit threatening Casa Ramos’ future -- Casa Ramos’ corporate office faces a state Department of Justice investigation after the family of the restaurant chain’s founder filed a lawsuit accusing the chain’s new owners of embezzlement. That charge is thrown back in the accusers’ faces in a cross-complaint. Benjy Egel in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 10/1/18

After the Montecito mudslides, a search for belongings and two children -- Hope can be plucked from a heap of dirt with gentle hands. A gold-rimmed teacup with a chip in its pedestal. A pink vest knitted for a niece. A canvas book bag carrying a bracelet and a headband. Corina Knoll in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/1/18

Fox: Brown’s Vetoes. Would Newsom Do the Same? -- Here’s a measuring stick to gauge a new governor: Would Gavin Newsom or John Cox veto the measures that Jerry Brown is vetoing in his last year on the job? Joel Fox Fox & Hounds -- 10/1/18

 

California Policy & Politics This Morning  

California’s tough net neutrality bill prompts US lawsuit -- California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the nation’s toughest net neutrality measure Sunday, requiring internet providers to maintain a level playing field online. The move prompted an immediate lawsuit by the Trump administration. Jonathan J. Cooper Associated Press Jazmine Ulloa in the Los Angeles Times$ Melody Gutierrez in the San Francisco Chronicle$ Bryan Anderson in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 10/1/18

Police shootings will get more public scrutiny as California opens access to investigations -- Following years of growing public outcry and protest over police shootings, Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday signed a pair of bills that will increase transparency around officer killings of civilians by expanding access to personnel and video records. Alexei Koseff in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 10/1/18

California bill to let San Francisco open safe drug-injection site is vetoed by Brown -- Gov. Jerry Brown rejected San Francisco’s plan to allow safe injection facilities for illicit drug users, saying Sunday that he was concerned about exposing local officials and health care professionals to potential federal criminal charges. Melody Gutierrez in the San Francisco Chronicle$ Melanie Mason in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/1/18

Hundreds serving time for murder could get sprung under new California law -- California will give a second chance to potentially hundreds of individuals serving prison time for murders they did not commit. Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday signed without comment Senate Bill 1437, which scales back prosecutors’ ability to use the “felony murder rule” to charge accomplices to a homicide. Alexei Koseff in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 10/1/18

Jerry Brown limits prosecution of minors to ‘work toward a more just system’ -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday signed a pair of measures that limits when and how young people can be prosecuted for criminal charges. It continues Brown’s efforts, in his final term, to undo many of the tough sentencing policies he supported during his first stint as governor, which contributed to an unconstitutionally overcrowded prison system in California. Alexei Koseff in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 10/1/18

California Is 1st State to Require Women on Corporate Boards -- California has become the first state to require publicly traded companies to include women on their boards of directors, one of several laws boosting or protecting women that Gov. Jerry Brown signed Sunday. Sophia Bollag Associated Press Bryan Anderson in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 10/1/18

California bans secret settlements in sexual harassment cases -- California will require its workers to take regular sexual harassment training and forbid secret settlements when they sue their employers. Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday signed several bills that aim to prevent workplace harassment and help victims of sexual misconduct seek justice. Alexei Koseff in the Sacramento Bee$ Melanie Mason in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/1/18

Measures to end forced arbitration of sexual harassment claims, extend statute of limitations vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday vetoed a pair of #MeToo-inspired bills that would have made it easier to take sexual harassment complaints to court. Melanie Mason in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/1/18

Californians will get help clearing marijuana conviction records under bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday signed a bill to help hundreds of thousands of Californians convicted of marijuana crimes have felonies reduced to misdemeanors and lower-level offenses removed from their record. Patrick McGreevy in the Los Angeles Times$ Bryan Anderson in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 10/1/18

Abortion pill mandate for California universities vetoed by Brown -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday vetoed a measure that would have required public university student health centers to provide abortion medication by no later than Jan. 1, 2022. Andrew Sheeler and Alexei Koseff in the Sacramento Bee$ John Myers in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/1/18

Gov. Jerry Brown signs bills that aim to fast-track new stadiums for the Clippers, A’s -- A potential new arena for the Clippers and a ballpark for the Oakland A’s received a boost Sunday when Gov. Jerry Brown signed two bills that aim to speed construction for both facilities. Liam Dillon in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/1/18

Do you pump breast milk? You have a right to private area at work under new California law -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday signed Assembly Bill 1976, which starting next year, requires employers to provide their workers with a private area that is not a bathroom to pump. Alexei Koseff and Andrew Sheeler in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 10/1/18

