Friday, July 16, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • FRBlog: Everything That’s Wrong with the State Budget, Part 2
  • AP: Mask mandate back on in Los Angeles as virus cases rise
  • SJMN: LA is mandating masks again. Is Bay Area next?
  • SacBee: Sacramento County reissues mask recommendation in response to COVID Delta variant
  • Los Angeles Announces It’s Requiring Masks Indoors Again For Everyone
  • LADN: Pandemic-weary LA County crestfallen over news of masks’ return, mere weeks after restrictions eased
  • As the Delta variant increases COVID-19 cases, will Stanislaus County require masks?
  • FresBee: Fresno County residents issued new guidelines on wearing masks in public indoor settings
  • CalM: Small California school districts will refuse to follow mask mandate
  • AP: California approves 1st state-funded guaranteed income plan
  • SJMN: Has the time come for universal basic income?
  • California approves $35 million plan for nation's first state-funded guaranteed income program
  • BreitbartCA: L.A. Chamber of Commerce Sides with Democrats on Gavin Newsom Recall
  • CalM: Is homelessness Newsom’s weak point in recall? Republicans are counting on it
  • SFC: Larry Elder, conservative Black rival in Newsom recall, downplays racism in America
  • Trump intelligence chief Richard Grenell declines to enter California recall race
  • PE: UC finalizes policy requiring students and staff be vaccinated against COVID-19
  • LAT $: UC mandates COVID-19 vaccinations and will bar most students without them from campus
  • LAT $: With drought worsening, should California have much tougher water restrictions?
  • SFC: NASA satellite images show total devastation of water sources in California’s drought
  • LADN: Judge may throw out most of sexual harassment lawsuit against Inglewood mayor
  • CalM: COVID cases surging in California a month after reopening
  • LAT $: Michigan GOP leader quits post after challenging Trump lie
  • SacBee: ‘Flat out abuse.’ California lawmakers demand review of inmate welfare fund spending
  • SacBee: California prison union suspends chapter president amid misspending investigations
  • CG: Disney to Relocate 2,000 Jobs From California to Florida
  • AP: Disney opening campus in Florida, moving some SoCal workers
  • AP: Long-serving California Republican Rep. Jerry Lewis dies
  • SFC: State’s high court rules on pay for employees who work through lunch
  • CG: Massive $330 Million Film, TV Production Tax Credit Bill Approved By Assembly, Senate
  • OCReg: Brush fire in Ladera Ranch may have been sparked by standoff between deputies and driver
  • LAT $: Dixie fire expands while Sugar fire nears 100,000 acres and more evacuations ordered
  • AP: 2 charged with plotting to blow up Democratic headquarters
  • FresBee: Another Fresno-area Democrat seeks to unseat David Valadao in Congress. Can he win?
  • NR: Jen Psaki Just Escalated the Conservative War with Big Tech
  • Reason: The Government Should Stop Telling Facebook To Suppress COVID-19 'Misinformation'
  • White House 'flagging' posts for Facebook to censor due to COVID-19 'misinformation'
  • CG: De-platformed by PayPal, You Could Be Next
  • VOC: Over 1,000 More Homes for OC’s Homeless Could Be Coming, Funded by Federal Covid Relief
  • LAT $: Mary’s Kitchen, a sanctuary for homeless O.C. residents, faces possible closure
  • LADN: Hart Union High School District board votes to retire Indians mascot by 2025
  • OCReg: After complaint about a flagpole along an oceanside path on Balboa Peninsula, a permit might keep the flags flying
  • OCReg: Good reason to be critical of a politicized race theory
  • NR: It’s Not ‘Just Property’ That’s Lost When Mobs Riot and Loot
  • OCReg: Buying a home shouldn’t be like playing the Lottery
  • Can Larry Elder Win? Maybe, If Dems Don't Turn Out
  • CG: Why Are California Cities’ Public Health Officers Really Ordering Masks Worn Indoors?
  • SFC: Homicides are up 36% in Bay Area’s biggest cities. Deaths in Oakland are driving the surge
  • SFC: ‘Worst moments of my life.’ Former Berkeley High student alleges repeated abuse by teacher
  • SFC: City loan was meant to help fix S.F. public housing where London Breed grew up. Has it?
  • SJMN: Redwood City gets $5 million to build ferry terminal as service to Oakland, San Francisco moves closer to reality
  • Railroad project on former dinner train line stirs up dust, anger from Oakdale neighbors
  • FresBee: Dyer: Multi-million dollar theme park could bring ‘millions’ to Fresno each year
  • Lawsuit filed in case of man fatally shot by Stanislaus sheriff’s deputies
  • LAT $: Lopez: They want to age wine in the ocean off Santa Barbara. The Coastal Commission is wary
  • VCStar $: Former T.O. Mayor Horner, city's only Black mayor, dies
  • VCStar $: Conejo Valley school district solicits applicants to fill board vacancy
  • LADN: LAX seeks $1 billion from City Council to modernize terminals 4 and 5
  • LADN: Amid nationwide spike in overdose deaths, L.A. County jail program gives lifesaving medicine directly to inmates
  • OCReg: In emotional 7-hour meeting, Westminster City Council puts moratorium on all new monuments
  • OCReg: Orange City Council set to reinstate pay, reimbursements for elected leaders
  • OCReg: Mission Viejo leaves behind cumulative voting efforts, moves to district-based elections
  • VOC: Santana: Sacramento Readies Bail Out for Embattled County Supervisors in Places Like San Bernardino, Orange County
  • PE: Former West Valley Water District HR director pleads no contest to felony tax evasion
  • PE: Reps. Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene move America First rally from OC to Riverside
  • SDUT: San Diego County tackles housing shortage with general plan changes
  • VOSD: Why Hughes Made So Much on City Lease Deals Is Still Largely a Mystery
  • SDUT: Developer wants to create $1M housing down payment fund for San Diego teachers. But, there’s a catch.
  • SDUT: Judge says lawsuit demanding better COVID-19 practices in San Diego jails may proceed
  • VOSD: Outside Lawyer to Take Over Writing Police Oversight Ordinance
  • SDUT: San Diego Museum of Art sued for sexual harassment, racial discrimination

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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