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Elon Musk’s Twitter reinstates Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene -- Elon Musk’s Twitter has reinstated the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, which was banned in January for violating the platform’s COVID misinformation policies at the time. Associated Press -- 11/21/22

Musk Fires More Twitter Sales Workers After ‘Hardcore’ Purge -- It wasn’t immediately clear how many salespeople were laid off. The San Francisco social network had roughly 7,500 employees when Musk bought it last month, but after multiple rounds of cuts, that number is down to 2,750 people, according to Bloomberg, citing an internal counter that is likely to change. Thousands of contractors were also laid off. Roland Li in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 11/21/22

Amid ‘security concerns,’ no details on Newsom trip -- Gov. Gavin Newsom left California on Sunday to travel with his family for the Thanksgiving holiday, but due to security concerns, the trip location won’t be revealed until after he returns next weekend, according to his office. Emily Hoeven CalMatters -- 11/21/22

Inside the room: The entire L.A. City Council racist audio leak, annotated by our experts -- A bombshell recording has thrown L.A. politics into chaos. What was really being discussed? L.A. Times reporters and columnists pick it apart, line by line. The item is in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/21/22

Both parties had high hopes for California in the midterms. Neither saw their dreams fully come true -- Democrats saw California as a rare opportunity for offense in the 2022 congressional midterms. Republicans hoped to capture blue territory. Neither parties’ wildest dreams came to pass. Melanie Mason, Seema Mehta, Hannah Fry in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/21/22

Skelton: Trump running in 2024 is a dream come true for Democrats. He’s the weakest candidate out there -- Our long national nightmare is … continuing. Apologies for stealing and twisting President Ford’s famous 1974 line about the Nixon nightmare finally being over. George Skelton in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/21/22

Did San Franciscans understand the competing housing propositions? We analyzed every voter’s ballot to find out -- Two propositions on San Francisco’s ballot in the November midterms hoped to address the city’s housing-affordability crisis. Neither of them passed. But did people understand them? Leila Darwiche, Nami Sumida in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 11/21/22

How did Gascón end up launching a criminal probe sparked by far-right election conspiracy theories? -- More than a dozen QAnon adherents rubbed shoulders with conservative journalists and bloggers at an undisclosed Phoenix location in August, gathering to hear new allegations from a far-right group convinced the 2020 election was stolen. James Queally, Sarah D. Wire in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/21/22

About-face: Why Newsom relented, released $1 billion despite lackluster local homeless plans -- The governor threw communities into disarray two weeks ago by withholding $1 billion in homelessness funding for plans he saw as unambitious. But local officials said the assignment itself discouraged ambition. Now Newsom is yielding. Manuela Tobias CalMatters -- 11/21/22

Diablo Canyon  

Biden gives PG&E $1 billion to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open -- The case for nuclear power as a climate solution got a big boost Monday when the Biden administration announced it’s giving Pacific Gas & Electric Co. a $1.1-billion grant to help the company keep operating California’s last nuclear plant. Sammy Roth in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/21/22

Twitter Workplace   

How Elon Musk’s Twitter Faces Mountain of Debt, Falling Revenue and Surging Costs -- Elon Musk says his $44 billion Twitter takeover might result in a bankruptcy filing. But there could be other options. Mark Maurer in the Wall Street Journal$ -- 11/21/22

COVID+  

Masking up, testing, sanitizing: Staying safe this Thanksgiving with COVID-19, flu and RSV -- While it’s impossible to eliminate the risk of catching COVID-19, the flu or RSV, health experts say there are several now-familiar steps that can be taken to boost protection. Luke Money, Rong-gong Lin II in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/21/22

Could these antiviral pills treat long COVID? -- Stanford study is testing Paxlovid in the nation’s first clinical trial for long Covid. Lisa M. Krieger in the San Jose Mercury$ -- 11/21/22

Tech  

Twitter is imploding. What if digital tools like maps and Google suffered a similar fate? -- The products of large technology companies like Google, Apple and others have become so integral to modern life that it can be difficult to imagine living without them. Chase DiFeliciantonio in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 11/21/22

Climate  

Cooking up concrete solutions to cement’s carbon problem -- Cement plants still spew greenhouse gas. But that has to change, as state deadlines loom. Brooke Staggs in the Los Angeles Daily News$ -- 11/21/22

