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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.
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- LAT $: Orange County congressional candidate Scott Baughs new ad talks about his brothers death from fentanyl
- CalM: California Legislature’s unwritten rule: negotiate in secret with lobbyists, not in public
- SFC: Police are using secret deals to hand pensions to troubled officers. Millions of taxpayer dollars support the system
- CG: Newsom Signs Three ‘Deepfake’ Election Ad Bills Into Law
- AP: California governor signs laws to crack down on election deepfakes created by AI
- OCReg: Elon Musk’s PAC is spending nearly half a million dollars to boost Rep. Michelle Steel in CA-45
- CG: California Insurance Crisis: Homeowners Getting Insured Right Out of Their Homes
- OCReg: Homeowners join consumer advocates in assailing California insurance reforms
- CG: ‘Undocumented’ UC, CSU Students’ Want ‘Legal’ Jobs on Taxpayer-Funded Campuses
- CalM: California’s cap on health care costs is the nation’s strongest. But will patients notice?
- SDUT: Gloria’s re-election lead narrows as challenger Turner taps into voter discontent, poll finds
- LAT $: California legal weed industry in tumult after Times pesticide investigation
- VCStar $: Tax revenue from local cannabis growers more than doubles
- Cooler temperatures, high humidity continue to help firefighters battling Southern California’s 3 wildfires
- SFC: Kamala Harris declines to embrace reparations in rare race-focused interview
- SJMN: Watsonville City Councilman found liable in child sexual abuse case
- SDUT: South County cities move to enact homeless camping bans
- CalM: Homeless students can sleep safely in their cars at this California college. Other campuses say no
- CalM: Disorganization, city-county feuds impede California’s efforts to reduce homelessness
- SacBee: Homeless family sues Sacramento County, nonprofits over poor conditions in motels
- SacBee: Sacramento school board to decide fate of St. Hope charter schools after issues revealed
- Breed responds to Dream Keeper scandal: ‘I take full responsibility’
- SFC: S.F.’s historic ‘orphaned clock’ is a vandalized mess. Fixing it has become an ordeal
- SFC: Mark Farrell, under fire in S.F. mayor’s race, vows to ‘hit the ground running’ if he beats London Breed
- SFC: S.F. scrambles to demolish deserted apartments now used by squatters, as investigations loom
- SFC: Exclusive: S.F. mayor proposes cutting costly fees for businesses opening in former industrial sites
- SJMN: ‘Unease and retaliation’: San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies claim toxic work culture in union spat
- FresBee: Fresno County approves $5.2B budget before lunch, wonders why public isn’t engaged
- SJMN: After public outcry, Gilroy council scuttles controversial resolution calling for “legally valid election”
- LAT $: Arellano: In Wilmington, a political contest where rivals actually get along
- LAT $: Thousands of L.A. tenants face eviction every year without lawyers. The city wants to fix that
- VOC: Huntington Beach Looks to Increase Security at Public Meetings
- OCReg: Ex-OC deputy accused of showing teens obscene videos faces lawsuit, loses law enforcement license
- OCReg: Supervisor Andrew Do sold Westminster home in August
- SDUT: San Diego City Council passes resolution supporting striking hotel workers
- SDUT: Del Mar, Solana Beach and Del Mar Fairgrounds agree to joint resolution on rail relocation project
- SDUT: San Diego courts say budget shortfall will mean backlogs, longer waits
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