Friday, March 18, 2022
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • FRBlog: Intractable Problems? Are We Running Out of Water?
  • SDUT: A $400 tax rebate to offset California’s high gas prices? Here’s how it would work
  • LAT $: In California, where income inequality is stark, who deserves a tax rebate?
  • SFC: Opinion: $400 gas rebate would take us a step closer to universal basic income
  • CalM: Californians used more water as state braces for another dry year
  • AP: California prepares for 3rd dry year after few winter storms
  • SFC: Last year’s fire season set record for cost, Dixie Fire most expensive in U.S. history
  • AP: California lawmakers vote to make abortions cheaper
  • LAT $: County commission backs creating a leadership post on homelessness
  • FresBee: Gavin Newsom’s new mental health, homeless plan comes to Fresno. Here’s what happened
  • SacBee: Planning a Sacramento City Council recall over mimosas and brunch won’t fix homelessness
  • LADN: City begins fencing off LA’s Little Tokyo homeless camp amid protests
  • LAT $: News Analysis: In California, the cost of driving has always been a political hot potato
  • LAT $: Garcetti’s office gave confidential city-ordered report on harassment investigation to Senate panel
  • AP: Big new California reservoir on track for $2.2B federal loan
  • LAT $: Study reveals likely reason for ‘stealth’ Omicron’s recent success
  • CalM: Revised California math proposal: Despite pushback, little change
  • AP: Bill promotes California as US refuge for transgender youth
  • Haven’t paid water bill in pandemic? Here’s how Modesto is providing some relief
  • SacBee: How higher interest rates could lift CalPERS and CalSTRS pension plans: ‘Good for savers’
  • SJMN: Lawsuit claims $11 billion unicorn lured Bay Area exec from Salesforce with ‘sham’ promise
  • LAT $: Hollywood money begins to flow into committee backing Karen Bass in mayor’s race
  • Reason: The New York Times Belatedly Admits the Emails on Hunter Biden's Abandoned Laptop Are Real and Newsworthy
  • NR: Lawyer Who Has Examined Hunter Biden’s Finances Predicts President’s Son Will Be Indicted
  • Will NYT Stop Being a Biden Admin Lapdog?
  • CalM: Push back against unneeded taxes and regulations
  • OCReg: Todd Spitzer’s hypocritical smearing of Pete Hardin
  • SacBee: 4 strike votes in 5 years: A look back at Sacramento City Unified labor disputes
  • SacBee: Elk Grove will get a new voice on Sacramento Board of Supervisors for first time in decades
  • CG: SF Employees Fired After Religious Exemptions Denied Over Mandate Suing City
  • SFC: S.F. teachers union, district reach deal to resolve missing paycheck issue
  • SJMN: Air quality district will distribute filters to combat ill effects from Bay Ara wildfire smoke
  • SJMN: San Jose site eyed as high-level manufacturing site
  • Stanislaus Farm Bureau names new executive director as Zipser ends 19 years in role
  • FresBee: ‘Slush funds’ vs. ‘political witch hunt.’ Fresno councilmembers clash over credit cards
  • Biden signs $1.5 trillion spending bill into law. What does it mean for the Valley?
  • No contest: Stanislaus County will have a new DA. He’s the former mayor of Escalon
  • CalCoast: Scott Smith to continue as Coast Union School District superintendent
  • VCStar $: Strawberry Festival in Oxnard canceled again
  • LADN: LAUSD still negotiating with teachers union over masking
  • LADN: Judge rejects bid to block Herb Wesson’s return to LA City Council
  • LADN: Lawsuit accuses LAPD officers of erroneously detaining ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ driver at gunpoint
  • VOC: Will Orange County’s Grocery Workers Strike? Union Claims Unfair Labor Practices
  • OCReg: OCDA clears officer and deputy involved in 2 unrelated shootings in Costa Mesa, Stanton
  • OCReg: CalOptima plans $100 million ‘modernization’ to speed approval of treatments, claims
  • PE: Wildomar picks new council member
  • PE: Appeals court reverses part of Riley’s Farm ruling in Claremont schools lawsuit
  • SDUT: Could cutting carbon emissions create good jobs in San Diego County?
  • VOSD: Fine City: Oceanside Schools Cut Buses For a Low-Income Neighborhood. Now Families Foot the Bill.
  • SDUT: Mediator in Ash Street lawsuits contacted judge hearing taxpayer claim, court discloses
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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