Wednesday, December 15, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • SFC: Listen: Breed’s New Tone for the Tenderloin: More Police
  • BreitbartCA: ‘Bulls**t’: San Francisco Mayor Drops ‘Defund the Police’
  • SFC: Mayor Breed wants to flood Tenderloin with police to confront drug dealers
  • AP: San Francisco mayor pledges more police, safety measures
  • CG: San Francisco’s Pre-Arraignment Revolving Door of Arrest and Speedy Release
  • Smash-and-grab robbery rings organize on social media, Bonta says
  • SFC: CHP, S.F. police bust retail theft operation, recover 15,000 stolen items
  • SDUT: Smash-and-grab robbery targets mall kiosk in National City
  • SDUT: Personal income of San Diego residents grew faster in ’20 than any point on record
  • OCReg: Chapman forecast says recession possible by 2023
  • Woke Assault on Western Civilisation Is Taking Us Backwards
  • Federal Debt Equals About $287,859 Per Income-Tax-Paying Household
  • AP: California exempts San Francisco from COVID indoor mask rule
  • SDUT: One-year vaccine anniversary arrives on eve of mask mandate resumption
  • CalM: Unseen and unsafe: Students who have been “deadnamed” explain why a new California law matters
  • SFC: The S.F. exodus isn’t over, according to new data. Here’s where people are moving
  • LAT $: Fewer people moving to California, more leaving during the pandemic, study shows
  • LAT $: Youth mental health crisis: What parents should watch for
  • SacBee: Citing violence fears, SEIU International wades into dispute at California state worker union
  • SFC: S.F. is the 1st city to require sick leave for nannies, cleaners, gardeners
  • LAT $: These doctors sexually abused patients. The Medical Board gave them their licenses back
  • LAT $: Too many qualified students are shut out of UC, CSU. A new study offers some solutions
  • LADN: LAUSD’s student vaccination mandate delayed until the fall
  • Reason: Public Schools Should Stop Threatening Unvaccinated Kids
  • AP: States to sign voluntary cutbacks of Colorado River water
  • SJMN: Major new reservoir proposed for Santa Clara County faces key vote
  • CalCoast: State delivering 5% of allocated water, Arroyo Grande wants in
  • AP: OJ Simpson a ‘completely free man’; parole ends in Nevada
  • PE: San Bernardino County reports first omicron variant case
  • LADN: As anticipated, omicron COVID cases mount in LA County
  • CalCoast: SLO County COVID-19 case rates on the rise
  • OCReg: Yorba Linda school quarantines entire 6th grade class due to COVID-19
  • PE: Does California have parental liability laws for a child’s misconduct? Ask the lawyer
  • CG: LA Mayor Eric Garcetti Begins Congressional Confirmation Hearings For India Ambassadorship
  • LAT $: City employees solicit funds for Garcetti-backed charity. Ethics experts have concerns
  • VOC: Orange County Eyes Another $34 Million to Turn Motels into Homeless Housing
  • CalM: California’s homelessness crisis — and possible solutions — explained
  • LADN: Los Angeles’s homeless community disproportionately affected by rising homicide rate
  • AP: California cleans up after powerful storm drenches state
  • SJMN: Dusting of snow on Bay Area’s highest peaks, several feet of snow in Sierra after atmospheric river storm
  • CG: Self-Driving Car Company Pony.ai Permit Suspended By DMV Following Accident
  • BreitbartCA: Google to Fire Unvaxxed Employees
  • SFC: Newsom’s push to use Texas abortion law tactics on firearms faces hurdle with ghost guns
  • SJMN: Tesla Motors worker arrested as suspect in parking-lot killing of coworker
  • LAT $: Barabak: Are Californians chumps to play fair on congressional redistricting?
  • LAT $: Retailers say theft is at crisis levels. The numbers say otherwise
  • Biden's vaccine mandate will decimate our military | Fox News
  • The Death of California
  • CalM: Adjust the cap on compensation for medical malpractice
  • SacBee: Gavin Newsom is mandating masks to stop COVID. Why won’t he back real vaccine mandates?
  • CalM: Big utilities winning battle over solar power
  • SacBee: Daughter of RFK to Gavin Newsom: Please don’t parole the man who murdered my father
  • The New Woke Model Army
  • Cities Will Set Murder Records Because of 'Soros Effect'
  • How to Remedy the Campus Groupthink That Targeted Us
  • OCReg: One-party rule is toxic everywhere, including California
  • CG: Sacramento Mayor Proposes Prohibiting Homeless RV’s or Vehicles Moved Without ‘Safe Parking’ or Beds
  • SacBee: ’Atonement’: Sacramento City Council meetings will acknowledge Indigenous people, lands
  • SacBee: Masks, omicron: Here’s where Sacramento stands on COVID as California enters new order
  • SacBee: Severe teacher shortages persist in Sacramento schools. What it means for parents, students
  • SFC: S.F. metro area retains No. 1 spot as most expensive place to live in U.S.
  • SFC: Here's plan to stop Golden Gate Bridge's humming, how much it'll cost
  • SFC: S.F. school board cuts classroom, administrative spending in bid to avoid state takeover
  • LAT $: Lopez: The U.S. wants to air-drop poison on Farallon Islands mice. Not everybody hates the idea
  • SFC: Oakland mayor asks for state law enforcement help to stem violent crime
  • SJMN: Livermore City Manager Marc Roberts to retire in June after 35-year career
  • SJMN: Santa Clara County civil grand jury makes formal corruption accusations against sheriff
  • SJMN: ‘Inclusive of all’: Here’s how San Jose will apply SB 9 across the city
  • FresBee: Is Fresno’s decades-old Veterans Boulevard project ‘ahead of schedule?’ Here’s the latest
  • FresBee: Fresno County leaders pick a district map. Opponents call for independent commission
  • Building houses, living in garages. State AG talks housing crisis with Modesto residents
  • Electric scooters rented through smartphone app could soon zip along Modesto’s streets
  • VCStar $: Eminent domain concerns delay vote on rail operator of Santa Paula line
  • LADN: LAUSD board makes new Superintendent Alberto Carvalho – and his $440,000 salary – official
  • LADN: Sheriff Villanueva says department is underfunded, understaffed
  • LAT $: L.A. County falls far behind Bay Area in vaccinating Black, Latino residents
  • OCReg: Coronavirus: 199 new cases, six more deaths reported in Orange County on Dec. 14
  • VOC: Why Did Santa Ana Police Hand Over Scene to Anaheim PD the Night of Brandon Lopez Shooting?
  • VOC: Anaheim High School to Keep ‘Colonists’ Name, But Change Mascot
  • VOC: Will Poseidon’s HB Desal Plant Take State Money Away from Low-Income Housing?
  • OCReg: Felony charges dropped in Jacoby & Meyers fraud case in OC
  • PE: Riverside County polling places to be replaced by vote centers
  • PE: New Riverside County supervisor districts finalized
  • VOSD: Morning Report: Judge Officially Rules Against City’s Midway Height Maneuver
  • SDUT: Two finalists are in the running for San Diego Unified’s superintendent
  • SDUT: Coastal Commission weighs in on managing ‘out of control’ human, sea lion situation at Point La Jolla
  • SDUT: Commission approves new San Diego County voting districts

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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