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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

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THE HEADLINES

  • Another Union Takeover - This Time Buried In Housing Bills
  • Fact Check: The New State Budget Reduces Costs for Healthcare For Illegals: FALSE
  • CG: Why the Senate Cover-Up of the Absent Senator?
  • CalM: California lawmakers approve last-minute, sweeping rollbacks of environmental law
  • California makes major changes to the state's landmark environmental law to build more housing
  • CalM: One of the biggest obstacles to building new CA housing has now vanished
  • LAT $: Justice Dept. Sues LA, Mayor Bass Over Sanctuary City Policies
  • OCReg: These new California laws go into effect on July 1
  • New California laws starting July 1: Subscriptions, drink lids, stolen online goods, pet insurance
  • Some businesses dismayed after return to office delayed for some California state workers
  • LAT $: Trump administration freezes $6.8 billion in federal education funds; California hit hard
  • Illegal Pride party turns into vandalism orgy of graffiti, damaged homes
  • OCReg: California Republicans ask President Trump to focus immigration efforts on ‘violent criminals’ rather than ‘non-criminal migrants’
  • VOC: Two OC Republican State Legislators Join Effort to Refocus ICE on Criminals
  • CalM: California colleges can now pay athletes directly. Why taxpayers may foot some of the bill
  • LAT $: UC considers adopting semester system at all schools
  • SFC: UC Health, Blue Shield extend contract deadline, stave off disruption of care
  • CalM: ‘This tax could kill this industry.’ California cannabis operators brace for increase
  • CG: National Guard Requests 200 Deployed Troops in LA to Help with Wildfire Duty
  • LAT $: What’s burning in California: Wolf and Juniper fires among over a dozen in 72 hours
  • CalM: California proposal would allow soft helmet pads in youth football leagues
  • OCReg: Nationalizing politics benefits Gavin Newsom but hurts Senate Democrats
  • CalM: Newsom uses political stunts to garner attention. As Jerry Brown learned, it can backfire
  • SacBee: Sacramento council members at odds with mayor over new homeless proposal
  • SacBee: St. Hope rejects Sacramento City Unified’s terms of renewal agreement. What’s next?
  • CG: Oakland Attempts New Airport Name Second Time Since 2024
  • SJMN: Civil grand jury accuses San Mateo County sheriff of corruption, misconduct
  • SFC: These 24 city-owned San Francisco buildings could collapse in a major earthquake
  • SFC: S.F. school district ditches its ethnic studies course for off-the-shelf curriculum
  • SFC: S.F.’s quest for a better trash can was an expensive failure. The city says it’s back on track
  • Whopping $600-a-month water rate approved for this Stanislaus County community
  • FresBee: Mass deportations could cost the San Joaquin Valley more than $19B, study finds
  • FresBee: Gavin Newsom’s CA budget includes $100M for two major downtown Fresno projects
  • CalCoast: Highway 1 at Rocky Creek reopens after more than a year
  • LAT $: Inside the L.A. Zoo’s messy $50-million breakup
  • LAT $: Nonprofit employee suspected of smuggling drugs into L.A. juvenile hall
  • LAT $: Homelessness declined last year in Hollywood and Venice, but not Skid Row, new Rand study finds
  • CG: Trump DOJ Sues Orange County for Withholding Noncitizen Voting Records
  • VOC: Irvine City Council Re-Adopts Lobbying Rules to Settle Lawsuit
  • VOC: OC Grand Jury Calls Out County Supervisors for Crippling Hate Incident Tracking
  • OCReg: OC man charged for alleged role in $270 million Medi-Cal medication reimbursement scheme
  • CG: San Diego Historian, Playwright and Actor Sues County Library for Race Discrimination
  • SDUT: State attorney general sues Carlsbad skilled nursing firm for low staffing levels
  • SDUT: San Diego ready to make a deal to turn 101 Ash St. into low-income housing
  • SDUT: Sharp HealthCare gives layoff notices to 315 workers, cuts executive pay
  • SDUT: It’s election day in South County. Here’s how to vote, and what’s at stake for San Diego County government.

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FlashReport Editors
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