Tuesday, February 23, 2021 |
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Dear John,
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THE HEADLINES:
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- AP: California lawmakers OK payment for voter outreach campaign
- AP: California OKs $600 stimulus payments for 5.7 million people
- SDUT: California legislators approve $7.6 billion COVID-19 package, including $600 stimulus checks
- CG: Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Ordering All 2021 Elections by Mail – Including Recall
- AP: GOP working to block Biden’s health care pick; Dems unfazed
- NR: What Kind of Bully Harasses Nuns?
- Becerra's Quest for Health Care for Illegal Immigrants
- CalM: Who is Xavier Becerra? What his California record reveals about Biden’s top health pick
- CapWkly: Speculation swirls over Becerra’s replacement
- CG: Proposed ‘Excise Tax’ Intentional Effort to Subvert the Will of California Voters?
- CG: Los Angeles Public School Parents, Students Protest Against Schools Not Reopening
- EdS: Rising tensions, heated words add pressure to reach a deal soon on reopening California schools | EdSource
- SJMN: Coronavirus school outbreak study by CDC ties spread to teachers
- FresBee: Is COVID-19 keeping California students from going to college? Here are the numbers
- LAT $: Families demand wider school reopening as LAUSD moves toward limited in-person instruction
- LADN: LAUSD superintendent believes April 9 reopening still feasible for elementary schools
- CalM: Immigration detention centers showcase California’s vaccine chaos
- AP: Newsom pledges more vaccines for Central Valley farmworkers
- FresBee: ‘Glitch’ in California vaccine website sent people to Valley county that denied them shots
- LAT $: Newsom touts Long Beach as COVID model for vaccines, schools - Los Angeles Times
- OCReg: Coronavirus tracker: California reported 3,495 new cases, 228 new deaths and 149 fewer hospitalizations Feb. 21
- LADN: LA County’s daily case count falls below 1,000 for first time since October
- FresBee: Lawsuit seeks to stop ICE’s use of private guards to make California immigration arrests
- AP: California inspectors find ‘deficiencies’ at virus test lab
- BreitbartCA: California’s Coronavirus Testing Lab Has ‘Significant Deficiencies’60
- SDUT: What you need to know about the attempt to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom
- SacBee: How California Democrats could delay a Gavin Newsom recall
- CG: New Proposed Bills Extending Paid Sick Leave
- Reason: California's YIMBYs Forgo Big State Upzoning Bill In Favor of Wonkier, More Modest Reforms
- Reason: There Has Been a Mind-Boggling Amount of Unemployment Fraud Since the CARES Act Passed
- CalM: Burgeoning child care union secures COVID-19 relief funding approval
- PE: Cal State San Bernardino student who suffered heatstroke during class run wins $39.5 million settlement
- PE: Mother of ‘ER’ actress killed by South Pasadena police settles for $450,000
- SJMN: Santa Clara County to allow prep football, other outdoor sports, following California’s lifting of COVID-19 restrictions
- FresBee: California passes bill allocating $1.4 million to track anti-Asian bias and hate crimes
- SJMN: Santa Clara County is model for plan to give $1,000 a month to California foster youth
- OCReg: Tax hike on employers isn’t necessary as state enjoys revenue windfall
- Why California Needs To Recall Gov. Newsom
- OCReg: The future is now for gig-based entrepreneurship
- CalM: School reopening row nears climax
- CG: Gov. Newsom’s Cruel, Indefinite Lockdown of Californians 340 Days Later
- NR: Teachers’ Unions Make the Case for School Choice
- NR: Fauci Is Not Your God
- OCReg: California’s failed policies are crushing and driving out nonprofits
- NR: Andrew Cuomo Is Everything the Press Accused Ron DeSantis of Being
- SacBee: To restore trust, Sacramento County must release investigator’s reports on CEO Nav Gill
- SacBee: Sacramento got no COVID vaccines last week due to storms. What it means for appointments
- SacBee: Sacramento City Unified announces target dates to reopen schools
- SFC: East Bay city wants to open a homeless RV site at a mostly vacant mall
- SFC: Parents have complained about S.F. school board. Could an effort to recall them work?
- SJMN: San Jose Police chief search narrowed to insiders and Pittsburgh police vet
- CalM: Up in smoke: Burns in San Joaquin Valley vineyards, orchards may finally end
- FresBee: Tulare County sheriff wants to clear a homeless camp. Those living there are pushing back
- FresBee: Fresno Unified launches ‘pricey’ COVID-19 testing program. Is there a cheaper way?
- FresBee: Fresno County may appoint a new clerk on Tuesday. Here’s what we know
- FresBee: Lee Brand, Fresno’s former mayor, finally reveals fate of campaign war chest
- Stanislaus County reopens COVID vaccination clinics. Who is eligible this week?
- Why does Modesto’s next mayor, Sue Zwahlen, see hope for better days?
- CalCoast: New coronavirus cases drop 40% in SLO County, in one week
- VCStar $: Ventura County hits target for K-6 reopening
- VCStar $: COVID-19: 344 new cases over weekend, 12 deaths
- LADN: Cattle prods, other rodeo implements could be banned under motion in LA City Council
- OCReg: Sexual predator takes plea deal in murders of two 6-year-olds after LA district attorney reverses course
- OCReg: Anaheim Convention Center opening for vaccinations; other sites waiting for delayed supplies
- VOC: OC Leaders Secretly Approved Over $200 Million in Covid Contracts; Voice of OC is Getting the Public a Peek at Where it Went
- OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 253 new cases, 38 new deaths as of Feb. 22
- SBSun: Redistricting in San Bernardino to include 21 public meetings on new maps
- SBSun: New coronavirus vaccine super site opens in San Bernardino County
- PE: Poll: 4 in 5 Inland voters favor requiring masks to fight coronavirus
- SDUT: San Diego approves $92.2M in rent relief
- VOSD: New Numbers Shed Light on Potential Impact of Vacation Rental Proposal
- SDUT: Petco Park vaccine superstation to reopen Tuesday
- VOSD: SDPD’s Previously Untested Rape Kits Are Yielding DNA Hits
- SDUT: San Diego Unified expected to release reopening timeline, updated plans Tuesday
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Sincerely,
FlashReport Editors
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