Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Thursday, August 15, 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 CalM: Do outgoing legislators “shop” for lobbying jobs in final weeks of the session? CalM: Bond voyage: Supporters yank California’s largest-ever affordable housing measure CG: SF Housing Finance Authority Drops $20 Billion Bond Effort CalM: What 9 cases from Kamala Harris’ past say about her record as a California prosecutor CalM: Gavin Newsom, once Biden’s biggest cheerleader, inches into the Kamala Harris campaign CG: Senate Republicans Rally Against Resurrection of Prisoner W/O Parole Early Release Bill SFC: California lawmakers passed a slate of retail theft bills, but rifts over crime remain OCReg: Californians will vote on $18 minimum wage. Workers already want $25 and more LAT $: 1.45 million California students are chronically absent. Can recess and cash get them back? OCReg: State will audit Angel Stadium lease, questioning shared revenue and maintenance CG: New California U.S. Senate Poll Shows Schiff Continuing Large Lead Over Garvey OCReg: California auto insurance premiums soaring 54% this year CalM: California seeks Biden administration approval for controversial diesel truck ban Central Valley Democrats and Republicans in close House races skip DNC and RNC. Here’s why LAT $: Hollywood is slowly getting back to work, but the days of peak TV aren’t coming back SacBee: After the CSU mishandled Title IX, how are they implementing state recommendations? SFC: New S.F. data shows drugs and alcohol increasingly driving homelessness Stanislaus County saw over 400 fentanyl-related deaths in last 42 months, latest numbers show SFC: S.F.’s fatal overdoses drop again, a hopeful sign for devastating fentanyl crisis VCStar $: $130 million in Project Homekey grants awarded in nine counties CalM: Unions try to protect jobs in California with legislation to limit use of digital technology OCReg: High cost-of-living has destroyed the California Dream CG: OPINION: California Slavery Reparations Fallacies SFC: Richmond agrees to $550M Chevron settlement, will pull tax ballot measure CG: Crumbling California: Even Denny’s Closes in San Francisco SFC: Key S.F. union backs Mark Farrell for mayor after supporting London Breed in 2018 SJMN: Former employee faces felony charges for threat to kill workers at site of Half Moon Bay mass shooting Law enforcement, scrap yards team up to combat copper theft in Fresno After saying baseball’s Modesto Nuts are leaving, Modesto to talk with Mariners Cities oppose ‘biofuel facility’ proposed by Stanislaus County. ‘Is it the best we can do?’ CalCoast: Former San Luis Obispo County deputy guilty of abusing inmate CalCoast: Panetta secures federal funding for the Paso Robles Airport LAT $: Who disciplines LAPD officers? Records show same lawyers picked repeatedly for process LAT $: ‘Our city is not an RV park’: L.A. to study widespread RV parking ban OCReg: Poll: Half of Orange County considers move, weighs prices vs. quality of life OCReg: Two OC supervisors call on county, state and federal agencies to investigate Viet America Society LAT $: Huntington Beach qualifies 8 candidates for City Council race OCReg: The Andrew Do-Viet America Society scandal has gone beyond the point of absurdity OCReg: City of Irvine to build $100 million municipal gym on Red Hill Avenue Riverside County officials explain elections process, but some are still skeptical SDUT: 3 East County cities will decide in November whether to create or extend sales taxes SDUT: Judge again halts 3,000-home project in Santee after city leaders sidestepped voters SDUT: Despite new state law, East County school district adopts gender parental-notification policy SDUT: ‘Your Herculean efforts fall short:’ State water board scolds IBWC for not fixing sewage treatment plant 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 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice