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By Tomoki Chien
NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Good morning, and apologies for the late email. Some moron on my floor lit a hand sanitizing station on fire at 6 in the morning, which set off the fire alarm right around the time I wake up to write these newsletters.

I’m a little miffed, to say the least. And now, onto the five USC, Los Angeles and California stories you need to know for today.

1.

LA County Sheriff Robert Luna appointed a former federal prosecutor to eradicate his department’s infamous deputy gangs — groups of deputies accused of promoting violence and abusing their power on the streets and in prisons. Luna’s move was a sharp departure from his predecessor, Alex Villanueva, who denied the existence of the gangs throughout his tenure.

Keri Blakinger / Los Angeles Times

2.

Voting began Wednesday to decide the fate of a prospective union of USC graduate student workers. A National Labor Relations Board official said that, barring unforeseen circumstances, the board will count the votes on Friday and should have a rough idea of the result that day.

Tomoki Chien / Daily Trojan

3.

A legislative report warned that the University of California and California State University systems will require billions of dollars over the next decade to repair, maintain and renovate facilities — billions of dollars that aren’t readily available, and certainly not on top of an already multi-billion dollar maintenance backlog.

Ashley A. Smith / EdSource

4.

Rep. Barbara Lee formally filed to run for Senate a day after Sen. Diane Feinstein announced her retirement, signaling the start of the high-profile battle between her and Democratic heavyweights Reps. Adam Schiff and Katie Porter. Lee, an Oakland Democrat, had previously privately confided to the Congressional Black Caucus that she’d run for Feinstein’s seat.

Alexi McCammond and Eugene Scott / Axios

5.

USC Undergraduate Student Government presidential candidates will square off in a debate tonight at 7 p.m. in Wallis Annenberg Hall. Five candidates are running for the job — far more than any election in recent memory — which should give the 10 undergraduates who actually vote (the candidates and their running mates, probably) a fairly diverse range of platforms to choose from.

Sophia Ketterer and Jacob Wheeler / Annenberg Media

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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