Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Dear John,


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THE HEADLINES
  • SacBee: California state agencies free to delete emails after legislators kill retention bill
  • AP: Recall election aimed at LA prosecutor fails to make ballot
  • BreitbartCA: L.A. Claims 27% Error Rate in Recall Signatures; < 1% Error Rate in 2020 Mass-Mail Voting
  • CG: Gascón Recall Effort Fails as LA Registrar Recorder Denies 200K Signatures
  • OCReg: Campaign to oust Gascón fails to secure enough signatures for recall vote
  • SacBee: California lawmakers use secretive process to kill would-be laws: ‘Where good bills go to die’
  • CG: Psychedelic Drug Decriminalization Bill Gutted Before Crucial Assembly Vote
  • CalM: Supervised drug injection sites could soon pop up in California. How will they work?
  • LAT $: L.A.’s back-to-school challenges: low test scores, scramble for teachers, missing students
  • SFC: Data shows severity of S.F. teacher shortage, absenteeism, low reading scores
  • LADN: Nearly 50,000 students absent on first day as LAUSD deals with chronic absenteeism
  • FresBee: ‘We started a movement.’ Fresno Unified’s plan to end achievement gap for Black students
  • LADN: 4 million LA County residents asked to not water outdoors for 2 weeks beginning Sept. 6
  • CalM: Four things to know about Colorado River water in California
  • SBSun: Amazon workers at San Bernardino airport stage walkout
  • LAT $: Two more California Starbucks stores go on strike, joining Santa Cruz workers at the picket line
  • AP: Starbucks asks labor board to halt union votes temporarily
  • FresBee: Not easy being green: Newsom clashes with with CA environmentalists on climate, water
  • FresBee: $7B road tax measure moves to Fresno County’s fall ballot for one reason: Job creation
  • VOC: Westminster Sales Tax Proposal Heads to November Ballot After Several Tries
  • SDUT: Column: Programs big and small are targeting homelessness — but where’s the ‘moonshot’?
  • SJMN: Palo Alto forging ahead with Project Homekey homeless shelter proposal as leaders await state grant
  • SacBee: If moving one homeless Sacramento man is this hard, how can we help 9,300 unhoused people?
  • SDUT: County considers plan to track homeless by name, not number
  • SDUT: Faced with overwhelming demand, UC San Diego cuts freshmen admission offers by 9,500
  • OCReg: Rehab doctor Randy Rosen pleads guilty to insurance fraud
  • AP: California surgeon pleads guilty in sober living fraud case
  • OCReg: Inland candidate isn’t registered to vote in Assembly district he wants to represent
  • CalM: A state program to provide children’s hearing aids for uninsured families falls short
  • SacBee: LulaRoe has faced complaints and lawsuits. Will CA plaintiffs follow through with their case?
  • OCReg: Ex-fire captain says he has little memory of Kobe Bryant crash site
  • AP: Student disarmed after pulling out gun at California school
  • LAT $: Homeowners are backing out of a slowing housing market
  • SDUT: California car sales are down 18% but not for all — electric vehicles are hot sellers
  • CG: CPUC Set to Strip CA Residents of Subsidized Broadband Service
  • Who Will Be Held Accountable for CDC Dishonesty?
  • NR: What If the Law Treated All Politicians the Same?
  • CalM: Newsom’s climate change agenda lacks specifics
  • The Compliant College Classroom
  • GOP Must Continue To Fight for Election Integrity
  • How To Empower Families When Public Schools Are Failing
  • NR: Merrick Garland Is on a Path to the Abyss
  • Reason: Something Upon Which Americans Can Agree: The FBI and the IRS Suck
  • SacBee: Exclusive: Sacramento police arrested man brandishing gun at city councilman’s house
  • SFC: New York wants to charge up to $23 to enter parts of Manhattan. What happened to S.F.’s congestion pricing plan?
  • SFC: Where do S.F.’s Millennials move to the city from? Here’s what the data says
  • SFC: Privacy advocates challenge S.F. police use of cameras during BLM protests
  • SFC: As Facebook pulls pro-settlement ads, Santa Clara to weigh 49ers’ offer
  • SJMN: Multiple building demolitions loom in downtown San Jose Google village footprint
  • SJMN: Palo Alto, Mountain View focusing future housing along this corridor. But can it handle the pressure?
  • SFC: Apple to mandate three days in a week in the office by Labor Day
  • Who is running for Stanislaus County offices in the November election? Here’s a list
  • Update: Modesto suspect in custody after hours-long standoff and multiple shots fired
  • FresBee: Students, parents sound off on cell phone ban at Bullard High. ‘Taking away our voices’
  • CalCoast: Lawsuit blames SLO officers in death of suspect and officer Luca Benedetti
  • VCStar $: Thacher head resigns amid sexual misconduct fallout
  • LAT $: Op-Ed: L.A. is spending tens of billions of dollars to make climate change and traffic worse
  • LAT $: Caruso touts support of Hollywood, while his firm battles studio expansion near the Grove
  • LADN: Santa Susana activists, residents slam Regional Water Board’s agreement with Boeing: ‘Huge tragedy’
  • VOC: San Juan Capistrano Considers Subsidizing Security Cameras For Downtown Businesses
  • VOC: Anaheim Council Members Head Into Election While Investigating Campaign Contributions
  • OCReg: Candidate filing extended in several local council, school board races
  • OCReg: Saddleback Valley Unified students move on to the business of learning
  • SBSun: Here’s who’s on Nov. 8 ballot in San Bernardino County, Pomona and Claremont
  • SBSun: Fontana Unified School District names Juan M. Lopez interim superintendent
  • PE: Here’s who’s on the Nov. 8 ballot in Riverside County
  • VOSD: Why Your Energy Bill Is High and Explaining the New CCA Charge
  • SDUT: County lifts ocean contact closure for part of Coronado beach; water to the south still unsafe
  • VOSD: Did Oceanside’s Treasurer Lose the City Millions of Dollars? It’s Complicated
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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