THE BUZZ — KDL IS IN: An increasingly crowded field of candidates is vying for the top job in the City of Stars, ahead of an election late next year. But Los Angeles City Council member Kevin de León says he offers something unique, particularly on the key issues of housing costs and homelessness: He’s been there.
“These issues are deeply personal to me, because I know what it feels like to live on the margins,’’ said de León, who formally announced his candidacy Tuesday before a crowd of supporters at El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument.
The son of a single, immigrant mom who worked as a housekeeper, de León told POLITICO Tuesday that “as a young person, I was often left wondering if we would make it economically into the next month. I remember that deep shame, that embarrassment — the look on my mother's face when the landlord would come in the door, banging with his fist, demanding his rent.’’
“I think that the people of Los Angeles deserve to know that they're not alone — that their next mayor understands what housing insecurity feels like … [and] knows what it means to spend weeks sleeping in the car, relying on the generosity of their friends.”
“I — like so many Angelenos — know what it feels like to be overlooked, undervalued and underestimated,” he said.
De León, 54, has come a long way from those days. The former state assemblymember climbed the ranks to become the top Democrat in the California State Senate, the first Latino to hold that post in over a century. He made headlines as the lead player in major environmental legislation and the author of the landmark “sanctuary state” bill that became the focus of national Republican attacks — including from then-President Donald Trump. De León also endeared himself to many progressives as the upstart who snagged the Democratic party’s endorsement when he primaried five-term Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein in an unsuccessful bid to oust her.
All of that may give him something of an edge with two key California constituencies: younger voters and Latinos. The bilingual pol campaigned alongside Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier this month in the heavily Latino El Sereno district that he represents, telling voters he was “defendiendo mi California.’’
De León says that if Los Angeles is the epicenter for homelessness nationwide, then his district was “ground zero,’’ with alarming numbers of unhoused Angelenos trapped in grinding poverty. But he said his district has outpaced the city as a whole by housing more than 2,000 people in the last nine months.
The former Senate pro tem is clearly not deterred by a crowded field itching to replace the termed-out Eric Garcetti, who is heading to India to be the next U.S. ambassador, assuming the Senate confirms him. Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer jumped in last May, and City Council pro tem Joe Buscaino stepped down on Tuesday to enter the race. Jessica Lall, a downtown business exec who heads the Central City Association, and real estate broker Mel Wilson have also declared for the race.
As Jeremy reports, both City Council President Nury Martinez and City Council member Mark Ridley-Thomas have announced they will not seek the office. But if Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) jumps in — as we expect — all bets are off. That development “would send terror through the ranks” of other candidates, as longtime Bass ally Ridley-Thomas told the LA Times. Recent polling put Bass atop the burgeoning field.
Asked about Bass’ potential entry in the race, de León said “we’re good friends,’’ and said he’d welcome her candidacy. “I think anyone who believes they can lead the city has the right to get in,’’ he said. “I say, ‘bring it on’... because I am planning to win an election.”
BUENOS DÍAS, good Wednesday morning. Dreamforce, the massive star-studded Salesforce convention, is back at San Francisco’s Moscone Center this week. Jason Sudeikis, Jane Fonda and Will Smith are on tap to speak this year, Metallica will make an appearance and the Foo Fighters are set to perform. You can watch the rest of the week’s events here via livestream. More from the SF Chronicle’s Roland Li.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: "It's not even in the depths of my subconscious, it's just not something I'm interested in...That's a no. Keep the tape. It's an emphatic no." — Gavin Newsom, in a 2018 interview with KCBS’ Doug Sovern, retweeted this week, on the possibility that he would someday run for president.
BONUS QOTD: “Human beings should never be treated that way, and I was deeply troubled about it and I’ll also be talking to Secretary Mayorkas today about it.” Vice President Kamala Harris on images of horse-riding Border Patrol agents corralling Haitian migrants.
