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Monday, April 8, 2024

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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.


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  • LAT $: Democrats book $27 million in ads in California congressional races
  • CG: SEIU and Wealthy Donors Trying to Kill California’s Retail Theft Reform Bills
  • NR: End the Taxpayer-Fueled Stadium–Industrial Complex
  • OCReg: Gov. Gavin Newsom, spend that $6.4 billion from Prop. 1 on treatment that works
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  • LAT $: A solar eclipse is happening today in California. How to get the best view
  • SDUT: Monday’s partial solar eclipse will peak as skies are clearing over much of San Diego County
  • SJMN: Vatican blasts gender-affirming surgery, surrogacy and gender theory as violations of human dignity
  • LAT $: From film sets to farms, visa changes for foreign workers could burden some California businesses
  • SacBee: California water projects killed an illegal number of fish this winter
  • SFC: S.F. Car Break-In Tracker: See vehicle burglaries in near real-time
  • OCReg: Oregon Powerball player wins a $1.3 billion jackpot, ending more than 3 months without grand prize
  • LAT $: California moves to ban the use of paraquat, a powerful weedkiller
  • SJMN: This Bay Area city is using AI to detect homeless camps. Will others follow suit?
  • Rep. Jay Obernolte is driving the AI conversation in Congress — and he’s optimistic about it
  • California lawmakers hold high hopes for new congressional AI task force
  • LAT $: 20 Pomona College protesters arrested after storming, occupying president’s office
  • CG: Is California a Failed State?
  • LAT $: Why Californians are fleeing this once-Golden State
  • OCReg: Proposition 28 funding, intended to supplement arts funding in schools, is being misused
  • Judge Calls Out Biden DOJ's Blatant Double Standard
  • OCReg: Rent control is ‘a ludicrous idea,’ and so is blocking housing
  • Ban Zuckerbucks Nationally
  • Will the Oakland A’s help the city of Sacramento’s looming budget deficit?
  • SFC: Data shows what people are paying in S.F.’s rent-controlled apartments versus their neighbors
  • CalCoast: Cuesta College staffers accused of illegal activity, retaliation
  • VCStar $: Moorpark council approves raise for city manager
  • VOC: What Are Santa Ana Officials Hiding in a Claim Alleging The Police Union Runs City Hall?
  • LAT $: Scandal shadows Andrew Do’s final year on the O.C Board of Supervisors
  • Federal authorities in Riverside investigating Olivet University
  • SDUT: One union spent heavily to remake county Democratic leadership in elected officials’ image. Party activists aren’t thrilled.
  • SDUT: No more Styrofoam takeout containers: After 1-year reprieve, city ban takes effect for small businesses


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