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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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• SFC: San Francisco’s plan to open 12 supervised drug consumption sites stalled
• CalM: New blood, Big Oil: California Legislature starts special session
• CG: Assembly Republicans Introduce ‘California Promise’ Priorities, Solutions
• SFC: Winner’s name pulled out of a bag after Bay Area city council race ends in a tie
• CalCoast: SLO County prosecutor looks into increased ballot count
• FoxLA: LA City Clerk approves recall petition for Councilman Kevin de León
• SFC: Twitter allegedly has illegal bedrooms at HQ, SF officials investigate
• FresBee: Former Cal Fire division chief resigns from new job, employer says criminal charges loom
• CalM: First-ever California offshore wind auction nets $402 million — so far
• LADN: LA City Council adopts Styrofoam ban starting in April of 2023
• OCReg: Man shot, killed on residential street in Huntington Beach
• FoxLA: Inglewood father facing murder charges after 1-year-old daughter found dead in LA River
• FoxLA: Video shows alleged theft ring operating in West Hollywood
• AP: Armed man shot after entering California police station lot
• Two men arrested in alleged mail theft in Inland Empire
• Immunity Is Down, Infection Rates Are Up. Where Are Masks?
• Reason: California Law Strips Licenses from 'Misinformation'-Spreading Doctors
• SFC: Bay Area man’s water bill suddenly spiked to $1,300. He wants to know why
• CG: Environmentally Friendly Delta Diversions Can Increase Water to California’s Cities and Farms
• FresBee: He was called the ‘Darth Vader’ of California water. Farmers now want a friendlier face
• SDUT: Column: Don’t waste a good drought crisis
• SDUT: San Diego’s homeless outreach workers are some of the most underpaid, study finds
• LADN: LA County proposes wage hike for in-home supportive service workers
• California State Sen. Scott Wiener, a target on the right, receives bomb threat
• LADN: County ordered to work with Gascón recall group reviewing invalid petition signatures
• CG: CDCR Announces Closures Of Chuckawalla Valley State Prison, California City Correctional Facility
• SBSun: State plans to close Riverside County prison, deactivate facilities at 6 others
• SJMN: Building homes in ‘God’s backyard’: New bill would permit housing at California’s churches, mosques and synagogues
• SacBee: Should churches turn their empty lots into housing? California bill would cut red tape
• Nearing the Truth About the Biden Family Racket
• OCReg: Barbara Ferrer continues to stir up unsubstantiated fear about COVID
• SCOTUS Must Stop State Courts From Hijacking Elections
• CG: They Did Their Jobs at Pearl Harbor, and We Are All the Better For It
• CalM: Is Newsom’s gas profits penalty really a tax?
• KQED: SF Votes to Temporarily Ban Police From Using Remote-Controlled Robots to Kill,
• SFC: Plan that could replace longtime S.F. elections chief blocked by Breed
• SFC: S.F. tourism spending expected to almost double in 2022 as pandemic eases
• SFC: S.F. Slow Streets are here to stay after transportation board approves plan
• SFC: S.F. halts ‘killer robots’ police policy after huge backlash — for now
• SJMN: San Mateo: Council mayoral election turns into chaotic power struggle lasting hours
• SJMN: Santa Clara County sheriff-elect Bob Jonsen will take office early after Board of Supervisors vote
• FresBee: ‘My Job Depends on Oil’ is a distraction from the real issue of protecting Fresno’s farming
• FresBee: ‘Complete BS.’ Blame game heats up after Fresno DA drops case against council president
• Day use fee to double at Knights Ferry, other Stanislaus River parks
• CalCoast: SLO County to give Oceano Advisory Council the boot
• LADN: Election 2022: LA Mayor-elect Bass announces transition advisory team
• LADN: Nearly 27% of new LAPD officers are women, new figures show. But progress could be fleeting.
• LADN: LA City Council approves Scattergood power plant shift from gas to hydrogen
• VOC: Irvine City Councilman Resigns for a Week To Skirt Term Limit Rules
• VOC: Irvine Voters Just Elected a Democrat Supermajority, But Will They Work Together?
• OCReg: Anaheim’s new mayor and council members take their posts
• OCReg: Orange County judge cleared of wrongdoing by state watchdog
• SBSun: When will the Mt. Vernon Avenue Bridge in San Bernardino be completed?
• SBSun: San Bernardino County supervisors appoint Christopher Wilhite assessor for next 2 years
• SDUT: San Diego paying out $2.8M to settle six lawsuits, including $1.4M to cyclist injured at Spanish Landing
• SDUT: Fewer strip malls, more ‘urban villages’: San Diego OKs bold plan to revamp Mira Mesa’s future
• VOSD: The Messy Road to Bring a Bachelor’s Degree to San Diego City College

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