TWEET OF THE DAY: Rep. Katie Porter @RepKatiePorter: “Our federal government should not inflict this cruel violence. Period. Migrants have the right to claim asylum, and the federal government has a duty to treat them with basic respect.” Porter, visiting the border yesterday, said the U.S. government’s treatment of Haitan refugees was “failing on several fronts,’’ via LADailyNews.
WHERE’S GAVIN? Nothing official announced.
TOP TALKERS
THIEL OF FORTUNE — “House Bill Would Blow Up the Massive IRAs of the Superwealthy,” by ProPublica’s Justin Elliott, Patricia Callahan and James Bandler: “The proposed reform stems from a ProPublica story that detailed how PayPal founder Peter Thiel had amassed $5 billion, tax-free, in a Roth IRA. If the bill passes, Roth accounts would be capped at $20 million for high-income individuals.”
ARMADA OFFSHORE — “Why Container Ships Can’t Sail Around the California Ports Bottleneck,” by The Wall Street Journal’s Paul Berger: “The armada of vessels waiting offshore keeps growing, and experts say there are few viable alternatives to the country’s main gateway for Asian imports.”
DIVVY IT UP — “Why has massive California never been split into two states? Or six?” opines the LA Times’ Patt Morrison: “Like awaiting an earthquake, we are due — overdue, really — for another aggrieved someone to try once again to get voters or legislators or Congress — or all three — to agree to divvy up California into two or three or a half-dozen states.”
NO WORDS — “California mother-of-four who was 'unmasked, unmuzzled, and unvaccinated' dies of COVID-19 at age 40,” by the Daily Mail’s Carly Stern: “Kristen Lowery, 40, from Escalon, California, 'unexpectedly' passed away on September 15th, according to a GoFundMe page raising money for her funeral expenses. In screenshots taken from Facebook, family members say she lost her battle against COVID-19 — after frequently posting content protesting vaccines and labeling herself 'unmasked and unmuzzled' and a 'free thinker.'
CAMPAIGN MODE
GAVIN FOR TERRY: Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest fundraising pitch ties the California Democrat’s recall win to Virginia Democrat Terry McAuliffe’s battle against “ultra-right, Trump-loving” Glenn Youngkin with just a few weeks to go before the election. “In our recall, there were Virginians who donated and sent texts to keep California blue. Now we’re hoping to return the favor when Terry McAuliffe needs it most.”
OC CASE — “California State Judge's Recusal Highlights Complexities of Judicial Endorsements,” by The Recorder’s Meghann M. Cuniff: “The Orange County Superior Court judge who recused himself endorsed a prosecutor's judicial campaign, then was assigned a murder case in which that prosecutor could be a key witness in pretrial proceedings over alleged misconduct involving jail informants.”
— "Young voters turned out in force for Democrats in 2020. Will they stick around?" by the LA Times' Janet Hook: "A big question for Democrats as they head into the midterm campaign is whether progressive young people will lose interest in politics in the post-Trump era, or become disillusioned with Democrats if they do not deliver on the issues they care about. Without them, it will be hard for Democrats to win their uphill fight to keep control of Congress."
CALIFORNIA AND THE CAPITOL CORRIDOR
CONSERVATION CONUNDRUM — “As California’s drought deepens, water use drops only 1.8%,” by CalMatters’ Rachel Becker: “Officials warn that next year’s cuts in water supply could go even deeper as severe drought grips nearly 90% of California. Residents of the North Coast and Bay Area conserved more than Southern Californians did.”
WATER WARS — “Amid Drought, Billionaires Control A Critical California Water Bank,” by Forbes’ Chloe Sorvino: “As the West Coast’s megadrought worsens, one farming company has long been scrutinized for its outsize role in the arid region’s water supply. Wonderful, the closely held company owned by billionaires Stewart and Lynda Resnick, can buy up huge amounts of water whenever it needs more. … The company can outspend pretty much every other farmer in the region, which can influence water prices.”
