Friday, August 5, 2022
Dear John,


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THE HEADLINES
  • Watchdog: Milpitas councilmember hired 14-year-old campaign treasurer, gave them $43,000 in a shoebox
  • FPPC fines Councilmember Anthony Phan $15,000 for improperly reporting loan and other violations
  • CG: Ousted SF DA Chesa Boudin Announces He Won’t Run for DA in 2022
  • AP: Ousted prosecutor Chesa Boudin won’t run for his old seat
  • CG: Average Pay for Manhattan Beach Firefighters is $328,000 Per Year
  • CalM: Wrangling over renewables: Counties push back on Newsom administration usurping local control
  • LAT $: Column One: Abortions are widely available in California, but not for these women
  • LAT $: City attorney proposes new law to strengthen reproductive rights in Los Angeles
  • LAT $: Thunderstorms and mudslides hamper firefighters’ battle against deadly McKinney wildfire
  • AP: Fire victims seek over $85 million for Tamarack Fire damages
  • CalM: Force multipliers: How one donor network is pushing the envelope on California campaign money
  • SFC: Attorney who defended Arizona election officials confirmed to Ninth Circuit, where she’ll be its first South Asian judge
  • CG: San Bernardino County Board Approves Measure of Possible Secession on November Ballot
  • AP: California county’s secession measure will be on 2022 ballot
  • LAT $: History of DDT ocean dumping off L.A. coast even worse than expected, EPA finds
  • SacBee: Should California set wages in fast-food restaurants? State bill would make it happen
  • CG: Gov. Newsom Releases Variety Ad Attacking Georgia, Oklahoma
  • SBSun: Redlands breaks ground on 99 units of housing for homeless residents
  • LAT $: Chabria: These families are flaming the ACLU as California debates mental health care
  • SFC: Meeting over 2-person Fairfax encampment highlights complexity of homelessness in Marin
  • OCReg: OC monkeypox cases rising fast, though still fewer than neighboring LA
  • AP: Fiery Southern California crash kills 5, including baby
  • AP: Bus in California goes off highway and crashes, injuring 24
  • AP: Robbers ambush armored vehicle in California, shoot guard
  • OCReg: Deadly Aliso Viejo day spa bombing case goes to jury
  • LAT $: Saltwater toilets, desperate wildlife: Water-starved Catalina Island battles against drought
  • FresBee: District attorney exposes her political bias by putting target on Fresno city councilman
  • OCReg: Assembly Bill 587 risks opening a door to Texas-sized political litigation
  • Reason: California's Drought Is an Infrastructure Problem
  • NR: The Leader of the Opposition
  • SacBee: Asian American residents sue Siskiyou County and its sheriff. Here are the allegations
  • SacBee: Jury rejects claim against Elk Grove police after wrong-way driver on meth died during arrest
  • SJMN: Oakland high school teacher charged with molesting student in 2004, remained with school for 17 years after alleged crimes despite warnings
  • AP: UC Berkeley: 7 arrested at Berkeley’s People’s Park
  • SFC: Security officers clash with protesters occupying closed Oakland school
  • SFC: One group of tourists hasn’t returned to S.F. It’s costing city billions
  • Stanislaus animal shelter suspends intake due to outbreak of highly infectious illness
  • FresBee: In telling councilman to ‘f--- off,’ Fresno mayor simply expressing how many feel
  • FresBee: As gas prices surge, are more Fresno drivers going electric? What the sales numbers say
  • CalCoast: First case of monkeypox confirmed in Santa Barbara County
  • LADN: LA County remains in high COVID-19 transmission; officials hopeful that won’t last much longer
  • LAT $: L.A. community colleges seek voter OK for $5.3-billion building bond, its largest ever
  • LADN: Proposed mega Home Depot fuels opposition in Granada Hills
  • LAT $: Outspoken prosecutor who clashed with D.A. Gascón now target of internal investigation
  • VOC: OC Spends a Third of Mental Health Outreach Money on Sports Teams: Is It Working?
  • VOC: Santa Ana Steers Millions of Federal Bailout Money to Community Services
  • OCReg: Proposed changes to Costa Mesa’s Measure Y will be on November ballot
  • SBSun: Long-awaited passenger service takes flight at San Bernardino airport
  • SBSun: San Bernardino puts Carousel Mall redevelopment in hands of Dallas firm
  • PE: Riverside police video backs council member’s account of courthouse vandalism
  • SDUT: San Diego police finish investigation into SDSU gang rape allegation, submit case to prosecutors
  • VOSD: Mobile Homeowners at Risk of Eviction Petition Imperial Beach for Help
  • SDUT: Should San Diegans eliminate free trash pick for single-family homes?
  • SDUT: Sempra boss says company is OK with San Diego City Council plan to eliminate natural gas
  • VOSD: Officials Upset to Learn of City Attorney Deal with Broker Accused of Conflict in Hotel Purchases

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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