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Tuesday, May 7, 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.


THE HEADLINES

  • California lawmakers grill Newsom administration on homelessness spending and lack of data
  • CalM: Did California’s massive COVID homeless shelter program work? A new evaluation probes the results
  • SDUT: San Diego council members skeptical of new shelters amid possible cuts to existing homelessness programs
  • LAT $: Lawmakers grill Newsom officials on homelessness spending after audit causes bipartisan frustration
  • LAT $: San Francisco shelter operator got $105,000 for work it never did, city officials say
  • NR: California’s Predictably Disastrous Minimum-Wage Hikes
  • SJMN: One of California’s largest home insurance companies is raising rates by 15% on average
  • SFC: California’s second-largest reservoir is now full
  • VCStar $: State's deficit could halt disability workers raises
  • Former Stockton Unified board president accused of misusing district credit card appears in court
  • SFC: New California law will upend restaurant prices. What it could look like for 3 famous dishes
  • CalM: Newsom wants California state employees back in the office. New ruling makes it harder to object
  • LAT $: UCLA detectives use Jan. 6 tactics to find masked mob members who attacked pro-Palestinian camp
  • SDUT: Police crackdown on pro-Palestinian protest at UC San Diego leads to dozens of arrests, criticism
  • AP: California reports the first increase in groundwater supplies in 4 years
  • Thief swaps $255K Tiffany ring with cubic zirconia replica: police
  • 14 more felony arrests made in Rancho Cucamonga anti-theft crackdown
  • SJMN: Elizabeth Holmes’ projected release from prison is moved closer
  • CG: Hating Jews in Elementary School: Berkeley Public Schools Tolerating Antisemitism
  • CalM: California restaurants shouldn’t be shocked law banning ‘junk fees’ applies to them
  • CA Is Penalizing Our Religious Beliefs
  • OCReg: California legislators misunderstand basic economics. Taxpayers will pay the price.
  • OCReg: The Teamsters’ campaign against AVs isn’t really about safety
  • SacBee: Comment praising Hitler in Sacramento class prompts debate after high school paper prints it
  • SFC: S.F. created an office to fix its system for reporting sex crimes. Years later, it’s changed almost nothing
  • SF's unhoused tent count hits 5-year low, Mayor Breed says
  • SF nonprofit meant to help unhoused community accused of fraud
  • Merced County supervisors to discuss possible fire station closures
  • LAT $: Tiny Central Coast newsroom Lookout Santa Cruz wins Pulitzer Prize
  • VCStar $: $12M in loans awarded to affordable housing projects
  • CG: Former Los Angeles DA Lacey Endorses Nathan Hochman
  • OCReg: OCTA details cost of adding sand in coastal armoring proposal for tracks in San Clemente
  • OCReg: OC judge scheduled to testify on allegations he withheld evidence as a prosecutor
  • VOC: Fountain Valley Allows Digital Freeway Advertising; Will Drivers be Distracted?
  • Mojave Cross finally finds a safe, permanent place in the San Bernardino County desert
  • SDUT: Plaintiffs challenging San Diego County jail practices want a court order to depose sheriff


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FlashReport Editors
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