Thursday, June 24, 2021
Dear John,

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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
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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