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The FlashReport Main Page has been updated with all of the big stories in California...The FlashReport Blog is constantly updated with over 24 different correspondents penning items of interest to those who follow California politics and policy...

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• CG: San Francisco Reparations Plan Installs a ‘Neo-Apartheid System’
• CalM: Reparations panel recommends possible millions for eligible Black Californians
• SJMN: California task force member says reparations are about more than payouts
• SacBee: Taxing corporations, closing prisons? Gavin Newsom weighs options to close California’s deficit
• CG: LA Public Health Chief Barbara Ferrer Grilled in Court for On-Going ‘Twitter Files’ Censorship Scandal’
• AP: California bank regulator finds own faults in bank’s demise
• CalM: Report: Regulators saw problems, but didn’t make Silicon Valley Bank fix them fast enough
• Actor Scott Baio says he's leaving CA over homelessness, crime
• CG: T-Mobile, Williams-Sonoma Latest Stores To Close In San Francisco
• SDUT: New shelters and partnerships: South County’s latest efforts on homelessness
• SDUT: San Diego to open homeless camp sites at two parking lots near Balboa Park
• VOSD: Mayor Pitches Balboa Park Safe Campsites
• Plan would expand homeless shelter’s day center. Here’s when Modesto Council votes
• CalM: A Bay Area homebuilder planned a project with union rules. Can it work anywhere else?
• LAT $: California’s vulnerable water system faces many threats
• SJMN: ‘Devalued, demeaned and frustrated’: Cupertino investigation finds culture of distrust in staff from two council members
• SDUT: Judge extends restraining order against Lemon Grove council member amid multiple misconduct accusations
• LAT $: Hollywood is calling it ‘the Netflix strike.’ Here’s why
• CG: State Awards Nearly $8 Million For Better Security At Abortion Facilities
• SJMN: Why are Oakland’s kids still not in school? Striking teachers say it’s for the ‘common good’
• LAT $: Porter, Schiff and Lee each make the case they're the most labor-friendly Senate candidate
• OCReg: Long waits and hallway beds, as crowded ERs struggle to meet patient demand
• SDUT: Members of Congress demand answers from DHS over asylum seekers held between border walls
• LAT $: Column: He was a California kingmaker and political genius. But Michael Berman preferred anonymity
• LAT $: Long-delayed study to have civilians, not police, make L.A. traffic stops set for release
• If Hunter Biden Is Indicted
• Expect the FBI To Protect Biden, Arrest Trump
• OCReg: Susan Shelley: Flaws of California’s income-based utility bill plan continue to be exposed
• OCReg: As the California interior burns, coastal cities continue to block housing
• OCReg: California’s budget deficit poses a major challenge for Gov. Newsom
• LAT $: Column: A half-century after failing to reform mental health care, California tries again
• SacBee: Could Davis stabbings suspect face the death penalty? Decision may take months, says DA
• SFC: Downtown S.F. has 18.4 million square feet of empty office space. We mapped every vacancy
• SFC: S.F. D.A. warns supervisor against interfering with Banko Brown case
• SFC: This S.F. supervisor is officially challenging Mayor Breed’s 2024 re-election bid
• AP: Oakland 2nd California diocese to seek bankruptcy over abuse
• SFC: Report: A’s looking at Vegas ‘backup’ sites as they seek public money
• SFC: Rename UC Berkeley? How university responds to ‘denamed’ overseas library
• Following 'profiling' accusations, SJPD defends Cinco de Mayo closures
• Three city managers within one month? Ceres council considers taking that action
• Budget cuts and COVID delayed Modesto rental housing inspection program. When will it begin?
• Workers file lawsuit against Community Hospice of Modesto, claiming unpaid wages
• CalCoast: Are San Simeon officials cleaning house?
• VCStar $: Fairgrounds CEO departs in retirement, board announces
• LAT $: South Pasadena's police cars will soon all be Teslas
• VOC: Irvine Set to Incur up to $360 Million in Bonds to Buy Asphalt Plant
• VOC: Orange County’s Controversial Green Energy Agency Appoints Temporary CEO
• OCReg: Orange County Power Authority has a new interim CEO
• LAT $: Column: In Newport Beach, an old ferry company navigates choppy waters toward zero emissions
• VOC: After Scathing State Audit, is OC’s Health Plan for the Poor Getting the Message?
• SBSun: Crush concrete, or move the pile? San Bernardino orders report on Oxbow site options
• Homeless population rises 12% from 2022 in Riverside County
• VOSD: Environment Report: Gloria’s Budget Doesn’t Fund Position to Lead Building Electrification
• SDUT: KUSI, longtime independent San Diego TV station, to be sold to Nexstar for $35M

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