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The measure would allow certain peace officers — like those who work at LAX — and park rangers to transfer their pension plans to one some say will provide better benefits. 🔗 https://ow.ly/lGrm50TEHgk ✍️ Robert Garrova

Artificial intelligence is again at the center of Hollywood labor negotiations, this time between the Animation Guild and studios and streaming companies. Concerns about AI: The Animation Guild released a report last month that said its members' top concern was keeping generative AI from replacing union work. Why now: The union has been negotiating with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers since August. The Guild extended its contract with the AMPTP through Nov. 1. 🔗 https://ow.ly/7eHj50TEGNH ✍️ Libby Rainey 📷 Tim Sullens/ The Animation Guild

"Additional revenue is desperately needed by the fire district," says Los Angeles County Fire Chief Anthony Marrone. 🔗 https://ow.ly/uOgk50TEFrI ✍️ Dana Littlefield and Frank Stoltze

A new report released by the College Futures Foundation finds that while a large majority of California college programs allow graduates to recoup the costs of their postsecondary education in five years or less, a handful leave recent graduates earning less than the typical Californian with only a high school education. 🔗 https://ow.ly/Bl6m50TEF07 ✍️ Amy DiPierro | EdSource 📷 Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

Gov. Newsom reluctantly signed a bill to reform the state’s lemon-vehicle law, despite him saying it has problems that lawmakers will need to fix. It could take several months before lawmakers pass the changes Newsom wants. In the meantime, the provisions of AB 1755 take effect next year. 🔗 https://ow.ly/E5n650TEt5l ✍️ Ryan Sabalow | CalMatters 📷 Larry Valenzuela/ CalMatters/CatchLight Local

A state parole board Wednesday rescinded parole for Stephanie Lazarus, a former Los Angeles police detective who murdered her ex-boyfriend’s wife in 1986. Lazarus, 64, spent more than two decades with the department before she was arrested for the murder in 2009. 🔗 https://ow.ly/9m4150TCPp7 ✍️ Frank Stoltze 📷 Al Seib | AP/Pool Los Angeles Times

Some 2,400 Kaiser mental health workers in Southern California say they’re prepared to go on strike if the health care provider can't meet demands aimed at reducing employee turnover and improving patient care. More than 80% of caregivers — including psychologists, social workers and marriage and family therapists — signed the strike authorization petition. 🔗 https://ow.ly/pVEu50TCNIG ✍️ Robert Garrova 📷 Courtesy National Union of Healthcare Workers

The decision by dockworkers on Thursday to suspend their work stoppage at ports across the East and Gulf coasts prevented what could have been a significant economic impact in California, despite all the planning West Coast ports did in advance. 🔗 https://ow.ly/UGSB50TCPfX ✍️ Libby Rainey 📷 Mario Tama | Getty Images

Gov. Gavin Newsom has fired back in an escalating conflict with Norwalk over the city’s ban on new homeless shelters — a ban local officials recently extended despite the Newsom administration’s warning that the policy was illegal. 🔗 https://ow.ly/YYSo50TCLN3 ✍️ David Wagner 📷 MattGush | Getty Images