Walters: Misleading title hamstrings gas-tax repeal measure -- California neglected maintenance of its highway and road network for decades. But last year, the Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown finally enacted a stiff increase in gas taxes and automotive fees to catch up, even though polls indicated that most Californians didn’t want to pay more. Dan Walters Calmatters -- 10/1/18

Also on the November ballot? Lots and lots of school bonds -- Californians in November will weigh billions of dollars’ worth of ballot measures for low-income housing, children’s hospitals and more. But one of the biggest asks will be mostly invisible to most voters—100 or more local proposals to sell bonds for school construction projects that, if passed, could total more than $12 billion in local borrowing in coming years. Ricardo Cano Calmatters -- 10/1/18

Harris takes advantage of her role in Kavanaugh opposition -- Sen. Kamala Harris, a possible presidential contender, has certainly been working Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court hearings for all they’re worth. Matier & Ross in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 10/1/18

‘Believe Survivors, Cancel Kavanaugh’ rally held in Santa Ana -- However, many attendees, including Garden Grove City Councilwoman Kim Bernice Nguyen, said they were skeptical that much could be done to keep the appellate court judge from winning approval from the full Senate and being seated on the high court. Eric Licas in the Orange County Register -- 10/1/18

Schnur: ‘Hell hath no fury like a woman wronged.’ Will California voters send a message this year? -- Election Day is just five weeks away, and California voters are angry. Some are frightened. Others are excited. But the question – and the emotion – that will determine the outcome of these critical midterm elections and possibly control of Congress for the next two years is: which party’s voters are more motivated, Democrats or Republicans? Dan Schnur in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 10/1/18

Skelton: What would a Kavanaugh confirmation mean for the midterm elections? It's all about trade-offs -- Here’s what I figure: If the Republican-controlled Senate promotes Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, it’ll help Democrats on election day. If Kavanaugh is rejected, the GOP will get a boost. George Skelton in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/1/18

In the age of Trump, reaching Latino voters hits all angles as midterms approach -- The classes – offered in Spanish by the immigrant rights group TODEC Legal Center – are part of a multi-prong civic engagement program aimed at helping turn legal permanent residents throughout Southern California into American citizens, registering those who are citizens to vote, and then gently nagging them to the polls on Election Day. Roxana Kopetman in the Los Angeles Daily News$ -- 10/1/18

Four Pinocchios: Duncan Hunter’s attack ad employs scare tactics, exudes anti-Muslim bias -- Hunter, who has been indicted on charges of misusing campaign money, attacked his Christian opponent with several false or misleading claims tying him to terrorism. Salvador Rizzo in the Washington Post$ -- 10/1/18

Lopez: California high-speed rail: A train to nowhere without a conductor -- Everything was looking good Wednesday night at the High-Speed Rail Authority’s big meeting in Pacoima. Steve Lopez in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/1/18

San Francisco transit center’s rooftop park closure a tough blow for nearby neighbors -- The cracked steel beams that shut down the new Transbay Transit Center last week disrupted the commutes of downtown workers and snarled traffic across downtown San Francisco. J.K. Dineen in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 10/1/18

Economy, Employers, Jobs, Unions, Pensions  

California gives BART control over development at its stations -- BART can draft plans to fill empty station parking lots with dense housing and shops, under a state law that Gov. Jerry Brown signed late Sunday. Rachel Swan in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 10/1/18

Immigration, Border, Deportation 

ICE arrests at Fresno courthouse may stop behind new sanctuary law policies -- In the wake of recent arrests of undocumented immigrants at courthouses in Fresno and other locations, State Attorney General Xavier Becerra issued clarified details how law enforcement and other local agencies are expected to interact with federal immigration officials. The most notable detail: Immigration agents “should not have access to restricted areas of court facilities” without a judicial warrant. Yesenia Amaro in the Fresno Bee -- 10/1/18

Education 

Gov. Brown vetoes bill to let districts give SAT or ACT as 11th grade test -- With the advice of his longtime education adviser, Michael Kirst, Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed legislation Friday that would give school districts the option of replacing the state’s 11th-grade standardized test with the college admissions tests, the SAT or the ACT. John Fensterwald EdSource -- 10/1/18

The case for spending 32 percent more on California schools – Two separate panels of experienced California teachers and administrators were given background information and three days together to help answer a longer version of this question: How much would it cost to provide all California students the academic knowledge, skills and opportunities they’ll need to successfully pursue their plans after high school and participate in civic life. John Fensterwald EdSource -- 10/1/18

Guns 

As Immigrants Flow Across US Border, American Guns Go South -- Among the thousands of immigrants who have been coming across the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months, many are seeking to escape gang and drug violence raging in their homelands. The weapon of choice used to intimidate them? Often an American-made gun. Lisa Marie Pane Associated Press -- 10/1/18

Also . . . 

