Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Wednesday, May 14, 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 California Patriot Profile: The Late Andrew Breitbart CalM: State Farm wins first-ever emergency rate hike in California CG: Insurance Commissioner Lara Approves 17% State Farm Rate Hike LAT $: How a funding pause and renewed controversies could tank California’s ethnic studies mandate LAT $: Officers are winning massive payouts in ‘LAPD lottery’ lawsuits LAT $: California sues over Trump policy tying transportation grants to immigration OCReg: This OC Assembly race is already one of the most expensive 2026 legislative contests LAT $: Newsom claims Trump’s tariffs will reduce California revenues by $16 billion CalM: Trump tariffs and rising health care costs knock California budget back into deficit LACCD Trustee Andra Hoffman eyes seat as California’s schools chief LAT $: AI is coming soon to speed up sluggish permitting for fire rebuilds, officials say. LAT $: UC regent Bob Myers questions UCLA athletics finances CG: Globe Interview: Senator Tony Strickland on Funding Prop. 36 in May Revise CalM: Gavin Newsom says these middlemen drive up drug prices. He’s got a new plan to fix it SJMN: California OK millions for 19 new Bay Area addiction and mental health treatment centers SacBee: Gavin Newsom wants California to stock up on abortion pill AP: The Menendez brothers had their sentences reduced. What’s next? CG: Gavin Newsom Gaslighting California Again with Homeless Encampment Plan NR: California Seeks Federal Funding for the ‘Worst New Transit Project in the U.S.’ OCReg: Why are Californians still paying so much at the pump? CalM: Newsom reveals his weaknesses when he needs political hardball to get his way SacBee: Sacramento leaders debates budget cuts to skate park, police department SFC: S.F. supervisor calls for hearing on financially troubled nonprofit Parks Alliance SFC: Another Bay Area theater is ‘suspending’ as industry’s free fall continues SFC: Mayor Daniel Lurie has a new plan to boost S.F. police staffing. Here are the details SFC: Organizer of Supervisor Joel Engardio recall resigns days before deadline SFC: Exclusive: S.F.’s planning director stepping down after five years and an ambitious rezoning process SJMN: Sheriff’s union accuses San Mateo County of labor violations SJMN: Santa Clara County Office of Education workers decry ‘DOGE-like’ layoffs impacting special ed, Head Start SJMN: SJ mayor’s pay-for-performance proposal faces some pushback Modesto school board appoints new superintendent amid some experience concerns CG: New Poll: Only 32% of L.A. Voters Hold a Favorable Opinion of Mayor Bass OCReg: Can the future of local policing be found in this LA County city? OCReg: $373,200 income required to buy Orange County home, up 129% in five years $200K donor steps up to aid Riverside’s De Anza monument Plan to redevelop 818 acres of ex-March Air Force Base land near Riverside is rejected SDUT: Bonta investigating San Diego County juvenile detention halls SDUT: In May budget revision, Gloria pulls back on police cuts but sticks with cuts to parks, libraries SDUT: Years before Grossmont hired him as a top administrator, he was disciplined for racial slurs, sexism 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