Newsom takes on the oil industry

Good morning. Here are the five USC, Los Angeles and California stories you need to know for today.

California legislators are considering exacting penalties on the oil industry, a move which Gov. Gavin Newsom has pushed for citing what he calls price gouging and supersized profits. Notably, the governor characterized the proposal as a penalty rather than a tax — which means the eventual bill would need fewer votes to pass.

Christine Mai-Duc and Benoît Morenne / The Wall Street Journal

Los Angeles teachers are calling for higher wages, smaller classes and a reduction in standardized testing. The unionized educators in the country’s second-largest school district staged three separate rallies on Monday.

Howard Blume / Los Angeles Times

Tens of thousands of Angelenos could face eviction in the new year when pandemic-era tenant protections expire. The end to rental assistance programs and eviction moratoria could spell disaster for many of the county’s low income residents and exacerbate an already dire housing crisis.

Danielle Kaye / NPR

The University of California strike is still going strong. Protestors are in fact amping up their tactics, staging sit-ins to disrupt university officials in their offices and accusing the university of negotiating in bad faith.

Tim Johns / ABC7

Southern California regulators called on the federal government to help curtail the region’s air pollution in order to comply with a 2015 federal standard for ozone. Ports, rail yards and airports — big polluters in the nation’s smoggiest region — all fall under federal jurisdiction.

Tony Briscoe / Los Angeles Times

You’re all caught up. Thanks for reading Morning, Trojan, and have a good day. Anna Hsu copy edited this newsletter.

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