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Saturday, May 31, 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

  • To Preserve American Values, Obamacare's Overreaching Welfare Must End
  • LAT $: Gov. Newsom proposes ‘asset test’ for low-income and disabled Medi-Cal applicants. What does that mean?
  • CalM: Medicaid work rules could leave a million Californians with no health insurance
  • CG: California High School Invites ‘BDSM’ Expert and Gender Trans Surgeries Practitioners to Speak to Students
  • California track meet sees arrest, plane banner against trans athlete
  • AB Hernandez advances to California track & field finals, some protest trans students participation
  • SFC: S.F. official knew imploding nonprofit was ‘cash poor.’ Should he have rung the alarm?
  • Scandal-ridden SF departments to merge under Lurie’s budget plan
  • CG: Bill to Automatically Grant CSU Admission to High School Grads Passes Senate
  • California lawmakers ask former CBS leaders to testify on proposed settlement with Trump
  • LAT $: Lawmakers ask Newsom and waste agency to follow the law on plastic legislation
  • LAT $: After nearly California 6,000 prisoners falsely tested positive for opioids, officials launch sweeping review
  • SFC: Burglary at S.F. Conservatory of Flowers linked to homeless encampment
  • CG: Former Gov. Jerry Brown Comes Out in Defense Of California High-Speed Rail
  • CalM: California senator vindicated after drug testing shows she was not intoxicated
  • CG: Mental Health Crisis Meets Unnecessary Red Tape – It’s Time For Change
  • LAT $: California contests Trump administration claim the state obstructs immigration law - Los Angeles Times
  • OCReg: Trump administration adds Huntington Beach to its list of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions defying federal immigration law’
  • OCReg: LA’s $30 wage for hotel workers will backfire on those politicians think they’re helping
  • CG: ‘Cisgender’ is a Divisive Slur
  • OCReg: Regulating private sector investment is the wrong way to address California’s housing affordability crisis
  • OCReg: Cop pay antics shine spotlight on pension mess
  • OCReg: Resident alert! SCAQMD plans to raise your cost of living and you deserve to know
  • SacBee: In West Sacramento, CA Democrats try to ‘bring home’ consequences of budget bill
  • The simmering battle over SFUSD’s ethnic studies mandate
  • FresBee: Video shows how close Fresno police officer was when he fatally shot armed woman
  • Trump cancels $75 million grant to cut fuel use at Gallo Glass plant in Modesto
  • CalCoast: Nipomo housing project moving ahead, lawsuit settled
  • LAT $: L.A. wildfire victims uncertain about returning to their burned neighborhoods
  • OCReg: Irvine spent $700K on gondola proposal for Great Park before it was made public
  • OCReg: Civil rights groups sue Riverside County, claiming bail system targets those ‘too poor to purchase their freedom’
  • SDUT: San Diegans might vote soon on a sales tax hike to fund transit. What could it pay for?
  • SDUT: San Diego County sheriff’s deputies repeatedly violate body camera policies, oversight board finds
  • SDUT: SDPD announces move to encrypted police scanners despite previous hesitation
  • SDUT: South County prepares to vote as 370K ballots go out in District 1 supervisor race
  • SDUT: After wild trial over illegal renovations, judge delays order on fines against former El Cajon council member

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FlashReport Editors
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