Friday, July 23, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • SJMN: Bay Area counties urge employers to require vaccinations; Santa Clara will mandate for 22,000 county workers
  • SDUT: San Diego parent group sues state to end school mask mandate
  • FresBee: ‘My child, my choice.’ Clovis parents, school leaders protest classroom mask requirement
  • CG: New Poll Finds Larry Elder In Commanding Lead of Recall Candidates, Newsom Approval Slipping Once Again
  • SFC: The 46 Californians running to replace Newsom in the recall election
  • SFC: Newsoms biggest challenger in the recall election may be himself
  • KQED: Facing Recall Anger From Shop Owners, Newsom Touts Small Business Roots
  • AP: California’s recall ballot is set, but GOP strategy isn’t
  • SFC: San Francisco families need to earn $127,000 just to make ends meet, study finds
  • SFC: $20,000 trash can? S.F. looks to roll out costly prototypes for pilot on street corners
  • SFC: Black S.F. employees file complaint alleging ‘rampant’ discrimination
  • AP: California’s rising COVID-19 rate sparks pleas to vaccinate
  • AP: With virus surging, LA County implores people to get shots
  • LADN: COVID variant continues relentless spread in LA County, even among vaccinated residents
  • SFC: S.F.’s coronavirus case rate has spiked above California’s. What’s going on?
  • LAT $: 20% of L.A. County’s coronavirus cases in June were among the vaccinated. Why that’s not surprising
  • FresBee: Unvaccinated? Here’s what COVID ‘surge’ likely will mean for you, Fresno’s top doc warns
  • AP: California makes change to pay unemployment benefits faster
  • OCReg: California’s thorough bungling of unemployment insurance system
  • Kiley focuses on school vouchers in California recall campaign
  • SFC: Backlash against homeless encampment coming to a boil in Marin County
  • LAT $: Dixie fire burns more than 100,000 acres while Tamarack fire crosses state lines
  • SFC: Next 3 days are critical in battle against 113,000-acre Dixie Fire, firefighters say
  • OCReg: Tuition hike approved for UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Riverside and 7 other campuses
  • AP: University of California regents approve rare tuition hike
  • AP: Investigators question warden at California women’s prison
  • CG: California Sues North America’s Largest Video Game Company
  • OCReg: Activision Blizzard sued by California over toxic, ‘frat boy workplace culture’
  • LAT $: Democrats in California and D.C. clash over how state’s high-speed rail should be powered
  • LAT $: CBS ousts L.A., Chicago station managers after misconduct probe
  • SacBee: On eve of trial, feds ask to drop yearlong prosecution of UC Davis Chinese researcher
  • CalM: Outgunned: Why California’s groundbreaking firearms law is failing
  • SacBee: ‘We’re up against a gun epidemic.’ Gavin Newsom links rise in homicides to firearm sales
  • RCP: Biden Gaffe Renews Questions About Covid Transparency
  • Reason: Bringing Back Mask Mandates Is Pointless Signaling
  • NR: The Government’s License to Lie
  • SacBee: Newsom avoiding CA water storage projects during drought
  • SacBee: ‘It is frightening.’ Major Sacramento hospital braces for surge as COVID cases soar
  • SFC: S.F. economy: New data gives glimpse of city’s recovery so far
  • AP: Jets’ Knapp dies after being struck by car while biking
  • SFC: San Francisco to add 400 beds for mental health, addiction treatment
  • SFC: An East Oakland Walgreens’ last stand gets personal
  • SJMN: Former embroiled Silicon Valley Chamber CEO lands new job with the city of Morgan Hill
  • An unwinnable bidding war: How Modesto’s housing crisis prices out would-be homebuyers
  • Lawsuit seeks millions in Stanislaus deputy’s shooting death of 16-year-old driver
  • Ceres special election candidates face off in debate. Watch them appeal to voters
  • Modesto’s police reform committee begins work. Here are highlights of first meeting
  • VCStar $: Oxnard developer opts out of affordable housing in dunes projectnews
  • LADN: Back up at water treatment plant that caused sewage spill ‘nearly catastrophic,’ officials say
  • LADN: $2,000 checks given to 26 households impacted by LAPD’s fireworks detonation
  • OCReg: OC Sheriff’s deputies could start wearing body cameras in August
  • PE: This is why Riverside County had to correct inaccuracies in COVID-19 data
  • PE: Another Democrat plans to run against Inland Rep. Ken Calvert
  • PE: Another blow to Bloomington residents battling trucking industry development
  • SDUT: Audit finds former mayor and staff misrepresented Ash Street facts, withheld key details from City Council
  • SDUT: New doctor contracts at Palomar Health move forward despite continued protests
  • VOSD: What's Changed – and What Hasnt – for Policing in San Diego
  • SDUT: Half of San Diego’s new appointees are women, 70% are people of color on boards, commissions

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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