Thursday, February 3, 2022
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • CalM: The people behind California’s plan to end chronic homelessness
  • SFC: Housing complex for homeless was faster, cheaper to build. Why isn’t it being replicated?
  • LAT $: ‘Gimme Shelter’: The gap in California’s homelessness plan
  • SacBee: Sacramento is opening a new homeless ‘Safe Ground’ in a riverside park. Here’s where
  • SDUT: San Diego nonprofit pushes for safe villages as number of homeless encampments soars
  • SDUT: Homeless encampment to remain in Midway District after cleanup
  • OCReg: With a SoFi Super Bowl imminent, it’s not time to throw out mask rules, leaders say
  • VCStar $: County can't undo school mask mandate, official says
  • VOC: After Mask Revolt, Placentia-Yorba Linda School Board Meetings to Resume Next Week
  • AP: 1 dead, others wounded in Northern California bus attack
  • LAT $: Oakland spa employee shoots herself, critically wounds co-worker
  • AP: 49ers fan in coma after NFC championship game beating
  • LAT $: Amid clash with D.A., San Francisco police to end agreement on investigating officer shootings
  • SFC: S.F. police will no longer cooperate with D.A. Boudin over police shooting investigations
  • CG: AG Rob Bonta Issues Warning Letter to Black Lives Matter Over Delinquent Tax Records
  • SFC: Duo caught on video painting over Black Lives Matter mural in Martinez are now charged with burglary in new case
  • SJMN: Over 200 Santa Clara County workers disciplined after not following booster mandate
  • SFC: Bay Area COVID data shows promising signs that omicron wave has crested
  • LAT $: Omicron landed in affluent L.A. But poor communities of color still got hit hardest
  • FresBee: Fresno County’s ‘losing ground’ to vaccinate youth against COVID, officials say. Here’s why
  • SJMN: Oakland landlords lose appeal after paying $6,500 to move into a home they owned
  • SFC: One of wealthiest Bay Area towns says mountain lions prevent it from building multi-family homes
  • AP: US intelligence satellite launched from California
  • Californians have hope for Gavin Newsom and lawmakers – while Biden drops in new survey
  • SacBee: Will Californians be forced to repay federal unemployment payments? The state is pushing back
  • SDUT: UCSD is still largely a ghost town as return of in-person classes hits a snag
  • VOSD: Why San Diego Community Power’s Top CEO Choice Can’t Take the Job
  • SDUT: San Diego Port Commissioner Jennifer LeSar to resign because of work for SANDAG
  • FresBee: Replacing Devin Nunes? Republican candidates take stands on Trump, schools, abortion
  • LAT $: Pelosi’s reelection bid keeps Democrats in suspense on leadership
  • PE: Solar developer accused of fraud inflated invoices by more than $10 million, prosecutors allege
  • SFC: Dramatic policy overhaul needed to curb exploding opioid crisis, Stanford researchers say
  • LAT $: California city attorneys press Uber on ID practices for transgender drivers, citing Times report
  • SacBee: Militia-aligned group will control a Northern California county if recall vote totals hold
  • Reason: America's $30 Trillion National Debt Should Be a Wake Up Call
  • Amid Rising Crime, L.A. Moves to Further Hamstring Police
  • LAT $: Arellano: Liberal Santa Monica versus the street vendors
  • NR: America’s $30 Trillion Problem
  • OCReg: Happy birthday to the great Ayn Rand
  • Boycott Beijing: Biden’s Opportunity to Unite Americans
  • OCReg: Judge slams John Eastman’s shenanigans
  • SacBee: Golden State Killer prosecutor opens up fundraising lead in Sacramento DA’s race
  • SacBee: A city fee increase is headed to Sacramento voters this month. Here’s what it would fund
  • SFC: CCSF faces layoffs of 50 full-time faculty members
  • SFC: S.F. supervisors are gunning for re-election. Here’s how much they’ve already fundraised
  • SJMN: Big new San Jose office building is in the works near the airport
  • KQED: Santa Clara County Considered Building a Mental Health Facility Instead of a New Jail. It Chose the Jail
  • Race to represent Modesto on Stanislaus board looks to be a rematch of 2018
  • Patterson council hears options on accused mayor, votes to have staff draft statement
  • FresBee: Slatic accused Fresno Unified schools of breaking the law. What the investigation found
  • FresBee: Fresno Unified school board meeting ends early with angry shouting and chaos — again
  • CalCoast: Defendant in Kristin Smart murder case seeks change of venue
  • VCStar $: Supervisors latest board to question gas compressor site
  • VCStar $: T.O.'s first medical cannabis dispensaries to open
  • LAT $: UCLA instructor’s behavior alarmed students before threats of mass campus violence
  • CG: Three LA City Councilmen Propose Mandatory Firearm Liability Insurance and Fees
  • LADN: Why Norwalk can’t get the county to provide the number of sheriff’s deputies it wants
  • VOC: Fight Over Controversial Huntington Beach Desal Project Enters Final Lap in March
  • OCReg: Clean electricity gains momentum in Orange County despite price hikes
  • VOC: Some North OC Cities Face an Identity Crisis When Building New Housing
  • PE: Judge rejects initial bid to block seizures of pot proceeds by San Bernardino County sheriff
  • PE: Grand jury says Redlands Unified still lacks proper training to combat sexual abuse
  • SDUT: COVID-19 death toll increasing in San Diego
  • SDUT: State audit into San Diego County jail deaths due for release Thursday, Sheriff Gore’s final day in office
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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