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Tuesday, June 24, 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

  • Survey Says: Why Are Liberals So Unhappy? The Data Might Surprise You
  • LA Unified Trustees to Float $500 Million in Borrowing to Pay Abuse Settlements
  • CG: California’s Latest Gas Tax Hike – Just in Time for July 4th Holiday
  • The San Francisco lawyer rewriting civil rights in Trump’s America
  • CalM: State workers get a reprieve from Newsom’s return-to-office mandate
  • SacBee: Union negotiates pause to CA return-to-office order for state worker engineers
  • CG: Assembly Resolution Would End State Sanctuary Policies Comes Following Anti-ICE Protests In L.A.
  • LAT $: 1.2 million fake students applied to California community colleges last year. What’s being done?
  • CalM: House lawmakers demand answers from Covered California on sending data to LinkedIn
  • LAT $: How Wall Street hedge funds are gambling millions on Eaton fire insurance claims
  • CG: Indecisive Kamala Harris Now ‘Leaning Toward’ Running For CA Governor
  • SFC: California National Guard troops deployed to L.A. were sent to marijuana raid 130 miles away
  • SacBee: These Northern California fire districts could fold. ‘People would end up dying’
  • VCStar $: Governor greenlights 48 film projects for California Film & TV Tax Credits
  • LAT $: Historic film studio hits the market at top dollar even as filming dips
  • CalM: Dying honey bees are threatening California’s economy. Can Central Valley lawmakers save them?
  • OCReg: House Democrats who are veterans remind President Trump that authority to declare war lies with Congress
  • CG: Girls’ Sports: Misogyny Masquerading as Empathy
  • CG: Big SCOTUS Win for Trump Admin on Illegal Immigration Deportations
  • CalM: California politicians ignore agriculture’s troubles, but boost movie business
  • SJMN: Lake Tahoe boating tragedy: Big waves, cold water, strong winds created deadly conditions
  • SF sheriff’s official lied about hit-and-run with Tesla: DA
  • SJMN: Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone steps down after more than 30 years
  • FresBee: Cigar lounge tied to Fresno hospital kickback scheme also hosted men’s bible study
  • Discussion of health education curriculum for Modesto 5th graders sparks controversy
  • Patterson approves big distribution center. More jobs, goodbye corn maze
  • FresBee: 3 Fresno-area hospitals got ‘C’ grades for safety in 2025. How did yours score?
  • CalCoast: Power outage impacting 1,279 PG&E customers in SLO County
  • LAT $: Looming raises for L.A. County employees could cost $2 billion, CEO says
  • OCReg: What’s behind the sharp decline in Santa Ana’s cannabis tax revenue?
  • OCReg: OC River Walk in Anaheim estimated to cost $200 million if built today
  • SDUT: San Diego finalizes compromise budget by partially overriding mayoral veto
  • SDUT: Layoffs hit UC San Diego Health; other systems may follow
  • SDUT: ‘Above-normal fire potential’: SDG&E prepares for peak wildfire season

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FlashReport Editors
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