Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Friday, May 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: California governor to update budget proposal with new money CG: Governor Gavin Newsom Unveils $18.1 Billion ‘Inflation Relief’ Package Proposal Food prices keep rising due to inflation. What’s ahead for California shoppers? AP: Inflation triggers California minimum wage increase in 2023 CalM: California minimum wage to jump faster than expected AP: Agency unanimously rejects California desalination project CalM: A salty dispute: California Coastal Commission unanimously rejects desalination plant SacBee: Gavin Newsom wants California to help make most abortions free — even for the uninsured CalM: Students lobby for bill to ease university housing crunch — but would it work? OCReg: No exodus of California renters as 2022 starts OCReg: 20 homes destroyed, 11 damaged in Coastal fire, now 15% contained LAT $: Why Laguna Niguel fire was so destructive: Flying hot embers, huge homes, dry brush LAT $: California aims to tighten licensing of nursing homes after pandemic exposes deadly lapses SFC: Sonoma County sheriff candidate’s vandalized sign being investigated as hate crime PE: 1 teen dead, 2 wounded in Corona shooting CG: LA City Councilman Joe Buscaino Drops Out of Mayoral Race LAT $: Column: How a ‘defamatory’ TV ad attacking Karen Bass could help her be L.A.'s next mayor CalM: Five things to know about nuclear power in California SDUT: How a Del Mar fairgrounds vendor landed a no-bid contract extension in exchange for a $2M loan SFC: Signs of success in California campaign to keep monarch butterflies from disappearing VOC: Is Forced Mental Health Treatment, Not Housing, the Way to Solve Homelessness in Places like Orange County? LADN: Trebek Center homeless shelter opens at site of former Northridge roller rink OCReg: Homeless man found stabbed to death in Anaheim field SFC: Ambitious S.F. plan to shelter all unhoused homeless people hits resistance Turlock sets homeless goal. What do encampment residents think of city plans? Modesto has its second state grant to provide housing, services for homeless LADN: Open 34th Assembly District seat draws 2 Republican incumbents, 4 challengers SJMN: California to open first new state park in 13 years AP: California lawmakers raise awards for malpractice lawsuits OCReg: Blackouts are on the horizon this summer OCReg: Leftists bury another norm as protesters target homes of SCOTUS justices NR: From Happy Kid to Oppressed Victim: Virginia Mom Reveals How a School ‘Anti-Racism’ Program Transformed Her Son CG: Many Roads Lead to CRT Indoctrination Karine Jean-Pierre Won't Rebuild Biden's Shattered Credibility AP: No sea serpents, mobsters but Tahoe trash divers strike gold SFC: Bay Area city wants to build town homes for the first time. Residents aren’t happy SFC: Students sue Mills College, accusing school of misleading them about Northeastern takeover SFC: Oakland police department to enter into year of federal oversight SJMN: Liccardo calls for more screening after SJPD misconduct allegations SacBee: Report shows Foster Farms tried to bully Merced County to keep plant open amid COVID FresBee: Buddy Mendes has tenure on Fresno County board, but it is time for a Latino representative CalCoast: San Luis Obispo County group wants to join redistricting lawsuit VCStar $: Ventura superintendent Rice retiring VCStar $: New setback for Thousand Oaks' former trash hauler VOC: State AG Greenlights Lawsuit That Could Oust Another OC Board of Education Member OCReg: Why am I paying 7.9% more to live in Orange County? PE: Riverside County’s Dominion voting machines face backlash SBSun: San Bernardino expects first part of general plan update this summer SDUT: Column: San Diego Community College District’s explanation for standing by Alice Walker misses the mark SDUT: Meet the candidates for San Diego County Sheriff VOSD: City Attorney: Ex-City COO Ordered Deletion of 101 Ash Records Before Resignation SDUT: San Diego County voters to consider cannabis tax on November ballot Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! Sincerely, FlashReport Editors FLASHREPORT | Website ‌ FlashReport | 4040 MacArthur Blvd., Suite 20, Newport Beach, CA 92660 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!