Email from FlashReport Don't Miss Out! Click Here for the Latest in CA Politics.   Saturday, November 8, 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 SDIM Podcast: Fleischman Riffs on This Week’s Winners & Losers in California Politics - the Prop. 50 Version Weekend Political Reading Recommendations! LAT $: Taking inspiration from Mamdani, democratic socialists look to expand their power in L.A. CalM: ‘We feel alone’: L.A. fire survivors call for California’s insurance commissioner to resign CalM: California lawmakers found money for these pet projects even as they slashed the budget LAT $: California city tried to stamp out 10-year-old’s beehive project. Saving the bees was a lesson in love SFC: California Democrats had a good election. They’re terrified about the next one CalM: Increasingly irrelevant, California’s Republican Party is even more isolated after Prop. 50 LAT $: Opposition to single-payer healthcare separates Villaraigosa from others at candidate forum CalM: What veto drama and a Texas trip tell us about a potential shift in California’s homelessness strategy OCReg: Number of fentanyl deaths in Orange, LA counties sharply drops as law enforcement pushes against the crisis Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments OCReg: Debra Saunders: Trump’s biggest election loss happened in California OCReg: Greenhut: Mamdani’s win offers worst possible temptation for Democrats CG: Democrats No Longer Serve We the People – it’s all Political Theatre SacBee: Election roundup: Truckee voters back Measure G for new library, EDH picks Kinghorn Proposal to change decades-old city seal sparks passionate debate in South Lake Tahoe SFC: S.F. criminal court system confronts crisis amid lack of public defenders SFC: S.F. families stunned by decision to close private school owned by Chinese investors SJMN: Bay Area air travelers confront cancellations as federal shutdown drags on FresBee: Gavin Newsom pardons Fresno Pismo’s manager held by ICE more than 130 days LAT $: L.A. County stores must immediately stop selling kratom and 7-OH products, health department warns Riverside OKs $100,000 in emergency food aid as federal shutdown continues SDUT: Full CalFresh benefits for November are being restored, says San Diego County SDUT: San Diego County jails will test wearable health devices aimed at preventing in-custody deaths   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