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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...

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• CalM: California homeless population grew by 22,000 over pandemic
• CG: San Diego Resumes Pre-Pandemic Crackdowns on Homeless Encampments
• Homeless camps in Santa Ana River bottom banned in Riverside
• AP: Amid end to COVID help, homelessness surging in many cities
• AP: Sheriff: Killing of kidnapped California family ‘pure evil’
• FresBee: Jesus Salgado, suspect in kidnapping, murder of Merced County family, booked into jail
• FresBee: ‘Our community is heartbroken.’ Outpouring of grief marks Merced vigil for slain family
• CG: Are Government Pensions Funds in Crisis Again?
• SJMN: “Eat your heart out Fox News,” says Newsom, signing climate agreement with West Coast governors
• SJMN: KGO 810, legendary long-time Bay Area talk radio, shuts down, leaves cryptic message
• LAT $: Bass, Caruso spar over USC, Scientology, policing and housing in mayoral debate
• CG: Karen Bass Scrambles after Poll Reveals Only 3 Point Lead in Race for LA Mayor
• LAT $: Jeffrey Katzenberg donates $1 million to support Karen Bass’ bid for L.A. mayor
• SDUT: San Diego’s avocado production plummets. Growers cite drought, heatwaves
• LAT $: More water restrictions likely as California pledges to cut use of Colorado River supply
• Reason: A California Law Designed To Protect Children's Digital Privacy Could Lead to Invasive Age Verification
• What Gets Removed If The Bill To Rescind Added IRS Funding Passes?
• AP: Report: Plane landed hard, then climbed again before crash
• SFC: Here's when California’s soaring gas prices might decrease by $1 a gallon
• LAT $: Your guide to Proposition 31 on the 2022 California midterm ballot
• SDUT: Fight among detainees at Otay Mesa jail results in 19th death this year, marking grim record
• SFC: S.F. D.A. said drug dealers disguise ‘rainbow fentanyl’ to attract kids
• SFC: 4 hospitalized for fentanyl overdoses in S.F.’s Mission District
• 17-year-old baseball player dies of fentanyl poisoning in Woodland Hills
• SFC: Dems praise Biden’s pardon of marijuana users, but say he can do more
• SacBee: ‘California stands to be an enormous beneficiary’ from President Biden’s marijuana orders
• SacBee: California inflation relief payments start Friday. Here’s how long it might take to reach you
• LADN: With winter ahead, LA County Public Health — and Sen. Alex Padilla — urge boosters as COVID-19 variants loom
• SFC: Blue Angels are roaring over S.F. What is the cost to taxpayers and the environment?
• SacBee: Many California GOP candidates are against abortion. They just don’t like to talk about it
• NR: The Ball Is in Your Court, U.S. Attorney David Weiss
• Reason: Here's Why Biden Is Wrong About the Deficit
• VOC: Santana: What Kind of Elected Leaders Stand With Thug Regimes?
• Biden’s Plan To Empower OPEC Is Backfiring
• CG: Time to Face Reality – It’s Over, Eric
• SFC: These 500 San Franciscans are making the biggest donations for the 2022 November election
• SFC: S.F. residents waiting for rent relief. Why city is pausing applications
• SJMN: Google downtown San Jose village launches this month with demolitions
• Schoolteacher in Stanislaus County is booked in jail on child pornography charge
• CalCoast: Four Lompoc prison inmates get more time after brutal assault
• VCStar $: Legal fees to defend county land-use plan approved
• LADN: Race for the LA County Board of Supervisors to represent the Valley and Westside is heating up
• LAT $: Sheriff Villanueva bans inspector general from department facilities
• LADN: Commander sues sheriff, charging he covered up deputy’s alleged inmate beating
• LAT $: Your guide to the L.A. city attorney election: Faisal Gill vs. Hydee Feldstein Soto
• Reason: California A.G. Says Anaheim NIMBYs Can't Block Women's Group Home
• OCReg: San Clemente City Council candidates discuss helping local businesses, public safety and tourism
• OCReg: Fountain Valley man agrees to plead guilty for bribing former police officer, operating illegal Santa Ana casinos
• OCReg: Huntington Beach police getting 3 new helicopters to replace aging fleet
• VOC: Irvine To Consider Booting Controversial Asphalt Factory
• SBSun: Inaugural San Bernardino festival to celebrate city’s culture and history
• SDUT: Seaport San Diego developer seeking up to $550M in public funding
• VOSD: How SDSU Ended up on the Sideline of a Rape Investigation into its Football Team
• SDUT: New audit says San Diego’s Get it Done! app often gives inaccurate, incomplete or confusing information
• SDUT: Column: Chula Vista election disputes grab region’s political spotlight
• VOSD: Conservative Candidate Leads in School Board Fundraising, But Union Spending Is Filling the Gap

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