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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
- AP: What do marijuana, the death penalty and fracking have in common? Harris shifted positions on them
- CalM: California lawmakers kill crime bills, keep reparations proposals alive
- Key CA reparations bills clear major hurdle, head for full floor vote
- CG: Child Care Transparency Bill Passes Assembly Appropriations Committee In Unanimous Vote
- LAT $: Legislators to take up bills on genocide education, campus protest restrictions, DEI training
- LAT $: New poll shows most California voters want to see tougher punishment for theft, fentanyl crimes
- OCReg: We can’t stop technology, but can limit government misuse
- LAT $: California Legislature again rejects bill to make kindergarten mandatory
- SJMN: Park Fire reaches 45% containment
- SJMN: To stop price spikes at the gas pump, Gov. Newsom wants oil companies to maintain minimum fuel reserves
- CalM: California legislators debate giving oil companies until 2031 to monitor wells for leaks
- SJMN: Journalism Preservation Act to make Big Tech pay for news survives key hearing
- SFC: S.F.’s overdose death rate spiked, but it’s not the highest in the U.S. How other counties compare
- SDUT: Homeless encampment that drew asylum seekers cleared from Barrio Logan park
- LAT $: Homeless people will face fines, possible arrest in Long Beach crackdown, city official says
- LAT $: Bass vows not to bus homeless people out for 2028 Olympics. But what will L.A. do?
- CalM: What’s California on the verge of banning now? Octopus farming
- A look at some of the California leaders who will be at the Democratic National Convention
- OCReg: Hollywood Gavin Newsom is ready for his close-up. Or is he?
- CalM: Want property taxes to go up? Why California should reject ballot measure easing bond votes
- CalM: Big Medicine and Newsom square off in battle over billions in health care tax dollars
- OCReg: Larry Elder: Kamala Harris, unscripted, is an incoherent disaster
- CG: Ringside: Floating Offshore Wind – A Financial Catastrophe
- SacBee: Sacramento State students frustrated over proposed mandatory fee increase after town hall
- Sacramento County District Attorney accuses judge of making illegal diversion plea deal
- SFC: S.F. court crisis: Dozens of misdemeanors dismissed for taking too long as attorneys slam judges
- SFC: This Bay Area city converted a hotel into housing for almost 700 students — in just nine months
- SJMN: Google reveals latest plans for downtown San Jose village
- SJMN: Ex-San Jose police union executive intends to admit to illegal opioid importing
- Fresno approves encampment ban, ordinance passed in Visalia
- CalCoast: Foundation awards grants to 20 Central Coast restaurants
- VCStar $: 3 local mayors say why they're not running in November
- VCStar $: County fire agency marks move to Thousand Oaks
- CG: Paying the Accused: DA Gascon’s Top Aide/Potential Felon Still on Payroll
- LAT $: Los Angeles’ building earthquake retrofit data have been outdated for years, Times investigation uncovers
- OCReg: Thousands flock to Intuit Dome opening, as Bruno Mars performs at LA Clippers’ new Inglewood home
- OCReg: Why Mission Viejo City Council seats aren’t on the November election ballot
- OCReg: Orange County sues Viet America Society leaders, including Supervisor Andrew Do’s daughter
- OCReg: Westminster City Councilmember Amy Phan West formally censured
- Some Inland Empire animal shelters participating in ‘clear the shelters’ month
- LAT $: ‘Kill him!’: Video shows disturbing attack on deputy, fatal shooting in Riverside
- SDUT: San Diego rents are up 41% since 2019. It’s nowhere near the highest increase in the U.S.
- SDUT: San Diego police investigating company on complaints of illegal towing
- SDUT: Michael Smolens: Faulconer vs. Lawson-Remer is homelessness vs. Ash Street at the moment
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