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Sacramento Bee readers had plenty to talk about last week. Here are the five stories that drew the most comments from Aug. 10-16, plus where to jump into the conversation.
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Armed men claiming to be ICE agents tried to enter a Sacramento law firm
Employees at a North Natomas immigration law firm said armed agents arrived in at least four vehicles the morning of Aug. 14, claiming to have a list from Washington, D.C., and asking to inspect the office for beds. Owner Raissa Morris said her staff turned them away after the agents failed to produce a warrant — but not before one threatened to return at 3 a.m. to break windows. UC Davis Law Professor Kevin Johnson called the tactic unusual and ineffective.
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Xavier Becerra says California must ‘fight’ to pass election bills
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra rallied support near the state Capitol for two voting rights bills he says are essential as federal protections weaken. Senate Bill 1164, from Sen. Sabrina Cervantes, D-Riverside, would let the attorney general and affected voters sue over local laws that suppress or dilute the vote. Senate Bill 1360 would require election materials in any language spoken by at least 5,000 voting-age citizens in a county. Both bills cleared the Senate but need Assembly approval before the session ends Aug. 31.
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How Steve Hilton’s Trump bet cost him his startup
Before he was the Republican running for California governor, Steve Hilton was the shoeless CEO of Crowdpac, a nonpartisan platform built to help first-time candidates raise money without big donors. Then he took a Fox News show defending Donald Trump — and his largely Democratic user base and investors walked away. Hilton stepped down in May 2018, and by June 2019 the company was effectively dead. Former colleagues remain split on whether his pivot reflected consistent anti-establishment politics or an opportunist chasing attention.
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A Kaiser security officer says politicians aren’t listening to workers
In an op-ed, Kaiser Permanente security officer and SEIU member Jameel Hunt wrote that California’s working class is tired of being talked about rather than talked to. Hunt, who makes $29.15 an hour and has relied on CalFresh and unemployment, argued lawmakers of both parties lean on statistics rather than lived experience. He’s backing the #Listen2Workers campaign, a partnership between SEIU California and End Poverty in California that pairs legislators one-on-one with essential workers.
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California’s canning peach crop drops 29% after Del Monte bankruptcy
The collapse of Del Monte Foods’ Modesto cannery is expected to shrink this year’s canning peach harvest by roughly 61,000 tons — a 29% dip, according to Pacific Coast Producers, the only major buyer left in the state. Del Monte’s bankruptcy stranded 50,000 tons of peaches, and Pacific Coast could offer only one-year contracts for about 24,000 tons. A tree-pulling program backed by $9 million from the USDA and $1.5 million from the California Canning Peach Association is expected to remove roughly 3,000 acres — about a quarter of the state’s cling peach acreage.
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