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Thursday, March 20, 2025

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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

  • SJMN: California GOP’s plan to cut gas prices is squashed, backers say
  • CG: Senate Enviro Committee Kills Bill to Repeal 65¢ Gas Tax Increase, and Low-Carbon Fuel Regs
  • NR: University of California Eliminating Diversity Statements in Hiring
  • LAT $: As Trump attacks DEI, UC bans ‘diversity statements’ in faculty hiring
  • SFC: ‘We will hunt you down’: Why ads targeting immigrants are blanketing Bay Area airwaves
  • AP: California has a $6.2 billion Medicaid funding gap partly due to expanding immigrant coverage
  • SDUT: Trump moves to close gaps in San Diego border fence, but environmental concerns linger
  • OCReg: Ballot measure to require voter ID in California eyed for 2026
  • LAT $: L.A. Crips leader turned gang interventionist ran ‘mafia-like’ enterprise, feds allege
  • Walgreens staffer stabs shoplifter in the eye, officials say
  • 4 stabbed with sickle at bus stop and food plant in Atwater
  • LAT $: ‘Our little angel.’ Fifth-grader dies of powerful narcotics combo, and SoCal woman is charged
  • SFC: Oakland college prep student slain in attempted robbery in front of best friend
  • LAT $: They were banned from assisted living. They stayed in the caregiving business.
  • SJMN: FBI raid: Who is Mary Jo Rossi, the prolific Contra Costa County consultant visited by the feds?
  • CalM: Gavin Newsom’s MAGA-curious podcast mystifies listeners — and sets Democratic lawmakers on edge
  • CG: CA Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara: Stabilizing Insurance Market, Overhauling Regulator Overhauling Regulations
  • CalM: ‘Herculean effort’: These port communities have waited decades for clean air. Why a new plan may fall short
  • AP: California’s wine industry leery of tariffs, but some growers hope they help
  • LAT $: “I wish you’d be angry.” California Democrats face voter fury over Trump, Elon Musk
  • SFC: What Nancy Pelosi’s digs at Chuck Schumer reveal about her post-leadership career
  • SJMN: Bay Area assemblyman to introduce cannabis tax relief bill before major hike this summer
  • CG: Newly Elected Sen. Tony Strickland Appointed to Several Critical Senate Committees
  • SJMN: Google to pay $28 million to settle claim it paid White and Asian workers more
  • CalM: Schools in this California town won acclaim for their pandemic comeback. How they did it
  • SDUT: San Diego joins lawsuit challenging firings of federal employees
  • SDUT: Lawmakers paint dire ‘real-world’ picture of possible Medi-Cal cuts
  • CalM: Lobbyists are a growth industry in a state as complex as California
  • OCReg: Padilla, Schiff swing and miss in defense of DOE
  • OCReg: California’s prep sports governors suddenly find themselves isolated in their battle over trans athletes
  • CG: Ringside: Ignoring Role of Bass in Salmon Decline is Negligence
  • SFC: Mayor Lurie taps Google, Open AI, Giants execs for group to help fix S.F.'s economy
  • SFC: S.F.’s speed cameras are active, with $50 citations for violators
  • SJMN: San Jose approves Mahan’s budget message centered around outcomes, accountability
  • Two key department heads retire from Stanislaus County service. New directors are named
  • CalCoast: Atascadero school board rejects controversial superintendent applicant
  • CalCoast: Cayucos Sanitary District planning to rehire out-of-state manager
  • Oxnard treasurer plans to take city fight back to judge
  • LAT $: Unsheltered homelessness projected to be down over much of L.A. County
  • LAT $: DWP has fixed the vast majority of fire hydrants flagged for repairs last year
  • LAT $: Former LAPD assistant chief embroiled in AirTag scandal keeps license to carry badge
  • OCReg: Chef Andrew Gruel selected as new Huntington Beach councilmember
  • OCReg: Family of man killed by deputies in Laguna Woods wins $5.8 million in case alleging wrongful death and civil rights violations
  • CG: City of Newport Beach Denies Former Navy Diver Permit to Teach Surfing on Public Beaches
  • Former Rialto Unified superintendent levels more corruption allegations against district
  • SDUT: Harbor Police Department HQ on San Diego Bay slated for redevelopment
  • SDUT: Last-minute appeals fail to stop Carlsbad’s ban on living in vehicles


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