Friday, May 13, 2022
Dear John,

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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

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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