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Saturday, May 18, 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

  • LAT $: California pays meth users up to $599 a year to get sober
  • CalM: California promised a higher minimum wage for health care workers. Will Newsom delay it?
  • AP: Teachers criticize Newsom’s budget proposal, say it would ‘wreak havoc on funding for our schools’
  • Gov. Newsom, Legislative Analyst now mostly agree on estimated budget shortfall
  • CG: Assemblyman Essayli Demanding Answers from Democrats For CA Sanctuary Policies
  • CG: Gov. & Mrs. Newsom Vacay in Italy; Sign New ‘Climate Partnership’ in Bologna
  • Thieves targeting Bay Area mail carriers to steal keys, police say
  • OCReg: Aliso Viejo man and delivery driver he is accused of killing both worked at UPS, police say
  • CG: Reparations Bills Have A Mixed Reception From Lawmakers As Many Are Held Back Over Cost
  • SacBee: California will audit its telework policies as workers frown on return-to-office mandates
  • AP: Landslide forces closure of iconic Southern California chapel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son
  • Caltrans proposal aims to replace gas tax with charge per mile driven
  • SFC: How much California climate program could boost gas prices next year
  • SFC: Why S.F. drivers say owning a car in the city is ‘miserable’
  • Sisters in Christ group pays property taxes on Senate candidate Steve Garvey’s home. Why?
  • LAT $: California’s effort to plug abandoned, chemical-spewing oil wells gets $35-million boost
  • LAT $: California school district becomes first in nation to go all electric buses
  • 'Zuckbucks' Group Trains Election Offices
  • OCReg: The persecution of Donald Trump
  • CG: NorCal Railroad Under CARB’s Gun
  • CG: From the Cheap Seats: Zombie Politics
  • LAT $: Sonoma State president retires after being placed on leave for supporting anti-Israel boycott
  • SFC: S.F. homelessness is up. What does that mean for Mayor Breed’s political future?
  • Mayor's plans to bring pandas to SF Zoo hits roadblock
  • SFC: More S.F. mayor’s race drama with two dueling mayoral forums canceled
  • SJMN: Santa Clara County: Man found dead at Elmwood jail
  • CalCoast: Complaint filed against UC Santa Barbara over targeting of Jewish student
  • SJMN: Capitola Wharf, wrecked in huge winter storms, set to reopen after $10 million upgrade
  • AP: California’s scenic Highway 1 to Big Sur opens to around-the-clock travel as slide repair advances
  • LAT $: UCLA Academic Senate rejects censure and 'no confidence' on Chancellor Gene Block
  • LAT $: L.A. County investigating reported hepatitis A case at Beverly Hills Whole Foods
  • Toxic algae blooms hit Inland Empire lakes, threaten people and pets
  • SDUT: San Diego jobless rate falls to its lowest level all year. Leisure, hospitality hiring lead the pack
  • SDUT: Plan to build hundreds of low-income housing units on former Ritz-Carlton site in downtown San Diego reaches critical milestone
  • SDUT: U.S. Attorney McGrath is focused on environment, guns and fentanyl as San Diego’s top federal prosecutor
  • SDUT: Former sheriff’s deputy who shot fleeing man in back indicted by San Diego federal grand jury


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FlashReport Editors
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