Daily Business Report: November 13, 2026
Censorship by Paywall: California’s Next Education Order Stays Hidden
By Megan Barth | California Globe
The California Federation of Teachers did not simply ask Governor Gavin Newsom for a three-year pause on generative AI in K-8 classrooms. It routed the request through a national outlet’s subscriber paywall and left the actual document out of the hands of California parents, local reporters, and the public that would be governed by it. That choice is not a minor press strategy, it is a preview.
With the midterms delivering a Democratic “Blue Tsunami,” the early signals are already familiar: select the friendly amplifiers, withhold primary documents, and treat independent California media as optional.
The CFT letter, shared exclusively with POLITICO and still unavailable to everyone else who doesn’t pay for access during an “affordability crisis,” fits an all-too-familiar pattern.
San Diego Police Used Flock to Surveil Officers, Domestic Violence Victim
by Jakob McWhinney | Voice of San Diego
As the fight over whether to cancel San Diego’s contract with the controversial surveillance firm Flock heats up, records show that investigators with the San Diego Police Department used the technology to surveil officers.
Last year, Internal Affairs detectives used the license plate readers to surveil an officer they were investigating of misconduct. They also surveilled a victim of domestic violence with whom they suspected the officer had a sexual relationship.
It is not the only time SDPD has used the tech to surveil its own officers, a department spokesperson confirmed.
by Alysa Horton | Times of San Diego
San Diego Rep. Sara Jacobs is pushing to become vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus, which has been suddenly remade by a historic wave of victories in last week’s midterm election.
If elected to help lead the new House majority, Jacobs said she would use her role to fight for policies aimed at easing the cost-of-living pressures facing American families — particularly the rising costs of child care.
“My focus is making sure we’re addressing the high cost of living here in San Diego and across the country, and in particular the cost of housing and the cost of child care,” she told Times of San Diego on election night. “It is the perfect moment for us to enact universal free child care for every family in America, and I am hopeful that with this big Democratic majority, we’ll be able to get that done.”
