Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Wednesday, April 3, 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 SFC: S.F. homeless housing nonprofit blasted for misusing taxpayer funds AP: California enters spring with vital snowpack above average for a second year LAT $: Amid above-average snowpack, Newsom urges focus on state water resilience and adaptation VOC: Why Did Santa Ana Pay Out Over $600K to Settle a Claim Alleging the Police Union Runs City Hall? CalM: Progressive Democrats say services, not penalties, will cut crime OCReg: ‘Don’t send California homeless funding off cliff’ many cry as budget cuts loom LAT $: Thief who finagled luxury hotel room keys admits to brazen diamond necklace heist SJMN: A wealthy Peninsula town is dragging its feet on building housing, state says. Now, it faces consequences CalM: California’s most controversial housing law could get a makeover SFC: YIMBY group pays S.F. in settlement over lawsuit about housing at SoMa Nordstrom parking lot SFC: S.F. helped only a handful of people so far through California’s ambitious new mental health program Rising gas prices impacting local families and businesses CalPERS sells major, long-vacant lot in downtown Sacramento to local band of Miwok tribe SJMN: Santa Clara Valley Healthcare nurses strike as county shells out more than $20 million on contract nurses Walnut Creek bans sound amplifiers at Planned Parenthood protests Feds Pay Dead People $1.3 Billion CalM: California progressives forced to play defense as state faces huge budget deficits OCReg: Attorney General Rob Bonta’s bad-faith rebranding of ballot initiative threatens California’s democracy OCReg: How many jobs will California’s $20 fast-food minimum wage kill? On two-year anniversary of Sacramento downtown mass shooting, witnesses still hesitant SJMN: A’s, Oakland still ‘far apart’ on Coliseum lease extension; Sacramento meeting looms CG: New Controller’s Report Finds San Francisco Lost 21,000 Jobs in Last Three Months SJMN: Former deputy sues San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus, claims retaliation for lack of endorsement VCStar $: New CEO set to take helm at Los Robles hospital VCStar $: Lake Casitas in the Ojai Valley edges closer to spilling OCReg: New housing project planned near the shuttered Irvine All American Asphalt plant OCReg: Anaheim hosting open house for residents to ask questions about Disneyland development plans State probe of San Bernardino County deputies’ fatal shooting of unarmed teen in Hesperia not complete Riverside County, SEIU contract OK’d by supervisors — with a warning SDUT: Residents launch drive to bring half-cent sales tax for Santee Fire to November ballot SDUT: Trial opens in first of its kind ‘antifa’ conspiracy case arising from Pacific Beach political protest SDUT: They’ve been living in hotels since the Jan. 22 floods. But some could have to move out as soon as next week. 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!