Morning Brief, Oct. 3: California governor debate: The immigration dispute as mail voting nears

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New in California

• California governor debate: The immigration dispute as mail voting nears. Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton debated immigration and homelessness as California county officials prepared to mail ballots to voters.

Last week

• Newsom signs California laws on customer-service wait times and loud audio ads (Sept. 30). California customers may reach a person within 15 minutes or schedule an appointment; loud ads on podcasts and music streams are barred.
• Coroner identifies pilot, passenger killed in Hesperia plane crash (Sept. 28). Two people killed in a Sept. 24 plane crash in Hesperia were identified as pilot Guy Kapulnik and passenger Taylor Laska.
• Sonja Shaw and Richard Barrera advance to California superintendent election (Sept. 27). Sonja Shaw and Richard Barrera will advance to the November 2026 general election for California superintendent of public instruction.

Did you know…

…that California's new replacement-tire rules set a rolling-resistance limit of 9.1 N/kN in 2029 and 7.2 N/kN in 2033?

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