Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • NR: Should All States Tax and Spend Like California? President Biden’s Stimulus Plan Could Make It So
  • CG: BOMBSHELL: California Has 1.8M More Registered Voters Than it Should
  • LADN: LA County Supervisors vote 4-1 to close Men’s Central Jail
  • LAT $: Commission blames tactics in chaotic Hollywood shooting between LAPD officers
  • LADN: Rallying outside meeting, students, community members urge LAUSD board to defund school police
  • SFC: Man with knife breaks into Oakland Cathedral, sits in bishop’s chair
  • AP: Help wanted: Labor crisis plagues US restaurant industry
  • LAT $: Garcetti’s top aide mocked labor icon Dolores Huerta: ‘I hate her’
  • SacBee: New mask rules for California Capitol require face coverings for all in some settings
  • CalM: Medi-Cal expansion: Legislature’s budget would remove some barriers for low-income residents
  • VCStar $: Health insurance for $1? Unemployed Californians now eligible
  • LAT $: L.A. County extends COVID-19 eviction moratorium through September
  • CG: Gov. Newsom’s Plan to Use Federal Funds to Cover Unpaid Rent for Low-Income Tenants
  • NR: End the Moratorium on Evictions
  • OCReg: Caitlyn Jenner, and her bid to shift from celebrity to politician, comes to Costa Mesa
  • CG: Parents’ File Lawsuit Against LAUSD to Resume In-Person Learning Immediately, Without Restrictions
  • SJMN: Emergency project being built to protect California water supplies
  • CG: Enviro Expert: California’s ‘Clean Energy’ Policies Should Not Be Adopted by Federal Govt.
  • BreitbartCA: Over 70 Percent of Californians 12 and over Fully Vaccinated
  • SJMN: California COVID vaccination uneven as state reaches milestone
  • AP: Prosecutors balk at Avenatti’s 7th sentencing delay request
  • LADN: GOP in flux, Mike Pence plans speech at Reagan Library in Simi Valley
  • AP: Animal rights group sues park service over dying elk
  • AP: California oil regulators delay health, safety rules again
  • LAT $: Vanessa Bryant, others settle lawsuit with helicopter firm in Kobe Bryant crash
  • Reason: Is Inflation Back for Good?
  • AP: California school coach fired after tortillas thrown at team
  • LAT $: Abcarian: Hunter Biden is trading on the family name — again
  • OCReg: California needs a 3/13 Commission
  • NR: The Los Angeles Union with a Culture of Racism and Anti-Israel Politics
  • NR: China Apologist Peter Daszak Has Some Explaining to Do
  • OCReg: Pushing California schools to help at-risk kids
  • OCReg: Fire unions target private EMS firms to pad pensions
  • SacBee: Sacramento to study slavery reparations for Black residents. What form could they take?
  • SFC: San Francisco will permanently cap food delivery fees for DoorDash, Grubhub and other apps
  • SFC: Bay Area segregation is worsening, UC Berkeley study finds
  • SJMN: As more Bay Area homeless camps are closed, activists fight back
  • SFC: In one Bay Area city, nearly half of all homes are worth over $1 million (it’s not S.F.)
  • SFC: Labor disputes derailed huge Concord development. It could be revived
  • SJMN: San Jose authorities identify man killed in June 13 stabbing
  • FresBee: Fresno’s Central Unified schools name new acting leader following superintendent’s arrest
  • Update: After two hours, public comment concludes at Modesto City Council meeting
  • Man speaks out at Modesto City Council meeting against Forward Together initiative
  • FresBee: Does future of Fresno’s San Joaquin River Parkway rest with bill to reshape leadership?
  • FresBee: State Assemblyman Arambula and Speaker Rendon push for San Joaquin River Parkway funding
  • CalCoast: Judge denies audio broadcasting of hearing in Kristin Smart murder case
  • VCStar $: Expansion of psychiatric unit funded as county budget passes handily
  • LADN: Judge poised to dismiss parts of lawsuit against ex-LA DA Lacey, husband
  • LAT $: Will the LAX train project jump-start the L.A. rail system?
  • LAT $: Citing ‘grave threat,’ L.A. city attorney vows to crack down on online sales of fireworks
  • LAT $: Lawsuit alleges beating by L.A. County deputies at traffic stop
  • LADN: LAUSD board approves $13.8 billion budget, but bid to further cut school police falls short
  • LADN: LAUSD board pays ‘ringing’ tribute to departing superintendent during Beutner’s final meeting
  • LADN: LADWP unveils ‘Racial Equity Action Plan’ in response to Garcetti’s directive
  • OCReg: OC supervisors argue over whether to let public back into board meetings
  • OCReg: Proposed solar farm in Anaheim Hills sparks mixed reviews, even if it is a sign of the future
  • OCReg: Orange is ending agreement with Mary’s Kitchen, forcing the soup kitchen to move from city property
  • SBSun: San Bernardino County supervisors will appoint new sheriff July 7
  • SBSun: Colton extends warehouse moratorium another 10 months and 15 days
  • SDUT: San Diego mayor, chief and police reform advocate talk policing during forum
  • VOSD: MTS’s Security Firm of Choice Has a More Complicated Record Than it Claimed
  • SDUT: San Diego Unified board approves ethnic studies funding
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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