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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.

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• FRBlog: The Coming Revolution
• Newsom’s Redistricting Gambit: A Risky Play to Reshape California’s Congressional Map, If He Even Means It
• California’s Push to Expose Federal Agents Sparks Debate: When Is It OK For A Law Enforcement Officer to Shield Their Identity?
• LAT $: Trump accuses Schiff of mortgage fraud, which Schiff calls false ‘political retaliation’
• FresBee: Fresno city attorney ‘not eligible to practice law’ for 2 weeks, CA State Bar says
• LAT $: Will she or won’t she? The California governor’s race waits on Kamala Harris
• CG: Sen. Wiener Bill Seeks to Protect Transgender Medical Providers
• Child care providers rally at California State Capitol for higher wages
• LAT $: Trump officials to send home half of the 4,000 National Guard troops in L.A.
• SFC: California’s marijuana industry was already in crisis. Then the ICE raids started
• CalM: CalPERS recovers from tariff plunge and notches a big investment gain
• CalM: AI is helping students be more independent, but the isolation could be career poison
• SacBee: Are AI chatbots harming teenagers? California lawmakers think so
• CalM: Why California’s agricultural industry is at odds over converting land to solar farms
• OCReg: California the top choice for Chinese homebuyers, who spent 83% more on US homes this year
• SacBee: California suspends licenses of fireworks companies in deadly Esparto explosions
• SJMN: Restraining order extended against ICE in case of San Jose tattoo artist
• SFC: COVID cases rise in California. Is this the start of 2025’s summer wave?
• LAT $: Trump cuts to California National Weather Service leave ‘critical’ holes: ‘It’s unheard of’
• SFC: KQED cuts 15% of staff as it faces budget woes and federal threats
• NewsMax: To Win the Trade Wars, Change the Fed
• CG: Sorry, Dave Jones, Californians Can’t Afford Your Climate Crusade
• SacBee: Sacramento-area leaders split on California state senator’s homelessness bill
• SFC: S.F. planning commissioner who voted on former employer’s projects vows to recuse herself
• SFC: Rats, sewage leaks, no hot water: S.F. landlord sued by city for ‘unsafe living conditions’
• SJMN: With hundreds of millions of dollars at risk in Bay Area, lawsuit against Trump grows over grant funds
• SJMN: Fighting against removal, Sheriff Corpus formally denies corruption allegations in San Mateo court
• SJMN: Silicon Valley Pain Index says poverty, inequality continue to plague South Bay
• FresBee: Latest for Clovis shopping center construction includes 3 big chains ready to move in
• CG: CSU Channel Islands Professor Arrested, Accused of Assaulting ICE Agents at Cannabis Farm Raid
• LAT $: L.A. County accidentally repealed its anti-incarceration ballot measure. Now what?
• CG: USC Faces Growing $200 Million Deficit in 2025
• CG: LAUSD Teacher Says Defunding School Police Puts Students and Teachers at Risk
• LAT $: Metro’s ridership in June dropped to lowest of the year after immigration raids
• Probe into alleged sexual comment clears Temecula school board member
• SDUT: San Diego Unified’s board president won’t run for re-election. But there’s another office he’s eyeing.
• SDUT: San Diego council reluctantly OKs controversial housing development, despite Footnote 7 fix
• SDUT: Chaotic planning, delays, miscommunication: San Diego recovery efforts fell short after 2024 flooding, audit finds

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