Did an L.A. real estate broker shortchange the citizens of an African nation out of millions? -- When the bluff-top mansion at the end of Malibu’s Sweetwater Mesa Road sold for more than $30 million in 2016, it looked like the end of a years-long intrigue involving the playboy son of the president of an oil-rich African nation. James Rufus Koren and Neal J. Leitereg in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 10/1/18

Tourist Trap Day: Seeing the sights visitors flock to — but locals skip -- Sitting at the bar at the Cliff House on Wednesday morning, clutching a coffee cup in one hand and a warm popover in the other, I looked out the huge windows to see pelicans flying over the ocean and had one overriding thought. I’m getting paid for this? Heather Knight in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 10/1/18

Enterprising Oakland homeless camper racks up $800 with illegal parking lot -- You have to hand it to the enterprising homeless camper near the Oakland Coliseum who made a killing at the two-day “Rolling Loud Bay Area” hip-hop festival. The guy cut the gate lock off a fence opposite the Coliseum BART Station parking lot, donned a yellow vest and held up a hand-made sign reading “$20 Parking.” Matier & Ross in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 10/1/18

Beltway 

Democrats Denounce Limits on F.B.I.’s Kavanaugh Inquiry as a ‘Farce’ -- The F.B.I. moved on Sunday to quickly complete an abbreviated investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, even as Democrats demanded more information about the inquiry’s scope, warning that its apparent constraints could make it a “farce.” Michael D. Shear and Robin Pogrebin in the New York Times$ Mike DeBonis and Josh Dawse in the Washington Post$ -- 10/1/18

GOP senators demand probe of Feinstein’s office after Kavanaugh accusations -- Two GOP senators called Sunday for an investigation into the office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., over allegations made against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Don Sweeney in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 10/1/18

 

-- Sunday Updates 

Gov. Jerry Brown vetoes bill that would create list of quake-vulnerable buildings -- The bill, AB 2681, could have marked a major advance in efforts over the last decade to identify seismically vulnerable buildings in California. A handful of cities, including Los Angeles, have generated lists of potentially vulnerable buildings that face the greatest risk of collapse. Some have ordered owners to retrofit those buildings to make them more secure. Rong-Gong Lin II in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/30/18

The Next California Part II: Natural Disasters -- Natural disaster is inevitable in California. And it can define a governor's legacy -- Between trips upstairs to gather treasured photographs and important documents, Diane Francis stood at her living-room window and stared over the hillside at giant black plumes of smoke. Melanie Mason in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 9/30/18

GOP senators demand probe of Feinstein’s office after Kavanaugh accusations -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, on separate Sunday talk shows suggested Feinstein’s office might have leaked a confidential letter by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford accusing Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in high school. Don Sweeney in the Sacramento Bee$ -- 9/30/18

Kellyanne Conway: ‘I’m a victim of sexual assault’ -- Kellyanne Conway cleared her throat for what she was about to say. “I’m a victim of sexual assault,” President Trump’s adviser told CNN on Sunday. Conway and anchor Jake Tapper were discussing the political edges of sexual assault allegations against Brett M. Kavanaugh in the wake of the Supreme Court nominee’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Alex Horton in the Washington Post$ -- 9/30/18

Crews prepare to shore up damaged Transbay Transit Center -- Hydraulic jacks and newly fabricated steel beams arrived Sunday morning at San Francisco’s Tgransbay Transit Center, where they’ll be used to shore up the spot over Fremont Street where cracks were discovered in two girders last week. Michael Cabanatuan in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 9/30/18

Company involved with cracked transbay beams also caught up in BART problem -- Skanska, the engineering firm responsible for the structural steel work at the Transbay Transit Center, where two cracked beams were discovered last week, is also at the center of a storm involving the $2.3 billion BART extension to the South Bay. Matier & Ross in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 9/30/18

Tesla’s Elon Musk is out as chairman after settles with SEC -- Wrapping up a tumultuous week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk will resign as chairman of the company’s board and pay a $20 million fine to settle a fraud complaint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the agency announced Saturday. Karen Casto and Emily DeRuy in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 9/30/18

‘The house doesn’t belong to you. It belongs to a Gus Kramer’: East Bay assessor sells woman’s Oregon home to his private attorney -- About a year ago, Kendall Orr called an Oregon water company to pay the bill on the house she had given her daughter, as she regularly did. She was shocked to hear the clerk’s response. Matthias Gafni in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 9/30/18