AND THERE’S THIS… “Guess who’ll get hit hardest by California’s severe water shortage?” by Capital & Main’s Sasha Abramsky: “Groundwater systems are key during California droughts, but certain communities are running dry — and there’s no real solution in sight.”
FIRESTORM — “California's megafires spur insurers to send in special, private crews before a blaze hits,” by the SF Chronicle’s Gregory Thomas: “While some properties in fire-prone areas now struggle to secure coverage, some insurers have become proactive, turning to pre-incident squads in the hope of tempering the costs associated with fire damage.”
BRING YOUR MEGA-MASKS — “California sets new rules, recommendations for 'mega-events,'” by KCRA’s Brittany Hope: “In its guidance, the state defines an indoor mega-event as having 1,000 or more people and an outdoor mega-event as having 10,000 or more people.”
NEW SYNDROME?? — “'Excited delirium' denounced long before controversial Antioch in-custody death,” by KTVU’s Evan Sernoffsky: “For decades medical examiners around the nation have relied on a controversial explanation when people die in police custody: Excited delirium. And when a forensic pathologist in Contra Costa County last month ruled the death of Angelo Quino was the result of excited delirium – it intensified a debated about the validity of a medical diagnosis that is increasingly being rejected by top medical professionals and organizations.”
—"San Francisco International Airport first in US to require vaccinated workers," by KCBS' Lucy Fasano.
BOOM — “Sacramento tops 1 million jobs. These sectors are responsible for unemployment rate drop,” by The Sac Bee’s Brianna Taylor: “Sacramento hit over 1 million jobs in August and the highest job total since before the beginning of the pandemic in February 2020. … The last time the region hit 1 million jobs before the pandemic was in June 2021 with 1,003,000.”
— “S.F. is finally building tiny cabins for homeless people. One reason: it may be cheaper than tents,” by the SF Chronicle’s Kevin Fagan: “After years of resistance, San Francisco is finally jumping onto the trend of sheltering homeless people in tiny homes, with plans to install them on two parking lots about nine blocks away from City Hall.”
ALTERNATIVE ANSWER? — “Big demand makes COVID-fighting antibodies hard to get in California,” by the LA Times’ Rong-Gong Lin and Luke Money: “Monoclonal antibodies have been developed as a treatment for COVID-19. They are thought to be a way to counteract the coronavirus before it can begin destroying the body’s organs, said Dr. Rais Vohra, the interim Fresno County health officer.”
DRIVER DILEMMA — “Federal court says Grubhub drivers may seek penalties for previous employment standards,” by the SF Chronicle’s Bob Egelko: “Drivers for food-delivery companies like Grubhub can seek potentially huge penalties against the companies for refusing to treat them as employees before passage of a ballot measure last November that allowed them to be classified as independent contractors, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.”
BRACE YOURSELVES — “New England, California to See Soaring Energy Costs This Winter,” by Bloomberg’s Gerson Freitas Jr. and Sergio Chapa: “Natural gas futures have been soaring, and they’re set to get especially high in New England and California in the coming months.”
OP-ED — “California’s New Wage Legislation Disrupts Retail’s Made-In-USA Dream,” opines American Apparel and Footwear Association’s Rick Helfenbein in Forbes: “Seemingly well-intentioned California legislators are potentially over-reaching in their efforts to achieve a degree of social justice and wage equality in their local garment assembly industry.”
BIDEN, HARRIS AND THE HILL
BACKSEAT BECERRA? — Becerra takes a back seat while others steer Covid response, by POLITICO’s Adam Cancryn.
— “Why California’s congressional delegation must lead on infrastructure bill,” farmers Dan Errotabere and John Monroe opine in CalMatters: “The bill would help promote drought resiliency, adjust to climate change and keep California’s food supply safe.”
