Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Saturday, May 11, 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. program gives homeless people free booze. Why the city says it’s helpful CalM: Big cuts, no new taxes: Gov. Newsom’s plan to fix California’s budget deficit SacBee: California Republican leaders respond to Gov. Newsom’s updated budget: ‘The math is not mathing’ AP: Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes painful cuts to close California’s growing budget deficit GOP congressmember decries mail-in ballot ‘flaws’ after 104 Southern California votes aren’t counted LAT $: Biden raises millions in the Bay Area as he says his campaign is underestimated Biden met by protesters outside Bay Area fundraising events OCReg: How much do your mayor and city councilmembers make? Check it out SFC: Double burglary pushes popular Oakland restaurant to brink of closure OCReg: Sam Rubin, KTLA 5 entertainment reporter, dies at 64 CalM: Gavin Newsom can save millions by closing more prisons. Why he’s holding back LAT $: High housing costs may be California’s biggest problem. The state’s politics haven’t caught up Why some of SF's formerly unhoused frequent the streets again CalM: Amid deficit, Newsom proposes California spend less to solve homelessness and create affordable housing LAT $: Homelessness down in Long Beach, up in Orange County, latest counts find LAT $: L.A. prosecutors say recording of racist City Hall conversation was a crime but refer case to the city attorney CalM: Disconnected youth: Some young Californians lack work, school options CG: UC Berkeley Cancels Fall U.S. Senate Debate Over Protest, Safety Concerns OCReg: California job losses jump 20% in a year SFC: Prosecutors recommend 40 years in prison for Pelosi attacker David DePape SFC: Federal study shows vast amount of forest lost in California after wildfires, drought CG: BLM Sues Tides Foundation OCReg: Susan Shelley: Did anyone in the Biden administration ever pass an economics class? Maybe not. CG: University of California Now Discriminates Based on Parental Income, Education Is This Biden's 'Supermarket Scanner' Moment? OCReg: May Revise sets up California for painful spending choices and tax increases NR: The Old California Missions: Force for Good or Evil? Sacramento State President Luke Wood speaks out after encampment protest ends SacBee: California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he’s ‘against divestment’ after Sac State changes policy language SFC: S.F. moderate groups rose to power promising solutions. But they’re already imploding SJMN: Grand jury transcripts offer details on infamous Los Gatos teen parties a parent is accused of organizing LAT $: Brush fire burns more than 300 acres in Kern County CalCoast: San Luis Obispo seeking third pot shop, delivery service closes LAT $: L.A. County captures 96 billion gallons of water during ‘super year’ of storms LAT $: A Long Beach man started a petition to ban Airbnb in his neighborhood — and it worked OCReg: ‘Den of vampiric fat cats’ could cost Anaheim millions in lawsuit LAT $: ‘Let her go! Let her go!’ Fontana officer shoots armed man who put his partner in a headlock SDUT: SANDAG, facing federal investigation, OKs $500,000 for outside lawyers to respond SDUT: As deaths and lawsuits pile up, sheriff selects another medical provider for San Diego County jails 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!