Less than 1: AM Edition, May 27

This morning on Less than 1: California moves to dismiss the federal government's lawsuit over its clean car rules for lack of standing -- plus the downtown Los Angeles federal courthouse set to be renamed for the Mendez family, whose 1945 desegregation case helped pave the way for Brown v. Board of Education, a federal judge poised to hear a challenge to California's race-based Black Infant Health program, and why crypto and fintech companies are suddenly racing to become the very banks they once promised to replace.

Stories mentioned in this newsletter:

(NYT) Trump Wants to Create More Banks. Many Firms Are Heeding His Call.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/27/business/bank-charters-fintech-crypto.html

(SF Chronicle) UCSF doctor has bold plan to achieve universal primary care in California
https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/universal-primary-care-ucsf-22271182.php