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Fullerton’s budget crisis forces painful cuts across city services, including police, parks, libraries, and graffiti removal — all after a failed sales tax measure and an audit revealing $10 million in misclassified funds. Meanwhile, California lawmakers are urged to delay fees tied to SB 54’s plastic reduction law, as industry warns of soaring consumer costs and nonprofit oversight failures, while environmentalists counter that pollution already costs us dearly. A fake LA mayoral poll fooled even Karen Bass’s team, exposing how easily AI-generated misinformation can spread. And in a chilling development, ICE detention oversight has collapsed, leaving thousands vulnerable amid record deaths and unresponsive grievance systems.

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