Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Thursday, May 29, 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 Gavin Newsom thinks you are stupid. And he wants biological men competing in women's sports California's Patriot Profile: Congressman Kevin Kiley CG: In California, the Tail is Wagging the Dog on Biological Men in Women’s Sports CG: DOJ Launches Investigation Into California State Law on Transgender Athletes Competing In Women’s Sports Feds launch Title IX investigation over transgender athlete who made CA high school championships SFUSD pauses ‘grading for equity’ plan amid backlash NR: San Francisco’s ‘Equity’ Grading Would End Education SFC: SFUSD kills controversial grading proposal after backlash Lurie’s budget axes 1,000 city jobs, sources say CG: San Francisco Mayor Lurie To Spare SFPD, Other Public Safety From Budget Cuts LAT $: Did insurers collude to force homeowners onto state insurance plan? What to know from two blockbuster lawsuits SFC: ‘I think that’s simply fraud’: California hearing probes solutions to underinsurance following Chronicle investigation LAT $: L.A.’s mayor declared a homelessness emergency. Now, some at City Hall want to move past it LAT $: Malibu to spend $260,000 a month for private security to protect scorched neighborhoods OCReg: 14 people arrested in alleged scam involving more than $25 million in COVID-19 relief and business loans SJMN: As Google retreats from real estate, will it still build the 15,000 homes it promised? CalM: How gentrification is killing the bus: California’s rising rents are pushing out commuters SFC: Bay Area university agrees to sell campus to UC after Stanford deal falls through LAT $: With billions at stake, California joins suit to stop Trump cuts to university science research LAT $: Agoura Hills home displaying Palestinian flag attacked in hate crime, authorities say CalM: ‘I’m really scared’: Elderly and disabled Californians with more than $2,000 could lose Medi-Cal OCReg: Kamala Harris is perfectly prepared to make all of the same mistakes OCReg: Government is driving gas prices through the roof in California OCReg: Newsom’s 100% EV dream is stuck in traffic CG: Ringside: Disruptive Desalination Technology Comes to California CalM: California’s war over charter schools rages on in court OCReg: California politicians led the way in covering up Biden’s cognitive decline Sacramento Fire Department faces staffing shortage, with up to 23 daily vacancies SacBee: 18 jailed in Sacramento County for code violations tied to homelessness, records show Off the charts: Rio Vista residents protesting proposed increases in water, sewer rates SacBee: Does a proposed effort to aid Yuba River fish clear a way for predators, too? SFC: The ugly battle between principals and teachers taking over Oakland schools FresBee: Fresno hasn’t tapped San Joaquin River’s potential. Could it be city’s main draw? Ventura council open to increasing tenant protections Moorpark picks insider for next city manager OCReg: Anaheim Hills homeowners reject funding groundwater pump system in landslides area OCReg: Irvine City Council rejects mayor’s renewed call for Great Park veterans cemetery Riverside County promises ‘no-kill’ policy across animal shelters UC Riverside’s new chancellor is Jack Hu, a University of Georgia administrator SDUT: San Diego launching analysis of money disparities between neighborhood rec centers SDUT: Cal State San Marcos plans major expansion into South County SDUT: South Bay Union trustees OK plan to close at least one school 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