Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Wednesday, November 20, 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: Gavin Newsom pledged to release his tax returns every year. The last one was for 2020 CG: How Did CA Gov. Gavin Newsom Buy a $9.1 Million Home on a Public Servant Salary? OCReg: Thousands of UC patient care, service workers to strike Wednesday, Thursday SFC: Two UC unions set strikes Wednesday, Thursday at UCSF and campuses statewide LAT $: Founder of company that created LAUSD chatbot charged with fraud CG: Prop. 32 Fails As Voters Reject Statewide Minimum Wage Going Up To $18 An Hour CalM: No raise for California’s minimum wage workers. Voters reject Prop. 32 VOC: Derek Tran Expands Lead Over Rep. Michelle Steel in One of Nation’s Tightest Congressional Races AP: Multiple election offices report receiving mailed ballots misdirected from other states CalM: California’s slow vote count sows doubt. Here’s how one group is trying to fix that NR: FEMA Contractor Told Georgia Family to Remove Trump Yard Signs, Whistleblower Says CalM: A California child tested positive for bird flu. Here’s why this case is different AP: California governor will not make clemency decision for Menendez brothers until new DA reviews case SFC: Pregnant woman shot in stomach in S.F. SFC: BART police shoot, wound woman who allegedly assaulted officer in Union City Station parking lot LAT $: California’s drug task force halts entry of an estimated $11.9 million in fentanyl, governor says SFC: ‘Charter’ cities are gaining popularity in California, but voters are worried about new taxes New law will require local school districts to teach about mistreatment of Native Americans OCReg: ACLU sues government for records detailing Trump’s mass deportation plan NR: Los Angeles City Council Passes Sanctuary-City Ordinance as Trump Prepares for Mass Deportations LAT $: L.A. ‘sanctuary city’ law won’t prevent deportations. But ‘we are hardening our defenses’ SacBee: California undocumented students grapple with Trump’s re-election: ‘I feel hopeless’ How California keeps transgender student athletes in the game as bans unfold across the country OCReg: UC should cut administrative bloat, not increase non-resident tuition CalM: California’s political clout will fade as long as population growth remains slow CG: Ending DEI Requires Largest Demotion Operation in American History SacBee: Cannabis lounge pilot program advances in Sacramento city council. What’s next? SacBee: Sacramento County school admin failed to stop student from spreading child porn, lawsuit alleges SFC: Risk of Oakland insolvency prompts anxious queries from council members SFC: Meet S.F. mayor-elect Daniel Lurie’s secret weapon: His wife, Becca Prowda OpenAI’s Altman is lobbying City Hall — and advising its new boss SFC: Hundreds of S.F. street ambassadors could be laid off amid City Hall budget crunch SJMN: In Bay Area first, San Mateo supervisors will ask voters for authority to remove sheriff from office SFC: A big change is coming to S.F.’s controversial Valencia Street bicycle lane SFC: Testimony: Communications app was deleted from 49ers-backed council member’s phone SJMN: Anthony Becker trial: Defense fights to show who had access to leaked 49ers report LAT $: Fresno has a homeless problem. So why are its leaders rejecting state-funded housing? Modesto City Schools’ Board of Education approves layoffs of over 75 staff members CalCoast: Paso Robles City Manager back after $2.25 million claim denied CalCoast: Repeat Madonna Inn burglary suspect arrested in San Luis Obispo LAT $: The crops and their paychecks went up in flames: How the Mountain fire hammered farms and farmworkers OCReg: AG asks judge to force LA County to address ‘serious ongoing deficiencies’ in juvenile halls LAT $: Trump takes a hard line on homelessness. Why L.A. Mayor Karen Bass hopes to find common ground CG: Former LA DA Jackie Lacey Speaks About Nathan Hochman’s Victory LAT $: Federal review ‘raises concerns’ about care for Black pregnant patients at Cedars-Sinai OCReg: Once called The Farm, Musick jail in Orange County gets $420 million in improvements VOC: Will La Palma See 20-Year Politicians? VOC: Outgoing Placentia-Yorba Linda School Board Majority Seeks To Lock in Controversial Superintendent VOC: OC Supervisors to Consider Hiring Outside Investigators in Wake of Bribery Scandal Cheech Marin statue now greets visitors outside Riverside museum SDUT: Family landowners want battery storage site in rural San Diego County. Some neighbors do not. SDUT: Crack down on spurs? More veterinarians? Short of banning rodeos, San Diego weighs how to keep animals safe 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