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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.

THE HEADLINES

• Karen Bass Wants Four More Years. Los Angeles Deserves Better. It Has To Have Better.
• California vs. Florida on Split Roll Taxation: The Divide Between Newsom and DeSantis
• CG: Failed State California: $18 Billion Deficit, High-Risk State Agencies, Record Out-Migration
• DOJ asks Court to find against Newsom’s Prop. 50 on key witness’s refusal to give evidence
• California lawmakers leading Capitol Annex construction speak about project for first time in years
• CG: California’s New Vaccine Law Shields Providers — While Leaving Injured Families With No Remedy
• LAT $: Sex trafficking in L.A. made worse by California law, Republican candidate for governor says
• CalM: Prison health workers are among the best-paid public employees. Why are so many jobs vacant?
• California Dems confront a star-power vacuum — and a big math problem
• CG: Gov. Newsom Announces Fired Former CDC Officials Will Lead New CA Public Health Exchange
• NR: Kamala Harris Wants to Be Seen as a Possible 2028 Candidate
• NR: Prepping for 2028, Newsom Workshops Defenses of His Indefensible Record
• LAT $: Feds say antigovernment group plotted New Year’s Eve bombings in Southern California
• CalM: Rob Reiner was more than a Hollywood legend. He helped shape California politics
• LAT $: Rob Reiner’s son arrested in fatal stabbings of the Hollywood legend and his wife
• CalM: The hydrants will run dry: Trump’s LA fire claims missed the mark, study shows
• LAT $: Trump’s plan to pump more water in California is ill-conceived and harmful, lawmakers say
• CG: The Dangers of Sanctuary Policies – and How Some Cities Are Finally Realizing How Damaging They Are
• CalM: University of California’s $28 million system for pension payouts produced chaos and complaints
• LAT $: Column: California Democrats have momentum, Republicans have problems
• Stockton mayor questions nonprofit's claims of gang violence intervention
• Moderate political group attacks supervisors who voted against Lurie’s upzoning plan
• SJMN: Valley Fair mall shooting: Hearing delayed for adults charged as accessories
• FresBee: Ex Fresno-area Congressman TJ Cox sentenced to prison following fraud conviction
• Stanislaus judge orders plan before deciding sexually violent predator’s release
• ‘Secretive and manipulative’ Hemet church leaders killed 2 for greed and control, officials say
• SDUT: Prepare for a bump in your SDG&E bill in 2026
• SDUT: SDSU committee recommends 41% increase to student athletic fees
• SDUT: San Marcos farm illegally charged workers for unsafe, unsanitary housing, U.S. labor agency says