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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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• CTop Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics For The Week Ending 12/12/25 - Newsom, Cal, SF, Long Beach, LA Council Pres, Auditor Parks…
• CG: How Catholic Charities San Diego Transformed into a $80M Refugee Powerhouse on a Tide of Federal Dollars
• SFC: Trump administration demands California drop proposal to ‘redistribute’ farmland to minorities
• Why Mugabes Land Reforms Were so DisastrousCato Institute
• SacBee: 20% of Sacramento shelter guests go on to permanent housing. Is there a better way?
• FresBee: Class action lawsuit says Fresno discriminates against the homeless with arrests
• CalM: Trump’s new order against AI regulation hits California especially hard
• Gov. Newsom's ex-top aide Dana Williamson to skip some federal court appearances for health reasons
• LAT $: District attorney announces charges against unlicensed contractors in Altadena fire zone
• CalM: California’s last nuclear power plant faces renewed scrutiny as it gains latest permit
• SFC: California bans harvest of ocean delicacy until 2036
• LAT $: Newsom expresses unease about his new, candid autobiography: ‘It’s all out there’
• LAT $: Federal government orders LADWP to inspect nearly 100 drinking water reservoirs, storage tanks
• SFC: Explosion injures six near Hayward after construction crew strikes gas line
• Anheuser-Busch to close its Fairfield Budweiser facility, company says
• CG: No More ‘Paper or Plastic:’ Bring Your Own Bags to the Store Jan 1
• CalM: Some Newsom detractors make up stuff, though there’s fodder for legitimate criticism
• CG: Ringside: Will Advocates for More Water Supply Projects Find Unity?
• OCReg: Will Gavin Newsom’s record derail his White House bid?
• OCReg: LA is America’s top ‘Judicial Hellhole’
• OCReg: The race for California governor is still in total flux
• LAT $: Nine indicted on drug, conspiracy charges in shooting death of Oakland officer
• SFC: Bay Area county OKs tax hike to fund hospitals after federal Medicaid cuts
• CalCoast: Plans to build industrial port near Avila Beach in peril
• CalM: Crime is down and kids are back, but drugs still plague Los Angeles’ MacArthur Park
• LAT $: No charges for ‘Capt. Hollywood’; detectives claim LAPD mishandled CBS exec case leak
• OCReg: $8.4 million awarded to police officer in reverse discrimination case in La Palma
• VOC: Irvine Eyes Helping Secure San Onofre’s Radioactive Waste
• OCReg: Huntington Beach challenge over state housing mandate hits another setback
• More than 3,000 homes could be coming to eastern Moreno Valley
• SDUT: San Diego faces new budget crisis amid disappointing tax revenue, rising costs
• SDUT: San Diego Unified punts vote on sweeping affordable housing plans
• SDUT: Tri-City board approves historic Sharp HealthCare affiliation