Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Thursday, May 8, 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 Oakland’s Collapse: The High Cost of Liberal Rule CG: Gov. Newsom’s Climate Grift Spent $33 Billion in Cap-and-Trade to ‘Make Communities Cleaner and Healthier’ LAT $: In a race to clean up Altadena, businesses are on their own SacBee: Gavin Newsom says his latest lawsuit against Trump would ‘help Elon.’ Here’s why SJMN: California sues Trump administration over funds withheld for EV chargers SFC: Plan to use Travis base as immigrant detention center criticized by California Dems California Assembly moves forward with felony proposal for those who buy teens for sex SDUT: San Diego County approves a narrow homeless camping ban tied to fire risk LAT $: Trump proposes cut to federal rental assistance. California would be hit hard CalM: California promised to boost mental health in schools. Why one key program is behind schedule CG: California Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Glock Handgun Rather Than Going After Criminals CalM: Head Start gets a reprieve from Trump budget cuts, but the fight isn’t over CG: Poll Finds More Californians Believe Newsom is Focusing More on Becoming President than Being Governor LAT $: Barabak: If Gavin Newsom wants to be president, he’s got work to do — starting at home SDUT: Helicopter crash that killed 5 Marines near Pine Valley caused by pilot error OCReg: 3 Santa Ana High School students stabbed; 1 fatally LAT $: Despite political promises, Californians are stressed about their finances SacBee: Amid climate change and Trump, CA lawmakers want better labor law enforcement LAT $: Meet the L.A. holistic doctor and wellness influencer who is Trump’s choice for surgeon general OCReg: Government-backed student loans are welfare for the better off CalM: California’s fourth-ranked economy is also tops in unemployment, poverty and deficits OCReg: Why are southern California cities turning toward tax roll billing? SJMN: Alleged bias stalls review of police commission recommendations in Richmond CG: The Case for Canceling the SFPD’s No-Mugshot Policy Now SFC: The nation’s largest cities are sinking, including San Francisco SFC: ‘No notice’: Union slams SFMOMA’s surprise layoffs as museum cites financial strain SFC: Who will S.F. Mayor Daniel Lurie find to replace Police Chief Bill Scott? SJMN: San Jose proposes $5.57 billion budget without significant cuts to services SJMN: Palo Alto reviews proposed $1 billion budget OCReg: LA Metro names new chief of transit police: former San Francisco police chief Bill Scott LAT $: Nate Holden, state senator and longtime councilman who fought for South L.A., dies at 95 LAT $: New L.A. community college Chancellor Alberto J. Román pledges ‘culture of accountability’ VOC: Huntington Beach Calls for Probe of Library Nonprofit’s Political Spending OCReg: Costa Mesa City Council fires its city manager OCReg: OC Streetcar’s first train arrives, will connect Santa Ana to Garden Grove OCReg: Irvine Co. looks to replace golf course as part of 3,100-home village Chuckwalla National Monument’s creation challenged by lawsuit SDUT: Critics slam Gloria’s cuts to San Diego police overtime, warn of longer response times SDUT: Newsom selects prosecutor to be San Diego Superior Court judge 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