Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • LAT $: Glendale third-grade teacher showed gay pride videos. A year later, furious debate erupts
  • LAT $: Why California law requires teaching about LGBTQ Americans in public schools
  • Woman finds box of mail-in ballots on East Hollywood sidewalk; LA County Registrar investigating
  • SFC: Advocates: State isn’t defending law allowing transgender prison transfers
  • NR: Transgender Inmates Accuse California of Refusing to ‘Fully Implement’ Law Allowing Males in Women’s Prisons
  • AP: In drought-ravaged California, water use is up dramatically
  • CalM: How bad is water use in California? March is the worst so far, up 19%
  • SJMN: California drought: State ignores Newsom’s conservation goal, increases water use
  • AP: California lays out plan to drastically cut fossil fuel use
  • SFC: California’s plan for carbon neutrality will make life radically different
  • CalM: State unveils new climate change blueprint packed with strategies tackling fossil fuels
  • LADN: Defendant at center of Gascón controversy now faces murder charge in Kern County
  • LAT $: L.A. school board delays student COVID-19 vaccine mandate without any discussion
  • AP: Los Angeles schools postpone student vaccination mandate
  • LADN: LAUSD board decides unvaccinated students can attend school in fall
  • LAT $: U.S. inflation hit 8.3% last month but slows from 40-year high
  • Reason: Inflation Still Soaring at 8.3 Percent as Food, Housing, and Services Keep Getting More Expensive
  • SacBee: New fraud charge in California Office of AIDS scandal targets third state worker
  • SacBee: ‘This is about public safety.’ Anne Marie Schubert on her run for state Attorney General
  • SacBee: Anne Marie Schubert’s gamble: After ditching the GOP, can she win a statewide office?
  • CalM: California spent millions to boost COVID vaccination rates Medi-Cal members — but they lag even more
  • LAT $: California gas rebates may not arrive until late summer. Or even later
  • CalM: New fund to plant seeds of reparations for California’s Native American communities
  • CalM: Prosecutor vows to refile murder charge against woman who delivered stillbirth
  • FresBee: A socialist, a billionaire, a podiatrist: Alex Padilla’s Senate challengers in California
  • FresBee: Nathan Magsig’s run for Congress, against GOP heavy Tom McClintock, hinges on Modesto
  • OCReg: Elections 2022: Meet the four candidates in the newly created 67th Assembly District primary
  • LADN: Longtime Assemblymember Friedman up against ex-Green Beret newcomer Jacobsen
  • SJMN: ‘We’ve got a lot of virus circulating now’: Santa Clara County’s health officer
  • SFC: As COVID cases swell, Bay Area health officials urge more masking and caution
  • NR: Pro-Abortion Protesters Demonstrate in Front of Pelosi’s House
  • SacBee: ‘He held my hand.’ Bontas share abortion story, push for California reproductive rights
  • AP: California lawmaker reveals abortion as more women speak out
  • Not Fooling Anyone: Inflation Is Biden's Fault
  • CalM: How Santa Ana discourages new housing with hefty fees
  • SacBee: Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones reignites fight with Black Lives Matter in new ad for Congress
  • SJMN: Man shot multiple times in West Oakland
  • LAT $: San Francisco boba tea shop was front used to sell items stolen in car burglaries, D.A. says
  • SFC: London Breed's S.F. police spokesperson pick wasn’t an accident
  • SFC: More than 300 S.F. teachers to be spared from imminent layoffs
  • SFC: Knight: S.F. tech billionaire backs Boudin. Why is he giving police $1 million?
  • FresBee: Fresno judge approves $1.7 million sale of Trails End Mobile Home Park despite opposition
  • FresBee: ‘I’m honored and humbled.’ Central Unified board selects new district superintendent
  • FresBee: Newcomers help push Fresno house, apartment prices higher. Where are they coming from?
  • CalCoast: San Luis Obispo bans tents in city parks
  • VCStar $: Simi homeless center hires new executive director
  • VCStar $: Simi Valley won't put cannabis measure on ballot
  • LAT $: Vivian Villanueva holds sway in L.A. sheriff’s department, staff say
  • LADN: Gun charge dismissed against husband of former LA County DA Jackie Lacey
  • LADN: Sen. Grassley report says Eric Garcetti ‘likely knew’ his aide was a sexual harasser
  • OCReg: County will offer grants to Santa Ana businesses in streetcar’s path
  • LAT $: Column: Five things Gov. Newsom got wrong in supporting Huntington Beach desalination plant
  • VOC: Who Should Voters Trust to Run Orange County’s Board of Education?
  • OCReg: OC won’t ask Attorney General’s opinion on redistricting dispute
  • VOC: Orange County City Leaders Question Military Equipment Used By Local Police
  • SDUT: 9 San Diego nonprofits receive $120K in microgrants
  • SDUT: San Diego sheriff’s deputy violated policies in 2021 Vista jail death, review board finds
  • SDUT: Scores protest county ordinance on discrimination against women because of transgender language
  • SDUT: Column: S.D. police union’s sharp words for Montgomery Steppe draw rebukes from council members, mayor
  • SDUT: San Diego school board passes resolution in support of reproductive rights
  • VOSD: Chula Vista Wants a Leader Who Can Deliver Decades-old Promises and Vision for Growth

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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