Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Thursday, January 18, 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 CG: San Francisco Announces Record 806 Overdose Deaths In City In 2023 LAT $: Voters say California’s budget deficit is an ‘extremely serious’ problem, poll finds SFC: Will San Francisco city workers strike this year? Unions rally to kick off tense labor talks LAT $: Judge tells Beverly Hills homeowners no housing improvements without more affordable housing SFC: GOP congressman calls out People’s Park housing plan opponents Politico: Why a California lawmaker is fighting to flip statehouses LAT $: Despite California exodus, the well-off and well-educated still flock here. Will they stay? SFC: Dramatic change in one demographic is happening in California like nowhere else AP: Biden administration finalizes a $1.1 billion aid package for California’s last nuclear power plant NR: Biden Health Officials Targeted Red States with Medicaid Program Audits CG: Julie Su Sued Over Freelancer Rule AP: Former ESPN sportscaster ejected from RV crash onto busy Southern California freeway and survives CalM: State program to clear homeless encampments show signs of success, but housing remains elusive VCStar $: T.O. City Council approval gets homeless center underway SDUT: Michael Smolens: Will 2024 be a pivotal year in fighting homelessness? Fresno Mission CEO spending 24 hours on bench to address homelessness SDUT: Downtown homelessness? It keeps going down. Countywide? Not so much. AP: Package mailed to rural California elections office tested positive for fentanyl, authorities say SJMN: Oakland man who came to the US in his early 20s has struck it rich through fentanyl sales, feds allege OCReg: Former Chapman law dean John Eastman pushes for big money to help defense AP: Some US states and NYC succeed in getting 2020 census numbers double-checked and increased LAT $: ICE to extend California immigrant detention facility contract until June - Los Angeles Times Arnold Schwarzenegger held at German airport after not declaring watch LAT $: Raw oysters have sickened diners across Southern California. Take caution, officials warn LAT $: Interview: California’s newest senator, Laphonza Butler, on Trump, Gaza and her future NR: Let America Sprawl CalM: Rollercoaster weather shows why California needs better infrastructure for wetter years CG: Deference Deterrence: Will U.S. Supreme Court Let the Bureaucrats Keep Running Wild? CG: Ringside: The Klamath Basin ‘Restoration’ is at What Cost? CG: EdSource Article Promoting Racial Preferences Cheapens Higher Ed LAT $: L.A. Times’ George Skelton: 50 years cutting “through the B.S.” of California politics SFC: City College of S.F. gets dire warning: Fix problems or face serious consequences SFO terminal to be renamed after late US Sen. Dianne Feinstein SFC: The number of families fleeing Oakland schools is spiking. Here’s what’s going on SJMN: More racist texts from scandalized former San Jose cop revealed in court filing FresBee: Two new cannabis dispensaries open, bringing Fresno to six pot shops. Are any near you? Rising rent in Modesto hurts seniors more than anyone. It’s ‘a life-or-death issue’ FresBee: Golfing, camping fees up for increases by Fresno’s parks department. Here’s what’s proposed City of Hanford to annex 6 county islands Clovis Unified to put Narcan in every single classroom CalCoast: SLO County waste agency accused off misappropriation of funds, again VCStar $: Ojai eyes city manager who had $438K separation from Pacific Grove FoxLA: LA County police chase suspect tries to get into mall in Cerritos – finds out stores were closed OCReg: 2 Orange County school districts reach combined $4.8 million settlement with sex abuse survivors OCReg: Landslide closes San Clemente’s popular beach trail again, this time indefinitely OCReg: Laguna Beach ending use of herbicide spray in fire prep, looks at organic options for restoration OCReg: Signatures filed for recall of Anaheim councilmember Deliberations resuming after 3-week break in trial of ex-LAPD officer who killed man in Corona Costco San Bernardino County, Ontario deny liability in 3 drowning deaths in flood control channel SDUT: Just ahead of March primary, Campillo fined by ethics board for 2020 campaign violations SDUT: Chula Vista will pursue rejoining ‘welcoming city’ program, just not the same as before SDUT: National City swears in new top cop, a lifelong resident and veteran of the department 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!