Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Saturday, May 15, 2021 Dear John, 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: LADN: Supervisor Barger to Newsom: Ease state mask mandate immediately LAT $: Mixed messaging on masks forces businesses to shoulder the burden SJMN: A day later, California officials still silent on CDC mask guidance Reason: The CDCs Ever-Shifting COVID-19 Advice Shows the Agency Is Ill-Suited To Decide Which Risks Are Acceptable SFC: CDC’s mask guidance may come as a ‘psychological shock.’ Here’s the data behind it AP: California weighing issues around new CDC masking guidelines BreitbartCA: Eric Swalwell Lashes Out When Told to Go Maskless: ‘Don’t Tell Me What to F***ing Do’ SacBee: Undocumented seniors would be eligible for California health care in Gavin Newsom’s budget VCStar $: California budget has $35 million for basic income programs AP: Newsom’s spending binge reshapes California recall election CG: Gov. Gavin Newsom Unveils $267.8 Billion Revised Budget SacBee: ‘The state’s too damn dirty.’ Gavin Newsom calls for $1.5 billion to beautify California AP: Newsom’s green budget has something for everyone — even bees SFC: Court: S.F. can’t ban people charged with dealing drugs from Tenderloin CG: Skid Row Shelter Order Temporary Halted By Appellate Court LAT $: Homeless camping at beaches and parks? L.A. proposal stirs outcry from some neighbors SFC: Homeless camp backlash has reached a turning point in California CalCoast: SLO County evicts homeless from lot above Pirate’s Cove ‘I don’t know what to do’: Turlock homeless woman evicted from encampment speaks out OCReg: Santa Ana clears homeless camp from parking lot at El Centro cultural center SacBee: California’s unemployment claims backlog growing again, new numbers show VOSD: Sacramento Report: Learning Loss Bill Stuck in Limbo SacBee: Pay cuts ending for 130,000 California state workers. Others must negotiate SFC: San Francisco sues state over bid to restrict its Sierra water supplies AP: Water crisis ‘couldn’t be worse’ on Oregon-California border Reason: Will the Spike in Murder and Violence Undermine Criminal Justice Reform? AP: University of California drops SAT scores for admission SFC: CCSF seeks 23.5% raise for executive as faculty take steep pay cuts AP: Prosecutors ask to drop most charges in doctor rape case AP: Appeals court upholds $25M award in Monsanto cancer case LAT $: Huge budget boost to UC, CSU and community colleges targets student housing and job training AP: Southern California wildlife bridge plan gets huge boost LAT $: After lawsuit, DACA recipients win permits to travel outside the U.S. — and come back legally Unscrupulous Media Responsible for Rebekah Jones Hoax SDUT: San Diego-area lawmakers file joint request for state audit of county jail deaths SDUT: Activists call on city to release body-cam footage of man tackled, punched by San Diego police officers CalCoast: Watch video of a deadly police shooting in Lompoc NR: Three Women Arrested after Pig’s Head, Blood Left at Former Home of Chauvin Defense Witness NR: A Biden Cabinet Secretary Violated Federal Law. So What? FresBee: Marjorie Taylor Greene deleted video of her at AOC’s office. Fresno far-right agitator didn’t SJMN: Tech manager who called Bay Area women ‘soft and weak’ says Apple fired him OCReg: There’s no denying the reality of the California exodus CG: Gov. Newsom Transforms Taxpayer Protection into Welfare NR: Gavin Newsom Attempts to Bribe Away His Poor Record OCReg: It’s past time for real school reopening NR: There’s No Vaccine Against the Irrational Fear of Monsters NR: The President Doesn’t Make ‘the Rules’ OCReg: Assembly Bill 5 continues to wreak havoc on our economy SFC: Oakland City Council strikes back at MLB, A’s after relocation talks floated SFC: Oakland cops found a man unconscious in a car with a gun. Reform advocates stepped in SFC: Police investigate homicide in S.F.’s Excelsior District SFC: Team of engineers working to make the Golden Gate Bridge 'humming' shut up MID might stop funding Tuolumne River Trust program for kids. Why things went awry FresBee: Ventura Street to close for months of high-speed rail construction. Here are the detours CG: Vandenberg Air Force Base Transitions Into Space Force Base VCStar $: Ojai Valley faces water shortage as lake level drops VCStar $: Ventura adopts plan to prepare residents for next fire or emergency LADN: AG files support for LA County Ban on flavored tobacco products sales LADN: Judge hears arguments in Rose Bowl trademark lawsuit; no decision issued yet LADN: LA budget committee sends its revisions of the mayor’s budget proposal on to the full council VOC: Downtown Mission Viejo Property Owner Challenges Government Secrecy OCReg: Boards overseeing Orange County toll roads clear the way for San Clemente to exit if City Council wants OCReg: Fullerton settles lawsuit against bloggers, recants accusations of criminal hacking SBSun: 2 candidates remain for San Bernardino Community College District chancellor SBSun: 20 new police officers could be part of ‘promising’ San Bernardino budget SBSun: 4-year plan for Bloomington and Muscoy includes proposals for homeless, animal shelter, parks PE: Number of coronavirus cases ticks up in Riverside County SDUT: Navy favors massive project with 10K housing units on NAVWAR site Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! 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