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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
- CG: Legislative Black Caucus Unveils 16 Reparations Bills for 2025
- California's new crime law lacks resources, money that lawmakers and Newsom will need to approve
- SacBee: Lack of funds is weakening California’s tough-on-crime law, local officials say
- SJMN: San Jose launches program to unite homeless residents with loved ones
- SDUT: California gives San Diego $25M for homelessness services, a decrease from previous years
- California's Other Dodgers: Pols Exploiting Behested Payment
- SJMN: EPA reaches 99% of Phase 1 wildfire cleanup in record time, Gov. Newsom says
- LAT $: L.A. County supervisors vote 5 to 0 to let Calabasas landfill accept more fire debris
- SFC: State Farm reports staggering insurance losses from Los Angeles wildfires
- CalM: California Democrats grow quieter on ‘sanctuary’ for immigrants as Trump promises mass deportation
- LAT $: Kern County immigration raid offers glimpse into new reality for California farmworkers
- SacBee: Donald Trump’s team wants to ‘defund’ the California Coastal Commission. Can they?
- CalM: Advice to California schools on Trump’s DEI crackdown: Do nothing — yet
- CG: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Resumes Irreversible Gender Procedures on Confused Kids
- CG: Bogus ACTBLUE Poll for Senator Wiener’s Bill to hold ‘Big Oil’ Responsible for California’s Natural Disasters
- OCReg: Tony Strickland takes early lead in race for the 36th State Senate District special election
- Crews lay ground work for high-speed train from Southern California to Las Vegas
- CG: State Water Board Held Hearing Concerning Placing Kern Subbasin Under Probation, Part I
- CG: California Bill Restricts Self-Defense Against Crime, Ends Crime-Stopping Protection
- SFC: The latest Gavin Newsom recall attempt is the most pointless yet
- LAT $: ‘I don’t want to die!’ Cal Fire captain begged for mercy during slaying captured on video, officials say
- SFC: Here’s how dangerous House Republicans’ budget could be for California
- OCReg: Blaming everyone but herself, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass needs to go
- OCReg: Investigate and shutter the bullet train
- CalM: California lacks the capacity to store water that atmospheric rivers dump on the state
- Sacramento City Council aims to cut down projected $62 million budget shortfall
- SacBee: Sacramento State eyes state-owned sites for downtown ‘mixed-use university village’
- SacBee: Sacramento State University faces a $37 million deficit. How will it address budget cuts?
- SJMN: Judge grants landmark protections for inmates of East Bay’s ‘rape club’ prison
- LAT $: DOGE impersonators who barged into S.F. City Hall appear to be thirsty YouTube pranksters
- SFC: New SFMTA chief hopes to solve transit issues with ‘Midwest nice’ compromise. Will it work?
- SJMN: After foster care group homes exposed, Santa Clara County supervisors approve new strategy to house teens
- Modesto-area residents most impacted by contamination get free well testing, bottled water
- State bills would remove physician oversight from nurse anesthetists in Stanislaus County
- Longtime Port Hueneme councilmember dies at 100
- LAT $: L.A. County to add more than 650 acres of green space through grants
- LAT $: LAPD watchdog pushes for more transparency amid outcry over officers’ alleged racist remarks
- VOC: OC Supervisors Quietly Settle Child Abuse Case for $28 Million
- OCReg: Judge signals willingness to hear arguments over Huntington Beach’s voter ID law
- VOC: OC Supervisors Break Silence; Publicly Blast Treasurer’s Alleged Workplace Hostility
- OCReg: OC judge who shot his wife admits breaking the law by drinking while carrying a concealed weapon
- Riverside County revenue is rising, but ‘escalating costs’ loom
- SDUT: San Diego County budget debate delayed for second time this month
- SDUT: SDG&E reports lower profits in 2024, but company still earned $891M
- SDUT: Facing new litigation over deaths, county OKs $26.5M for upgrades to downtown jail
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