Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Thursday, November 21, 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 CG: CA 2025-2026 State Budget Deficit at $2 Billion, Expected To Grow Exponentially California has no capacity for new spending, state's top policy and financial analyst says LAT $: Nearly half of L.A.’s record homelessness budget went unspent, city controller finds OCReg: Councilmembers raise concerns proposed anti-camping law could criminalize homeless in Santa Ana CG: ‘It is Not Controversial for Four-Year-Old Boys to Wear Dresses to School’ Teachers Union Affirms SJMN: Female students sue California school district, alleging they were told to remove shirts opposing transgender athletes CalM: Conservative professors and students are suing California’s community colleges, and winning SFC: Christine Pelosi is part of a small army of ballot ‘curers’ in wildly close California House race CalM: California voters pass Prop. 34 health care spending rules LAT $: California teachers are cursing Donald Trump in the classroom. Is it their right? LAT $: California water agency considers spending $141 million on Delta tunnel project Christy Holstege concedes in Inland Empire Assembly district race VOC: Derek Tran’s Lead Keeps Growing Over Rep. Michelle Steel in OC’s Dead Heat Congressional Race LAT $: Former L.A. City Councilman Ridley-Thomas’ ultimate campaign: To clear his name AP: Rain and snow pummel Northern California SJMN: Atmospheric river storm brings first waves of rain to Bay Area CG: UC Davis Makes Top 25 List of Most Antisemitic Colleges in 2024 CG: House Committee Blasted UCLA for Ceding to Pro-Hamas Mobs SJMN: Why was California’s voter turnout is so low this cycle? CalM: California lets defendants challenge racism in court. Few have succeeded CAGOP executive Corrin Rankin launches bid to be party's new chairwoman OCReg: Corrin Rankin: Californians are ready for real change SacBee: Hundreds of death row inmates sit in California prisons. Why must they wait? LAT $: Graphic details revealed in Monterey sexual assault claim against Pete Hegseth, Trump Cabinet pick CalM: $165 billion revenue error continues to haunt California’s budget Laken Riley Should Still Be Alive CityJrnl: DEI Cash Cow CG: Greenberg: Reflections and Hope, from a Pancreatic Cancer Survivor CG: Ringside: The Numbers Driving California vs. Washington on Energy, Water & Forestry SacBee: UC Davis Health workers strike for higher wages, lower medical costs SFC: Public defender: DA Pamela Price took revenge on defendant after she was denied campaign support LAT $: Daniel Lurie was raised in old money San Francisco. Can he be the city’s change agent? SFC: S.F. unveils citywide bike lane plan, but critics say it’s not enough SFC: S.F. supervisor wants city to turn troubled Safeway into affordable housing FresBee: Jerry of Arabia? Fresno mayor courts foreign investment from questionable source Modesto City Schools’ Board of Education approves layoffs of over 75 staff members FresBee: Update: Gallegos leads in Madera mayoral race by 258 votes. Only 50 are left to count Turlock district could hike home power rates 17.6% over 3 years. How do MID, PG&E compare? FresBee: Bankruptcy judge OKs $20M settlement for Bitwise workers’ unpaid-wage, labor law claims CalCoast: Election update: New leaders in four San Luis Obispo County races LAT $: The Mountain fire was the third most destructive wildfire in a decade. These maps show why LAT $: These L.A. tenants want to own their buildings. L.A. is collecting millions to help OCReg: OC GOP still struggling in purple county OCReg: OC Sheriff employee admits to forging grandmother’s checks, fraudulently using her credit card OCReg: Application made to state to build battery storage facility in San Juan Capistrano, forgoing city process OCReg: OC Board of Supervisors considers external audit, policy changes following Andrew Do bribery plea Budget cuts will force Riverside County courts to limit services, order staff furloughs in 2025 SDUT: Water board fines Oceanside $1.5 million for 2020 sewage spills SDUT: Council approves new San Diego Ethics Commission executive SDUT: Appointment or special election? Coronado council must decide how to fill open seat — and might not agree 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