Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Monday, April 1, 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 OCReg: The League of California Cities’ war on taxpayers AP: New $20 minimum wage for fast food workers in California is set to start Monday LAT $: Starbucks, Chipotle, McDonald’s: Who’s raising prices in California to pay higher wages LAT $: Newsom has approved three California prison closures but resists pressure to shutter more SFC: The promise of sealing a criminal conviction in California has an enemy: A growing backlog LAT $: Powerful unions allege schools are misusing arts education money, demand state intervention FRBlog: Saturday Headlines FRBlog: Sunday Headlines State lawmakers observe Transgender Day of Visibility. ‘They just want to live their lives.’ Gavin Newsom grants clemency to dozens, including one Sacramento-area man convicted of murder LAT $: The year of the ‘mansion tax’: Hundreds of millions raised, but a chill to L.A.’s luxury market CalM: ‘Getting significantly worse’: California community colleges are losing millions to financial aid fraud SFC: Why some vehicles are set to lose access to carpool lanes in California SDUT: A top San Diego official largely wants government out of homeless services. Here’s what he hopes comes next. SJMN: Are Bay Area homeowners getting any insurance breaks for beefing up their property to protect against wildfires? CG: The Singling Out of Berkey Water Filters OCReg: Watch for $245 in rebates from Edison and SoCalGas thanks to climate credit OCReg: Concerns about San Onofre are real, but experts debate level of risk CG: High Stealth Rail: Where Did the Rest of It Go? OCReg: Is ‘uberveillance’ coming for us all? LAT $: Column: Primary election no-shows in California are a warning to Biden 'Ballots not bullets’: Thousands of Sikh people collect at California Capitol voting for change SFC: Oakland to ask A’s for $97M to extend Coliseum lease for 3-5 years, report says CG: San Francisco Needs a Political Revolution SJMN: Bay Area home sales shot up 25% in February. Could the surge last? SFC: Downtown S.F.’s office buildings are guzzling tons of energy no one is using Modesto just got millions in federal funds for a new 911 call center. But will it happen? Isolated travelers escorted past Big Sur road collapse AP: Crews escorting cars around damaged section of California’s Highway 1 after lane collapsed in storm VCStar $: Affordable housing complex in Oxnard takes applications CG: It’s Official: Gascon Vs. Hochman in November LAT $: After 50 years, Skid Row may be changing forever VOC: Huntington Beach Barred From Approving Any New Housing Developments SDUT: How transparent are San Diego’s school boards? Some districts and charters aren’t making all their business public 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!