Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Thursday, June 24, 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: FRBlog: Costs Continue to Vex New Housing SFC: S.F. will require all city workers to be vaccinated. Those who don’t could be fired VOC: OC Voters to Decide Whether to Extend Supervisors’ Term Limits with Ballot Measure that Calls it a ‘Lifetime Ban’ OCReg: OC supervisors will ask voters to adjust term limit rules later this year AP: Report: California governor overstated fire prevention work Newsom Misled the Public About Wildfire Prevention Efforts Ahead Of Worst Fire Season On Record BreitbartCA: CA Sec of State Approves Signatures for Newsom Recall FresBee: Gavin Newsom will face a recall after only 43 Californians withdrew petition signatures SFC: It’s official: Newsom recall election is a go SFC: California recall campaign: Biggest donors backing Newsom and his top rivals CalM: Supreme Court limits California union recruiting in favor of property rights AP: High court backs businesses challenging California labor law LAT $: Delta variant spreads in California as COVID-19 battle enters uncertain phase OCReg: Coronavirus: Vaccination percentages by age in Southern California counties as of June 23 FresBee: Millions of Californians are set to get tax rebates in a new state budget. Do you qualify? SFC: UC regents alter policy with religious hospitals SFC: How PPP loans benefited the Bay Area’s wealthy, white areas more than those with large Black and Latino communities LAT $: Garcetti's office rocked as online comments go public CG: California’s Senate Republicans Call for Gas Tax Holiday Ahead of July 1st Gas Tax Increase OCReg: Critics assail purpose, makeup of DA George Gascón’s use-of-force panel CalM: California judges don’t reflect the state’s diversity — how that could change FresBee: California issued millions in COVID fines. Employers have paid almost none of them SFC: S.F. officials want $15M for tent sites — despite angst over yearly $60K cost per tent LADN: Tapping rarely used rule, LA councilmen Buscaino, Lee urge vote on stricter anti-camping ordinance LADN: Officials continue to grapple with how to tackle homelessness in Venice SJMN: New South Bay drought rules limit lawn watering to two days a week CalM: Water shortages: Why some Californians are running out in 2021 and others aren’t OCReg: Some used vehicles now cost more than original new-car sticker price AP: States grapple with closing youth detention centers AP: Insurance at peril for many in California’s risky fire areas AP: Good weather aids firefighters in California’s coastal range SacBee: Placer agrees to $39 million contract with Cal Fire ahead of dangerous wildfire season SFC: Fire Tracker relaunch: Follow wildfires across the state on interactive maps LAT $: Judge blocks FBI from keeping cash, gold and silver seized in Beverly Hills raid SacBee: California’s new senator is ready to end the filibuster. Dianne Feinstein’s ‘thinking about it’ BreitbartCA: Kamala Harris’ Impromptu Inspection of the Southern Border Sparks Backlash NR: NIH Deleted Data on Early Wuhan COVID Cases at Request of Chinese Researchers NR: Head of U.S. Intelligence: We May Never Know COVID’s Origin OCReg: Orange County supervisors’ self-serving term limits plan NR: Don’t Let Them Turn Back the Clock on Law and Order NR: Republicans Are on the Verge of Giving Up All Their Negotiating Power SJMN: Editorial: It’s a shooting gallery in Oakland; more cops are needed OCReg: Gov. Gavin Newsom, the class clown CalM: California’s pro-housing forces score big win SFC: This $41M Lake Tahoe property with a tie to Sen. Feinstein is up for sale SacBee: Will red-light cameras stay on in Citrus Heights? Council vote to renew contract is close SacBee: California reopening: Placer takes on Newsom emergency order | The Sacramento Bee SacBee: Negro Bar, a historic California park, could be renamed. Here’s why that sparked controversy SacBee: Sacramento County needs therapists for 911 strike teams. It won’t be easy to find them SacBee: Sacramento Public Library follows trend across the nation in eliminating late fees SFC: Richmond mayor says tax dollars were illegally spent investigating him SJMN: Not on board: East Bay residents and officials reject railroad plan SJMN: Three big developers step up for chance to turn Concord Naval Weapons Station site into massive community SJMN: Silicon Valley economic, racial disparity grows SJMN: ‘A dangerous sign’: San Jose leaders fail to reach consensus on Flea Market’s future FresBee: Did the Fresno City Council break open meeting law over Granite Park? DA investigating Proud Boys did no one proud at Modesto City Council meeting ‘Music to my ears’: Ceres Unified starts construction on first performing arts center SFC: New California national monument near Santa Cruz to open next summer CalCoast: Critical race theory battle reaches Lucia Mar Unified School District CalCoast: Paso Robles school board delays decision on proposed critical race theory ban VCStar $: Oil project OK'd from divided board VCStar $: Ventura approves $303M budget, postpones fire funding decisions LADN: LAPD shootings up, despite California’s ‘necessary’ force law LAT $: In Huntington Park, City Hall arrest and suspicion over pot licenses fuel a firestorm LAT $: A huge L.A. school budget spurs high-stakes recovery effort to boost achievement VOC: Newport Beach Ends COVID Local Emergency, County Supervisors Continue State of Emergency LAT $: O.C. education board balks at punishing Costa Mesa charter school for possible violations OCReg: Former Irvine police officer gets a year in jail for stealing $68,000 by claiming unworked overtime OCReg: Two south county beach parking lots flood after big surf, high tides slam coast VOC: Irvine Takes No Action on Veterans Cemetery, Opening Door for Possible Anaheim Site SBSun: Why San Bernardino County is appointing a sheriff rather than having an election PE: Riverside City Councilwoman Gaby Plascencia censured for ethics violations PE: Moreno Valley school board member Marsha Locke resigns VOSD: Community Members, Experts Flag Concerns With Police Oversight Measure SDUT: Palomar doctors take vote of ‘no confidence’ in executive leadership SDUT: Man who brought tortillas to Coronado game says there was ‘absolutely no racial intent’ SDUT: San Diego has more remote-friendly jobs than nearly all other startup cities, report finds Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! 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