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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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• *Breaking* Gavin Newsom Doubles Down on Gun Control: Four New Laws Signed
• CG: New Lawsuit Over California’s Ban on Glock Handguns – Another 2A Clash
• *Breaking News* Beutner’s Bold Bid: Challenging Bass for LA Mayor, Upending Caruso’s Plans
• CG: Katie Porter to Everyone: ‘How Dare You Question Me’
• LAT $: Student programs in peril after federal cuts at Latino-serving community colleges
• SJMN: Bay Area universities losing millions in minority grant funding
• LAT $: Atmospheric river storm slams into Southern California amid evacuation and flood warnings
• Transit sales tax proposal advances toward 2026 Bay Area ballot
• SFC: Newsom signs law to authorize Bay Area transit sales tax
• LAT $: California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use
• OCReg: 31,000 nurses, staff heading into 5-day strike with Kaiser
• CG: Trade Unions Form PAC to revive film tax credits for Hollywood Studio Expansion in Las Vegas
• CalM: Think your kid’s done with a booster seat? New California law says maybe not
• CalM: Protecting Jewish students or chilling speech? Inside California’s ‘hardest’ fight over antisemitism
• CalM: California’s incarcerated firefighters to see ‘historic’ pay increase in laws Newsom signed
• LAT $: California governor rejects bill to phase out “forever” chemicals used in cookware, children’s products
• SacBee: Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes 5 bills for ‘reparative justice’ for Black Californians
• CalM: A well-known Sacramento Democrat is taking on this suddenly vulnerable California Republican
• SacBee: In congressional bid, Richard Pan hopes to take vaccine fight back to Washington
• LAT $: ‘Democracy is on the ballot,’ Obama says, urging Californians to pass Prop. 50 in new ad
• LAT $: California ballot design prompts false conspiracy theories that the November election is rigged
• CG: President Trump Tells China: FAFO
• CG: The Origins of the Assassination Culture
• VOC: Santana: Should Elected Officials Get To Spend Public Money Themselves?
• SJMN: Supervisors to consider San Mateo County sheriff’s removal on Tuesday. What’s in the advisory opinion recommending they do it?
• SFC: Salesforce commits $15 billion to S.F. as Benioff’s support for sending troops draws more backlash
• SFC: Tech prankster sends 50 Waymo robotaxis to a San Francisco dead end street
• SJMN: Kristi Noem PSA blaming Democrats for shutdown not playing at Bay Area airports
• Stanislaus board gets plea for safer Camp Taylor entry after young volunteer died
• CalCoast: ICE seeks immigration detainers of men accused of murdering woman in SLO County
• OCReg: Sister-in-law of Mitt Romney found dead next to a Santa Clarita parking garage
• OCReg: Stanton property owners fighting July 4th fireworks fines that total $1 million
• Riverside may require ICE, other law enforcement officers to unmask and identify themselves
• SDUT: Gorilla breaks glass at San Diego Zoo enclosure
• SDUT: El Cajon launches interactive homelessness dashboard