Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Wednesday, April 24, 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 LAT $: New head of LADWP will make $750,000 a year — nearly twice as much as her predecessor SFC: PG&E’s CEO gets paid $17 million. Here’s how that compares to other utility leaders SFC: S.F.’s fight against drugs and stolen goods in the Tenderloin opens new front: corner stores CG: California’s Red Ink is Negatively Impacting Municipalities Large and Small CG: NEW REPORT: California Ranks Among Bottom of 50 States for Financial Transparency CG: President Biden Set to Sign ‘Pandemic Treaty’ with World Health Organization SDUT: Is California still the world’s 5th-largest economy? CalM: An ‘impossible situation’: Why California hospitals are suing a major health insurer CalM: The Cal Grant expansion for California college students is in jeopardy as the state deficit grows LAT $: ‘We will not move.’ Pro-Palestinian encampments, protests grow at California universities CalM: Will less homework stress make California students happier? CG: Legislation to Fast-Track Land Rezoning Supposed to Increase Affordable Housing Availability LAT $: These are the California cities where $150,000 still buys you a home. Would you live here? SJMN: More farmworker housing, high-density zones added to San Mateo County housing plan OCReg: US agrees to $138 million settlement with Larry Nassar assault victims CG: Tesla Lays Off 3,332 Employees In California LAT $: Why Disney is doubling down on theme parks with a $60-billion plan SFC: California proposal for speed governors in cars advances in Legislature — with one big change SJMN: Chaotic Dublin prison closure leads to fighting, crying, cutting, inmates say SacBee: He owes thousands in taxes. He’s got a controversial past. Why is Steve Garvey running for Senate? OCReg: John Phillips: California’s fast food follies OCReg: John Stossel: Capitalism versus racism CG: CARB Now Trying to Ruin Rail CalM: Key questions about California’s budget deficit remain unanswered as deadlines loom OCReg: Los Angeles Metro has sacrificed safety on the altar of appeasement to anti-police activists OCReg: Sen. Laphonza Butler’s disappointing six months in office SacBee: Sacramento reveals amount paid to settle police shooting death lawsuit — 6 months later SFC: ‘Scary, unsafe’: Nurses at S.F. General argue understaffing is at crisis level despite hiring SJMN: San Jose mayor’s bodyguard attacked during interview New stop signs coming to dangerous southeast Fresno intersection Congressman Costa unveils legislation regarding regulation of biolabs CalCoast: Under pressure, Grover Beach quits recycled water project VCStar $: Lake Casitas reaches capacity, highest level since 1998 VCStar $: Former youth prison outside Camarillo stays empty OCReg: Plan to kill Catalina deer using sharpshooters in copters is opposed by county LAT $: New law promises retail workers in unincorporated L.A. County ‘fair workweek’ LAT $: AI-powered cameras installed on Metro buses to ticket illegally parked cars LAT $: Los Angeles makes progress but earns 25th-straight F in air quality OCReg: Yorba Linda residents have second chance to approve new housing plan VOC: Laguna Beach Officials Consider Raising Taxes VOC: Brea to Enforce Street Sweeping Requirements OCReg: Nonprofit accuses Orange of using unrealistic parcels in its housing plan Alvord schools name new superintendent Transient sentenced for setting 2 fires in Riverside SDUT: ‘Simply not fair’: Council members express skepticism of Gloria’s proposed budget cuts — and float exempting certain areas 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!