Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Saturday, December 16, 2023     Dear John, CLICK HERE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE FR MAIN PAGE [Note: The above link takes you to the current page. You would have to toggle the date on the site if the headlines below have cycled out.] 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... THE HEADLINES AP: Shohei Ohtani’s contract with the Dodgers could come with bonus of mostly avoiding California taxes SFC: Why is S.F. spending $113K per cabin for homeless? Nonprofit says it could build for less LAT $: U.S. homelessness up 12% to highest reported level as rents soar and pandemic aid lapses NR: U.S. Homelessness Hits Highest Recorded, New Survey Shows VCStar $: Thousand Oaks homeless housing project in limbo as foreclosure looms CG: Garvey Overtakes Porter For Second Place In U.S. Senate Race FoxLA: Protesters demanding cease-fire in Gaza blocked traffic near LAX OCReg: Group of pro-Palestine protesters snarls traffic near LAX amid holiday travel SFC: Eighty protesters will be charged for shutting down Bay Bridge SJMN: Google workers, others hold ‘die-in’ over Project Nimbus contract with Israel California suspends leave buyback program for state workers to address $68 billion deficit SDUT: Did the federal government make the right call giving money to California high-speed rail projects? CalM: Year in review: Legislators respond to hot labor summer, crime concerns Assemblyman Vince Fong not allowed to run for Kevin McCarthy's seat LAT $: California elections officials say Assemblymember Vince Fong can’t run for Congress in Bakersfield SDUT: Michael Smolens: DeMaio targets the California Republican Party LAT $: Authorities break up Orange County crime ring: 20 suspects accused in more than 30 burglaries SFC: Suspects ram vehicle, overturn it, then rob victim at gunpoint in Oakland FoxLA: Mailbox thief hits West Hollywood apartment buildings CalM: How are students doing? New California School Dashboard is out LAT $: California’s Sen. Padilla personally warned Biden not to fold to GOP on immigration to aid Ukraine VOSD: Water Authority Contingent Wants to Undo Divorce Settlement Laptop From Hell Returns To Play a Central Role FBI Official Who Helped Launch Trump-Russia Probe Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Work with Russian Oligarch CG: City of Sacramento’s Sneaky All-Electrification Plan of Existing Buildings and Homes Sean Loloee pleads not guilty to conspiracy, obstruction and use of false immigration documents Mayor Darrell Steinberg joins KCRA 3 to talk homelessness, crime in Sacramento SJMN: ‘Dying on their watch’: Newsom criticizes Santa Clara County for slow-walking conservatorship reform CRMC Pediatric Intensive Care Unit beds to move to ICU, officials say CalCoast: Misinformation fuels discord over Paso Robles school closure VCStar $: Los Robles hospital pays $30.5M in settlement over death VOC: Anaheim City Councilwoman Natalie Rubalcava Quietly Out as State Assemblyman’s District Director OCReg: Board of Supervisors to consider broadened conflict of interest disclosures OCReg: New housing projects in Costa Mesa could be required to include affordable housing OCReg: Cypress cleared of violating open meeting laws in election decision Danny Gonzalez resigns from Temecula school board SDUT: San Diego Housing Commission gets new president and fills out seven-member board Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site!     Sincerely, FlashReport Editors FLASHREPORT | Website FlashReport | 4040 MacArthur Blvd., Suite 20, Newport Beach, CA 92660 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!