Thursday, July 28, 2022
Dear John,


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THE HEADLINES
  • AP: California chief justice won’t seek a second 12-year term
  • SFC: California Supreme Court chief justice won’t seek re-election, plans to retire in January
  • AP: California outlines plan for scaled back giant water tunnel
  • After decades of failure, California dusts off controversial Delta tunnel water project
  • CalM: Delta tunnel: Salmon at risk from massive water project, state report says
  • CG: California’s Oil and Gas Workers Send Warning to States About Newsom’s Devastating Energy Policies
  • CG: Lawsuit Filed Against LA Public Health Dept. Over Attempt to Bring Back Indoor Mask Mandate
  • LADN: El Segundo won’t enforce LA County mask mandate, joining Beverly Hills, Pasadena, Long Beach
  • SFC: With mask mandate gone, how can Uber and Lyft drivers reduce COVID risk?
  • LAT $: Some experts see less value in a new L.A. mask mandate at this stage of the pandemic
  • LAT $: California drought official quits, blasting Newsom for ‘gut wrenching’ inaction
  • SFC: Jazz bar owner says police, fire departments ‘failed’ his business as thieves plundered
  • LADN: Gascón wants death sentence dropped for killer of two South Bay college students
  • Hill: Pelosi’s husband sells off up to $5 million worth of chipmaker stock ahead of semiconductor bill vote
  • SDUT: Public officials could be violating speech rights by blocking social media posts, appeals court rules
  • LAT $: New poll shows that Black and Latino Californians were hit hardest by high gas prices
  • SFC: This quiet Bay Area suburb saw explosive growth in its homeless population
  • SacBee: Construction begins on 100 cabins for homeless. What will Sacramento County site include?
  • AP: Some residents return home as fire near Yosemite slows
  • SacBee: California farmers to get boost under federal-state plan to buy $43 million worth of food
  • AP: New name for law school founded by racist San Franciscan
  • CG: California’s Minimum Wage Certified to Be $15.50 on January 1
  • AP: Pipeline company to pay nearly $1M over California oil spill
  • LAT $: Burbank institutes 45-day moratorium on new gun dealers while it weighs restrictions
  • CG: Former Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Sworn In As Head of California Labor Federation
  • OCReg: Opponents speak out against fast-food bill as supporters rally in OC
  • LAT $: Elon Musk abandoned plans for a four-mile tunnel at Ontario airport. Locals are picking it up
  • CalM: Is it too easy for write-in candidates in California elections?
  • Judges allow companies to conceal damaging details about products. Could that change in CA?
  • SJMN: Feds: Relocation of sea otters, possibly into San Francisco Bay, is feasible
  • SDUT: Column: Rep. Darrell Issa’s wayward take on Jan. 6 committee
  • NR: The Bankruptcy of ESG Is Being Exposed
  • Teachers Unions Can't Paper Over Their Failures
  • OCReg: Leave parking decisions to the market
  • New Members of Congress Should Take Class on Constitution
  • OCReg: The pandemic taught parents they can do better than traditional public schools
  • OCReg: California’s ongoing K-12 student exodus
  • SacBee: Does Sacramento have a nuclear power plant? See how many power plants charge the region
  • SacBee: Large affordable housing community planned for major Sacramento business corridor
  • SFC: San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins names victim-services unit leader
  • SFC: S.F. employees protest pay while working for city’s troubled SROs
  • SFC: S.F. supervisors plead to end ‘human rights atrocity’ at Laguna Honda
  • SJMN: Property deal bolsters San Jose affordable homes project
  • SJMN: Thousands on waiting list for downtown San Jose housing towers
  • SJMN: Zero-dollar bail is ending in Santa Clara County, but fight continues over jail-release practices
  • ‘Everything in my power to bring justice.’ Family of man shot by officer speaks out
  • FresBee: Massive multi-million development project breaks ground in Fresno, makes big promises
  • VCStar $: County proposes big increases for oil and gas bonds
  • LADN: City Hall takes a step to address the overtaking of Sixth Street Bridge
  • VOC: Downtown Santa Ana Merchants Demand OC Transit Agency Cushion OC Streetcar Impacts
  • OCReg: Family of man killed last year following pursuit, standoff in Santa Ana files wrongful death lawsuit
  • OCReg: OC supervisors can spend money in old or new district until next election
  • OCReg: Appeal in Anaheim’s handling of Angel Stadium deal dismissed — for now
  • OCReg: Jurors convict Aliso Viejo man in 2017 slayings of his father and his father’s girlfriend
  • PE: 1 dead, 2 in critical condition in Riverside 91 Freeway crash
  • PE: In fight over Airbnb-style rentals, Riverside County still can’t decide on new rules
  • SDUT: San Diego infrastructure projects could be faster, cheaper with proposed reforms
  • SDUT: Asbestos plaintiffs in Ash Street litigation demand settlements of their own
  • VOSD: The City Decided It Wanted Those Two Buildings and Now It’s Got Them and a Historic Challenge
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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