Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Tuesday, March 11, 2025     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 FRBlog: Toward a Zero Base Budget Process AP: Former US Rep. Katie Porter steps into crowded California governor’s race CalM: Katie Porter vows to stand up to Trump as she enters race for California governor CalM: California lawmakers propose fixes for ‘insurance industry in shambles’ We're Giving Billions to NGOs That Are Essentially Scams SFC: S.F. has more housing for the homeless than other big cities. So why are so many people on the streets? LAT $: Fewer than 20% of L.A. residents give Mayor Bass high marks for fire response, poll shows CG: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Deletes Text Messages Over Palisades Fire While In Africa SFC: Protesters rip into second S.F. spa over transgender policy LAT $: UCLA launches antisemitism effort as Trump says more pro-Palestinian activist arrests ahead UC Davis, Sac State under investigation by Dept. of Education following pro-Palestinian encampments OCReg: Ex-Santa Ana police union boss loses fight to include $300K salary in pension CG: New Senate Bill Would Expand Telehealth Options For Cancer Patients in California CG: Los Angeles DA Hochman Announces His Opposition to Menendez Brothers Resentencing AP: What to know about the Menendez brothers’ bid for freedom OCReg: DA opposes release of Menendez brothers, calls their self-defense claim ‘phony’ CG: Rep. Kevin Kiley Calls on FBI to Investigate California’s High Speed Rail: No Power, No Money, No ‘High Speed’ LAT $: Running a restaurant in L.A. seems impossible. So this chef has one employee — himself LAT $: ‘Surge’ of violence prompts crackdown in California prison system, officials say NR: Don’t Be Fooled: Gavin Newsom Is No Moderate on Trans Issues OCReg: Why was a brilliant kid rejected by the University of California? CalM: Newsom tacks right to oppose transgender athletes in women’s sports OCReg: Less distraction, more rebuilding: Sen. Wiener’s Senate Bill 222 is a waste of time CG: When It Comes To Being an Officer, It’s Time To Go When Corruption Reigns SFC: This East Bay city has a history of delaying housing projects. Now it’s being sued SFC: S.F. public school parents clash with district over use of coveted PTA funds SFC: They wanted two street trees replanted. It turned into a years-long slog through S.F. bureaucracy Prop. K opponents sue to stop Great Highway closure SJMN: Award in Santa Clara HOA lawsuit is largest ever in California after ‘extensive deception’ over abandoned well under condo SJMN: Two-thirds of Silicon Valley tech workers are foreign-born, new report reveals Fresno launches probe into City Council campaign mailers FresBee: Fresno Head Start to end services at several sites due to enrollment declines. Here’s where CalCoast: Santa Barbara judge approves class action suit for cannabis odors Camarillo Health Care District CEO to retire LAT $: MacArthur Park, riddled with drugs and crime, is different now, mayor says OCReg: OC supervisors ask if county is ready to support citizen children in mixed immigration status families VOC: How State Senator Tony Strickland Became Orange County’s Political Lazarus OCReg: With jury deadlocked, mistrial declared in case of OC judge who shot and killed his wife VOC: Santana: Should OC Supervisors Manage A $17 Billion Public Investment Portfolio Alone? Legionella discovered in water system at VA Loma Linda, testing ordered for pneumonia patients SDUT: In rare win, struggling rural San Diego County school district receives millions to start rebuilding high school SDUT: Grossmont Healthcare District dismisses CEO, hires interim replacement SDUT: San Diego raises cannabis tax to help plug budget hole 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