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Friday, May 23, 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

  • Congress Kills California's 2035 Ban On Gas Powered Cars
  • CalM: US Senate blocks California’s electric car mandate in historic vote
  • CG: U.S. Senate Votes To Repeal CA’s Ban on Gas Vehicles and 2035 EV Mandate
  • CG: Top 250 Best Places to Live in the U.S. – California Not Even in Top 100
  • SFC: Mayor Lurie to halt funding for S.F. parks nonprofit that misused millions
  • SDUT: Six presumed dead when small plane crashes into military homes in Murphy Canyon neighborhood
  • CalM: Sen. Sabrina Cervantes cited for DUI while allegedly under the influence of a drug
  • LAT $: SoCal man ignited Line fire that scorched 44,000 acres, hurt 6 firefighters. He faces life term
  • CalM: 5 creative ways California colleges are feeding students beyond food pantries
  • OCReg: Santa Ana City Council is weighing public alerts on ICE activity
  • SFC: Federal prison officials visited Alcatraz last week and plan to return
  • SFC: Drugs are being smuggled into Bay Area jails in a bizarre new way
  • SJMN: Here’s where the money Meta spent on its $1 billion pledge for affordable housing has gone
  • Democrat Abel Chavez plans to challenge Inland Rep. Ken Calvert in 2026
  • SFC: Feds arrest embattled Sonoma developer suspected of ‘Ponzi scheme’ that cost investors millions
  • SDUT: Michael Smolens: Issa votes for Trump agenda bill, but mum on Medicaid cuts
  • CG: California Has Egg on Its Face
  • CalM: California’s high living costs and high poverty sharpen its economic divide
  • CG: Greenberg: No, Mayor Lurie, Twitter Didn’t Cause San Francisco’s Woes
  • CG: Ringside: How to Save California’s Oil and Gas Industry
  • OCReg: Gov. Newsom spews misinformation about California’s literacy efforts
  • SacBee: How reports of Sacramento High coach partying with kids led to teacher’s firing
  • SacBee: Sacramento school withheld records on coach allegations. How The Bee got them
  • CG: SF Supervisor Joel Engardio Recall Growing Following Controversial Support Of Sunset Dunes
  • SJMN: Investigator clears San Mateo County executive of misconduct in sheriff’s complaint
  • SFC: ‘Inexcusable’: Two meltdowns in two weeks prompt soul-searching at BART
  • SFC: Exclusive: City College of San Francisco poised to select outsider as chancellor over interim chief
  • SJMN: San Jose Airport passenger trips lose more altitude years after COVID
  • SJMN: AI-boosted smoke-sniffing wildfire sensors approved for Santa Clara County
  • FresBee: Homeless population in Fresno and Madera up 3%. Why that number will likely grow
  • Stanislaus County CEO foresees unsteady fiscal outlook. Medi-Cal and shelter cuts
  • LAT $: L.A. City Council approves $14-billion budget, scaling back Bass’ public safety plans
  • LAT $: Some of the poorest students get the newest, fanciest public school around: Compton High
  • OCReg: DA files election-related charges against former Irvine councilmember Tammy Kim
  • OCReg: Capistrano Unified school board majority votes for resolution opposing trans athletes in girls’ sports
  • SDUT: San Diego Unified doesn’t give voters enough information on bond measures, report finds
  • SDUT: Coming water rate hikes could be less painful than feared. Just how painful depends on where you live.
  • SDUT: After years of litigation, Chula Vista is ordered to turn over police drone videos

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FlashReport Editors
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