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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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• Special Podcast: Jon Fleischman Talks Prop. 50, and Why, Absent A Sea Change, Republicans Are Looking At Pretty Resounding Defeat
• Americans Say Enough: A Majority Now Wants Washington to Cut Spending—Not Raise Taxes
• CG: Failure is a Choice: CA Students Still Testing Below COVID-19 Pandemic Scores in English and Math
• CA special election: How a USPS mail service change may delay ballot returns for rural voters
• CG: Did CA Democrats Manipulate Prop 50 Maps For Political Insiders?
• LAT $: California business leaders want voters to expedite state’s environmental review process for housing, infrastructure
• CalM: Why California’s historic housing law gave activists a new reason to battle the bus
• SJMN: As Trump targets SF, other Bay Area cities say no indication of National Guard deployment
• SDUT: Following city’s lead, county advances plan for tougher limits on where immigration agents are allowed
• LAT $: California insurers set to charge homeowners for L.A. County fire costs
• LAT $: Locals are leaving, permits are few. Malibu is suffering a post-fire identity crisis
• LAT $: Barabak: She was highly qualified to be California governor. Why did her campaign fizzle?
• LAT $: This is what could replace the Phillips 66 oil refinery in Wilmington
• OCReg: For Orange County’s lawmakers, government shutdown and health care are intertwined
• SDUT: San Diego County will explore spending $2M on land for a homeless shelter
• CG: Prop 50: A Naked Power Grab by Gavin Newsom
• CalM: Bay Area transit measure will test voters’ taste for higher sales taxes
• CG: Greenberg: Seven times Newsom Crushed Voters’ Will
• South Lake Tahoe city council appoints Cody Bass as new mayor amid controversy
• SFC: Exclusive: Video of S.F. sheriff official crashing into parked car exposes gaps in investigation
• SJMN: Milpitas interim city manager resigns amid conflict with city councilmember
• FresBee: Are there too many liquor licenses in Fresno County? Supervisors reject new owner
• CalCoast: SLO County deputies bust drug trafficking operation, arrest eight suspects
• OCReg: Federal judge rebuffs attempt to dismiss fraud count for former chamber CEO Todd Ament
• VOC: Can a Westminster City Councilwoman Livestream Public Meetings From the Dais?
• OCReg: Fountain Valley weighs whether to adopt charter city status
• OCReg: OC deputies justified in fatal shootout with gunman in Cook’s Corner rampage, DA says
• Former Cal State San Bernardino administrator awarded $6 million for gender discrimination
• SDUT: County mandates $25-an-hour minimum wage for event staff at county parks
• SDUT: New tax on vacation homes? Proposed San Diego ballot measure would target second homes, short-term rentals
• SDUT: Supervisors move forward with plan for new oversight of sheriff