Street  

Noticing lots of security locks at drugstores? These L.A. stores lock up the most -- The problem has been particularly acute in Los Angeles, which for the last four years has been identified by the National Retail Federation as the city with the worst organized retail crime problem, ahead of San Francisco/Oakland, New York and Houston. Organized retail crime goes beyond opportunistic shoplifting and includes black-market syndicates that resell stolen items in bulk at flea markets or to online sellers. Hugo Martín, Ronald D. White in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/21/22

Mentally ill prisoners in California are three times likelier to get shuffled around -- Newly acquired state data shows that the Corrections Department transferred patients with serious mental illnesses an average of five times over a six-year period, underscoring a CalMatters’ investigation this year that revealed the practice and raised questions about the harm it could cause. Byrhonda Lyons, Jocelyn Wiener, Erica Yee CalMatters -- 11/21/22

Education  

How Jennifer Siebel Newsom became a champion of youth mental health -- First partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom has spent decades spotlighting, examining and uplifting the mental well-being of young people. But for her, the topic transcends professional duties. It’s personal. Carolyn Jones EdSource -- 11/21/22

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Why do people in San Francisco move? One key theme emerges -- The desire for a larger home was the top reason people say they moved to and within the San Francisco metro area, which includes Oakland and Hayward, according to a recently released federal housing survey conducted in 2021. Adriana Rezal in the San Francisco Chronicle$ -- 11/21/22

California Policy and Politics Monday  

As Pelosi backs away, a new generation of Democrats steps forward -- One day after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced she would step back from leading the House Democratic caucus, a changing of the guard began, led by a crop of Democrats tasked with charting a new path for the party as it reaches a generational inflection point. Marianna Sotomayor in the Washington Post$ -- 11/21/22

Rep. Adam Schiff Considers a New Job -- Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Rep. Adam Schiff is considering a race in the U.S. Senate in 2024. Danielle Smith and Cara Westra NBC4LA -- 11/21/22

Walters: Remember that budget surplus? Never mind -- California’s projected $97.5 billion budget surplus has failed to materialize and the state now faces at least a $25 billion deficit that will require major adjustments. Dan Walters CalMatters -- 11/21/22

Workplace   

For ‘hardcore’ workers, sleeping at the office makes a comeback -- Twitter’s return to office has taken a hardcore turn since Elon Musk’s takeover: One employee tweeted “#SleepWhereYouWork” after a photo of her in a sleeping bag and wearing an eye mask went viral earlier this month. Danielle Abril in the Washington Post$ -- 11/21/22

Is the world’s richest person the world’s worst boss? What it’s like working for Elon Musk -- Elon Musk’s track record as a boss is an endless scroll of impulse firings, retribution, tone-deafness on race — and the impregnation of a subordinate. Russ Mitchell in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/21/22

Street  

Sheriff’s recruit in grave condition; one of 25 trainees hit by car in South Whittier -- The recruit was identified as Alejandro Martinez, who suffered brain swelling, compound femur fractures, a collapsed lung and damage to multiple organs and who has been placed on a ventilator, according to sources familiar with the incident but who were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter. Richard Winton in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/21/22

West Hollywood plans candlelight vigil for victims of Colorado shooting -- A candlelight vigil will be held Sunday at 5 p.m. in West Hollywood to express solidarity with the LGBTQ community of Colorado Springs, Colo., in the aftermath of Saturday night’s shooting at a gay nightclub that left five people dead and 25 injured. Thomas Curwen in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/21/22

Breathe  

California Looks to Ban Diesel Trucks at Ports by 2035 -- The goal is to push more than 30,000 heavily-polluting trucks to clean energy by 2035. Trucking industry officials say there is a big gap between the target and the charging infrastructure that barely exists today and would take years to build. Paul Berger in the Wall Street Journal$ -- 11/21/22

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In Hollywood stunner, Robert Iger returns to head Disney as Bob Chapek exits -- In a blockbuster development, Walt Disney Co.’s longtime chief Robert Iger is returning to lead the Burbank-based entertainment giant. Meg James, Ryan Faughnder in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/21/22

L.A.’s Autry Museum spent 18 years moving 400,000 Native objects. That’s just the start -- The Autry Museum of the American West’s new $32-million Resources Center takes a big step toward healing relations with Native tribes. Deborah Vankin in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/21/22

Tom Rice, WWII D-day paratrooper who continued to jump out of planes, dies at 101 -- Tom Rice, a World War II paratrooper who jumped into Normandy, France, on D-day and in his later years marked anniversaries of that pivotal battle by jumping again, died Thursday at his home in Coronado. He was 101. John Wilkens in the Los Angeles Times$ -- 11/21/22