Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Thursday, January 13, 2022 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: AP: Newsom rejects claims his homelessness plan isn’t working SJMN: Homeless tiny homes village experiment in Oakland hits a snag SDUT: Governor helps clear San Diego homeless encampment to highlight pilot program SJMN: Once again, COVID delays crucial homeless census in the Bay Area CG: Sacramento Homeless Vagrant Viciously Attacks Horse, Kills Family’s Pet Chickens SFC: Progressive Working Families Party lands in California, targeting moderate Democrats SFC: Meet the man with the inside dirt on city’s famously filthy streets LADN: Sheriff says LASD stats show jumps in homicides, auto thefts from 2019 OCReg: Law enforcement agencies, families call for tougher penalties against fentanyl dealers SJMN: Here come the parents to help Palo Alto schools stay open amid COVID surge SFC: Oakland braces for another teacher sickout as students threaten to walk out SDUT: Chula Vista teachers protest slow contract talks with Wednesday ‘walk out’ after school SJMN: Gov. Newsom signs executive order that makes it easier to hire teachers amid shortages CG: San Francisco Adds New COVID-19 Mega-Event Vaccination Requirements CalM: COVID cases triple in California juvenile prisons LAT $: Influx of winter visitors overwhelms Big Bear as virus hits workforce LAT $: Doctors ‘just scraping by’ as Omicron sweeps nation’s hospitals CalM: California teeters on edge of more COVID shutdowns Reason: New California Data Reinforce the Evidence That Omicron Is Less Virulent Than Delta AP: California assault weapon owners face registration deadline CalM: Spend the surplus game 2022: Newsom picked his budget priorities. Do you agree? CG: $12,250 per Household Tax Increase for Gov. Newsom’s Single-Payer Healthcare System Proposal SacBee: California businesses expected to pay higher taxes to make up for unemployment shortfall SFC: California’s Prop. 12 hasn’t resulted in a bacon apocalypse — at least not yet LAT $: Newsom’s latest housing fix: More Californians living downtown SBSun: Highland lawmaker James Ramos announces state Assembly reelection bid FresBee: California Republican David Valadao announces campaign for increasingly Democratic district CG: Senator Andreas Borgeas Announces He Will Not Run For Re-Election This Year AP: California sues ‘sharing ministry’ health insurance plan SacBee: California renters could get a big break from state under proposal to expand tax credit LAT $: California was supposed to clear cannabis convictions. Tens of thousands are still languishing CG: Film Set Firearms Ban Proposal Changed Following Industry Backlash OCReg: Black Lives Matter activist from Long Beach once again ordered to face trial for driving through Yorba Linda crowd SFC: S.F. appellate justice is latest Biden appointee confirmed to Ninth Circuit Blue States Are Ruining Kids' Lives for No Reason OCReg: Ditching standardized tests spells disaster LAT $: Barabak: Will Republicans ever be relevant again in California? Probably. But first... OCReg: Westminster council drama needs to end Escalating Battle Over Private Millions to Bankroll U.S. Elections Why Did Scientists Suppress the Lab-Leak Theory? OCReg: How ‘we’ obscure the truth about policy NR: Fauci Team Cared More about ‘International Harmony’ Than the Truth LAT $: Skelton: California single-payer healthcare proposal has even some Democrats skeptical of its survival SacBee: City Council approves first contracts to improve safety in downtown and Old Sacramento SacBee: Student loan relief was extended during COVID. Sacramentans brace for payments to restart SFC: SFPD chief slams D.A.’s office for dropping charges against assault suspect SJMN: California drought: Santa Clara County residents exceed water conservation targets Turlock hires police chief away from nearby city. What are his priorities? FresBee: Fresno County sets policy for ambulances amid omicron surge in overwhelmed hospitals FresBee: Do police staffing levels threaten Clovis Way of Life? No, but let’s form a committee CalCoast: Naked, fat man zoom bombs Templeton advisory meeting VCStar $: Simi council ousts advisor for disclosing DUI checkpoint location VCStar $: Camarillo may eliminate rent review panel for mediator LADN: 20 LAUSD law enforcement employees sue over mandatory vaccine mandate LADN: LA County COVID hospitalizations climb to near 4,000; ICU patients up by 200 in last 8 days OCReg: State panel moves to discipline OC judge for allegedly hiding evidence as a prosecutor OCReg: County social service workers urge action after COVID-19 outbreaks PE: Wildomar Mayor Ben Benoit to run for Riverside County auditor-controller SBSun: San Bernardino commission OKs affordable housing for low-income veterans SBSun: San Bernardino County pauses distribution of COVID-19 test kits as supply runs out SDUT: Gloria focuses on infrastructure, homelessness in second ‘State of City’ speech SDUT: Chula Vista leaders say they will work to protect jobs of striking sanitation workers VOSD: 5 Key Takeaways From Gloria’s Big Speech SDUT: ‘Suspicious’ fire scorches City Heights home of political leaders Fletcher, Gonzalez Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! 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