Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Friday, January 12, 2024     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 YouTube: The True Threats to Democracy CG: $478,000 Per Unit: Homeless ‘Tiny’ Apartments Now Open in Sacramento SFC: Why Tenderloin businesses worry about a new S.F. homeless intervention in their midst SFC: S.F. still restricted in sweeps of homeless encampments, court rules LAT $: California’s attorney general alleges fraud by a Project Homekey contractor CalM: Newsom administration makes progress on tiny home promise SFC: CEO of biggest U.S. bank: ‘S.F. is in far worse shape than New York’ FoxLA: Loophole lets killer out on elderly parole Weber files notice of appeal to remove Fong from ballot Pension fund CalSTRS longtime CIO Ailman to step down CG: Hunter Biden Pleads Not Guilty To Nine Counts At An LA Federal Court LAT $: Schiff takes narrow lead in Senate race; tight contest for second, new poll shows California continues to stink at attracting new residents CalM: Tech is growing as a source of California tax revenue — that’s the good news and the bad news LAT $: As California transitions to electric vehicles, loss of gas tax revenue may hurt roads SFC: Ex-S.F. mayor Willie Brown inducted into California Hall of Fame Labor deal in flux as Newsom revisits SB 525, the $25 minimum health wage California attorney general warns school districts not to adopt forced outing policies CG: Assemblywoman Megan Dahle Reveals She Had Stroke While Hospitalized In December CalM: Will avalanches in California worsen with climate change? AP: Second avalanche hits California slopes near where a skier was killed one day earlier LAT $: These L.A. residents got $1,000 a month. What happened after the cash stopped? LAT $: Newsom suggests ways to crack down on property crime without dismantling Proposition 47 CG: New Swing State Polls Find Newsom Would Fare Poorly in 2024 Election LAT $: Younger, older Californians take starkly different views of Israel-Hamas war, Times poll finds SDUT: Crew rescued after Navy helicopter crashes into San Diego Bay CG: Happy $20 Billion in Debt New Year: Drowning EDD Sinking Further Biden Saves Democracy by Destroying It SDUT: Newsom's Happy Talk Downplays CA's Vast Budget Deficit CG: Ringside: Water Rationing is the Worst Way to Build Resiliency Elk Grove plans extension of key roadway, approving agreement with Caltrans. Here’s where SFC: What’s the richest San Francisco neighborhood? The answer isn’t as simple as it sounds CG: Google, Twitch, Discord Announce Massive Layoffs As Bay Area Mass Layoffs Continue SJMN: Google will chop 700-plus Bay Area jobs as tech firms start 2024 in grim fashion 3 deaths caused by ‘tranq’/fentanyl mix confirmed in Stanislaus County. ‘Now it is here’ FresBee: Elected Fresno County official to face murder trial, accused of running over Del Rey man FresBee: Days away from closing, Playland park in Fresno is saved for six months. What we know VCStar $: Los Robles hospital CEO to leave in March VCStar $: New rules for panhandlers, oversize vehicles in Ventura VCStar $: Officials seek help for residents hard hit by storm OCReg: Endorsement: Orange Unified recall doesn’t pass the test. Vote No. VOC: Huntington Beach Reignites Fight Against State Housing Law OCReg: Mission Viejo officials: Yes, short-term rentals must pay lodging tax, too OCReg: For Irvine’s Great Park, an Armenian genocide memorial is in the works VOC: Newport Beach Pushes Ahead With $23 Million Lecture Hall OCReg: Beachfront living dreams wiping out? Dana Point plan shows building challenges on the coast OCReg: OC Animal Care makes public viewing hours of shelter kennels permanent SDUT: San Diego’s Paradise Point pays $1M fine, promises more public access to the beach and plenty of free parking SDUT: San Diego Superior Court judge tapped for federal bench as another withdraws nomination SDUT: Faulty toll system on state Route 125 prompts new legal claim over SANDAG billing practices. 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!