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From a union billboard blasting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s return-to-office order to California joining Harvard’s court fight with the Trump administration, Sacramento Bee readers had plenty to say this past week. Here are the stories that got you talking July 20-26.
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Union takes RTO fight to a West Sacramento billboard
The union representing California attorneys and administrative law judges unveiled a billboard along westbound Interstate 80 opposing Newsom’s order requiring state workers to commute four days a week. The sign features a crying child and the words, “When flexible work disappears working parents lose time, money, and support.” CASE leaders said childcare and commuting costs have hit working parents hard since the mandate took effect July 1.
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Schiff pushes judicial ethics overhaul
U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., introduced three bills aimed at applying conflict-of-interest rules to federal judges and Supreme Court justices, requiring blind trusts for judicial financial assets and subjecting the judiciary’s administrative offices to the Freedom of Information Act. “Americans deserve nothing less,” Schiff said.
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California backs Harvard in Trump funding fight
California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined 20 other state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief urging a federal appeals court to uphold a ruling that blocked the Trump administration’s freeze of more than $2 billion in Harvard research funding. “We cannot allow the federal government to weaponize grant funding as leverage to force colleges and universities to cave to political demands,” Bonta said.
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Sacramento’s new curb colors leave drivers puzzled
Sacramento’s rollout of California’s daylighting law — Assembly Bill 413 — has created a curbside identity crisis after the city removed unauthorized red curb markings and painted them gray. The state provided no funding to help cities mark thousands of affected intersections, and Sacramento’s approach differs from those in San Francisco and San Diego.
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Opinion: California’s election rules under fire
A Sacramento Bee opinion piece argued that California’s top-two primary system — which sent Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton to the November gubernatorial race — is working as intended and shouldn’t be replaced by partisan primaries or new proposals that would send five finalists to the general election.
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