Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Saturday, August 16, 2025 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 Issue Tool Kit: The Top Eight Reasons Why Minimum Wage Laws Are a Terrible Idea CG: Newsom’s Leaked Draft Redistricting Maps Show Gerrymandering on Steroids of California’s New Congressional Districts LAT $: How Democrats plan to reshape California’s congressional delegation and thwart Trump Maps show how California's redrawn congressional lines could look CG: California Media Ignores Redistricting ‘Power Couple’ Jodi Hicks and Paul Mitchell CapWkly: Mapmaker Paul Mitchell on California’s emergency redistricting proposal NYT: Newsom’s Gerrymander of California Has a Formidable Foe: Schwarzenegger CalM: Find out if your vote could be affected by Newsom’s redistricting plans SacBee: Could Ami Bera run against Kevin Kiley for CA House seat next year? SacBee: Democrat Audrey Denney will run against Rep. Doug LaMalfa if CA approves new maps SFC: California’s third-largest home insurer seeks to hike rates LAT $: Playboy leaves Los Angeles for Miami Beach; CEO calls California ‘anti-business’ SFC: California unemployment rises to 5.5%, worst in the U.S., as tech falters: ‘It’s brutal out there’ CG: Legislator Clings to the Immutable in CA College Admissions OCReg: Promenade on Forest gets Coastal Commission support, council will soon look at a final design SDUT: Ethics complaints accuse House speaker of using campaign funds to pay Issa rent OCReg: Newsom’s dishonest redistricting scheme is a threat to fair elections Trende: Blue States Already Maximally Gerrymandered, GOP Could Gain Up to 20 Seats in All-Out Redistricting Battle Teacher shortage? School closures? Better food? SFUSD’s new school year at a glance SJMN: Republican candidate for governor Steve Hilton visits San Jose homeless camp, bashes Democrats FresBee: Staff salaries rose at Valley Children’s Hospital, CEO pay dropped, filing shows OCReg: Huntington Beach air show granted permit for October kickoff OCReg: Proposed changes to Orange County’s congressional districts emerge Proposed changes to Inland Empire’s congressional districts emerge LAT $: Salton Sea not to blame for Coachella, Imperial air pollution, study says 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
