Friday, June 18, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • FRBlog: Almost everyone who received pandemic unemployment benefits is now a criminal
  • SFC: Newsom recall fundraising edge becomes chasm with union, tribal, tech money
  • AP: Cash payments take center stage in Newsom's 1st recall ad
  • AP: California: People must look for work to get jobless aid
  • CG: Why is the CA Unemployment Agency Using Third Party to Identify Claimants?
  • CalM: Stimulus, unemployment checks help child support debt collection hit new high
  • OCReg: Newsom tosses COVID workplace mask order for vaccinated people after regulators vote
  • CG: After Reopening, CA Gov. Newsom Signs Executive Order Clarifying Mask Use – Sort of
  • AP: California eases virus work rules, has vaccine record plan
  • LADN: Coronavirus: UTLA members ratify agreement on health/safety protocols for LAUSD’s new school year
  • Newsom declares heat wave emergency as California issues second Flex Alert urging conservation
  • AP: California residents urged to conserve power in heat wave
  • SFC: Conservation helped avert rolling blackouts, PG&E says
  • CG: Unvaccinated Capitol Staffers Sent to One Facility to be COVID Tested Weekly, Together
  • SFC: Cyberattack on water supply: ‘No specific threat to public safety’
  • How much fracking is there in California? Newsom, state regulators can’t tell
  • CG: Gov. Newsom Announces More Incentive Programs To Help Reach 70% Total Vaccination Figure
  • LAT $: In new milestone, California administers 40 millionth dose of COVID-19 vaccine
  • CapWkly: ‘Laura’s Law’ okayed in 30 counties — a major statewide turnaround
  • Juneteenth will be a federal holiday. What does that mean for California public employees?
  • Hill: Why Cities Can Expect 2020's Violent Crime Spike to Last
  • SacBee: CalPERS claws back $636,000 from 2 California cops over ‘manufactured’ retirement deals
  • FresBee: Devin Nunes’ family dairy must produce workers’ citizenship records in lawsuit, judge orders
  • Reason: 85% of Liberal Students Think Professors Should Be Reported for Offensive Comments
  • Reason: Biden;s Latest Round of Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Is an Indictment of Federal Higher Education Subsidies
  • WashTimes: Media Covers Up Hunter Biden's Staggering Misdeeds
  • Why Wouldn't America Talk About the Lab Leak?
  • CG: Hollywood’s Phony Environmentalists
  • A Plan to Get Divisive & Radical Theories Out of Our Schools
  • OCReg: Why the push to hold an earlier Newsom recall vote is foolish for the governor
  • OCReg: California’s fake budget
  • OCReg: Consumers will pay for cyberattacks on beef megaproducer, thanks to red tape
  • SFC: 400 Sutter Health jobs cut in NorCal amid ‘growing fiscal gap'
  • SacBee: Judge denies restraining order sought by city of Sacramento for councilwoman’s staffer
  • SacBee: Dozens of homeless have been kicked out of Sacramento hotels used as shelters during COVID
  • SacBee: Exclusive: Sacramento sheriff recorded ‘confidential’ attorney-client jail visits
  • CG: SF Supervisor Proposes Ordinance To Stop Landlords From Taking Away Apartment Amenities
  • SFC: The man accused of stealing school board recall petitions has been fired from his job
  • Turlock nears end of its homeless crisis. Displaced woman calls for new approaches
  • FresBee: California moves to fund eviction defense as cities like Fresno develop protection programs
  • VCStar $: Simi Valley creating diversity, inclusion task force
  • VCStar $: Thousand Oaks has new police chief
  • VCStar $: County budget proposal up 4% as focus stays on COVID-19
  • LADN: ‘Delta’ COVID-19 variant stokes growing worries in LA County as vaccine rates slide
  • LAT $: Judge says sweeping L.A. criminal justice reform measure is unconstitutional
  • LADN: Port of LA Clean Trucks Program gets a roadmap but twists and turns remain before it is in place
  • OCReg: Lee’s Sandwiches reaches plea agreement after 2015 recall of almost 600,000 pounds of food
  • VOC: Council Clashes, Police Spending Furor, Community Outcry: Santa Ana Has a New Budget
  • OCReg: Want to hold a COVID-19 vaccination event? Just ask OC health officials
  • SBSun: Fontana to resume in-person council meetings Tuesday
  • PE: Riverside residents fight senior citizen condos proposed near their homes
  • SDUT: City must start over on sports arena deal
  • SDUT: San Diego County has hundreds of millions of dollars in free rent. Why are so few residents applying?
  • SDUT: Lawsuit seeks to overturn city’s new electric and gas franchise agreement with SDG&E
  • VOSD: Yet Another Report Shows San Diego Police Treat People of Color Differently
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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