SILICON VALLEYLAND
ZUCKED UP — Facebook paid billions extra to the FTC to spare Zuckerberg in data suit, shareholders allege, by POLITICO’s Leah Nylen.
— “Apple Is Working on iPhone Features to Help Detect Depression, Cognitive Decline,” by Wall Street Journal’s Rolfe Winkler: “Company is working with UCLA, Biogen to see if sensitive data like facial expressions, typing metrics could signal mental-health concerns.”
— “Lyft built a brand on being the nice gig work app clad in pink. Its drivers paint a different picture,” by The Washington Post’s Faiz Siddiqui: “The ride-hailing app faces more competition from other apps amid a driver shortage, prompting some drivers to think twice.”
— “Silicon Valley’s quest to live forever could benefit humanity as a whole — here’s why,” by CNBC’s Sam Shead: “Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Alphabet’s Larry Page, Oracle’s Larry Ellison and Palantir’s Peter Thiel are just a few of the super-rich who have taken a keen interest in the fast-emerging field of longevity, according to interviews, books and media reports.”
— “Google to Buy New York City Office Building for $2.1 Billion,” by Wall Street Journal’s Konrad Putzier: “The deal for the new building on Manhattan’s West Side is the most expensive sale of a single U.S. office building since the start of the pandemic—and one of the priciest in U.S. history, according to data company Real Capital Analytics.”
HOLLYWOODLAND
— “Video captures brutal attack along Hollywood Walk of Fame,” via Fox 11 digital team: “The attack is being investigated as an assault with a deadly weapon hate crime.”
AWARDS SHOW ANGST — “Emmys granted exemption to COVID-19 mask rules,” by the New York Post’s Jackie Salo: “LA County’s Health Officer requires everyone to wear a mask indoors, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated,” the agency said in a statement to CNN reporter Oliver Darcy.”
BIG PRICE TAG — “How the pandemic helped scatter $1-million homes across L.A.,” by the LA Times’ Andrew Khouri and Jack Flemming: “The pandemic economy pushed Southern California’s competitive housing market into such overdrive that a defining marker of wealth — the million-dollar home — has become the norm in a growing number of places.”
— “Willie Garson, ‘Sex and the City’ Actor, Dies at 57,” by NYT’s Jesus Jiménez.
CANNABIS COUNTRY
WHOA — “This company is smuggling tons of legal cannabis into streets, whistleblower alleges,” by Leafly’s David Downs: “According to an official with the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC), on Sept. 7 state investigators surprise-inspected the office of Blue Tree LLC, a licensed cannabis distribution company in Oakland, CA.”
MEDIA MATTERS
NEW NPR NEWS — “Public Radio Veteran Adriene Hill to Lead California Statewide Regional Newsroom,” via NPR.
MIXTAPE
OASIS OF ART — “A Theater in a California Canyon Becomes an Oasis Once Again,” by The NYT’s Adam Nagourney.
— “Jo Lasorda, widow of Dodgers legend Tommy Lasorda, dies at 91,” by the LA Times’ Steve Marble.
— “Witness who took video of police beating Rodney King in Los Angeles dies of COVID,” by The Sac Bee’s Don Sweeney.
WAVE WORRY — “Teen surfer missing from Santa Cruz North Coast,” by Santa Cruz Sentinel’s Jessica A. York.
MYSTERY — “Two found dead in Pleasanton car were probably there a month,” by the Mercury News’ Rick Hurd.
— “Bomb threat at Northern California prison followed alleged employee shooting,” by The Sac Bee’s Wes Venteicher.
TRANSITIONS
— John Burke is now comms director for Adam Laxalt’s Nevada Senate campaign. He most recently worked for Kevin Faulconer’s California gubernatorial campaign.
NAME CHANGE — Goodbye League of Conservation Voters and hello to California Environmental Voters, a new name intended to capture the organization’s broader climate change focus.
BIRTHDAYS
Facebook’s Dara Levy … former Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.)
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