Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Wednesday, June 12, 2024     Dear John, CLICK HERE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE FR MAIN PAGE [Note: The above link takes you to the current page. You would have to toggle the date on the site if the headlines below have cycled out.] 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. THE HEADLINES CalM: Find out which lobbying groups get their way most often in the California Legislature SJMN: In-N-Out Burger says it raised prices because of minimum wage increase SFC: Hoeven: California Dems want to keep a high-profile crime measure off your ballot — and it’s shady SFC: California voters may decide whether to roll back Prop 47 crime measure SJMN: California lawmakers fast-track bill that would require online sellers to verify their identity NR: California Gas Prices to Go from Bad to Worse as Dems Move to Tighten Environmental Regulations CalM: A workplace safety board bucked Gavin Newsom. Now he’s shaking it up SJMN: Federal appeals court upholds California’s gun show ban on state property Sacramento County Target gift card thief convicted, worked for organized crime network AP: With 1 out of 3 Californians on Medicaid, doctors push ballot measure to force state to pay more OCReg: Ikea lost $5,000 when each worker quit. So it began paying more. Here’s what happened SFC: California home insurer with 2,200 policies to non-renew all customers OCReg: Ex-USC linebacker to plead guilty in $1M COVID benefits scheme, other players allegedly involved CG: California AG Bonta Supports ‘Justice-Involved Individuals’ for HUD-Subsidized Housing State lawmaker receives thousands in unclaimed money, reminds others to check LAT $: California beach is nation’s most polluted, study says. People are ‘getting sick left and right’ LAT $: Is California’s film and TV tax credit in danger? Unions say so CG: Police Arrest 25 Pro-Palestine Students at UCLA Protest SFC: S.F. declares itself sanctuary city for transgender, nonbinary people New Poll on Kamala Harris Strengths and Liabilities SDUT: How has recent news affected voter sentiment in a San Diego County battleground district? Here’s what a new poll finds OCReg: Antonio Villaraigosa kicks the tires CalM: As Californians’ stance on crime hardens, Republicans try to regain relevance LAT $: Billionaire-backed plan to erect a model California city qualifies for the ballot Sacramento City Council approves $1.6 billion budget for next fiscal year CG: Free Groceries: San Francisco Opens Controversial $5.5 Million ‘Food Empowerment’ Market SFC: SF teachers union in surprise endorsement of moderate board candidates SFC: SFPD ‘making arrests every day’ with help of new license plate readers SJMN: Report: San Jose Unified school district ‘adrift’ amid poor leadership SJMN: San Jose approves $5.3 billion budget, diverts more than $23 million from affordable housing to homelessness solutions SJMN: Silicon Valley salaries are shrinking, leaving workers in the lurch EXCLUSIVE: Valley Children's CEO responds to compensation criticismUpdated an hour ago Madera once again under local state of emergency following sinkhole LAT $: Doctors and dentists at L.A. County-run hospitals will get bonuses under tentative deal OCReg: Ex-OC prosecutor deflects blame for failure to disclose evidence in 2010 murder case VOC: Anaheim Officials Consider More Oversight For Their Controversial Tourism Promotion Agency LAT $: Column: ‘I’m going to keep succeeding’: Huntington Beach’s Latina MAGA mayor speaks VOC: Why Do OC Police Departments Use Drones Blacklisted by Federal Government? OCReg: Judge rules in favor of former Huntington Beach mayor in air show cancellation case SDUT: Gloria, council agree to a $2.15 billion budget, with last-minute deals on homelessness, flood aid and more SDUT: San Diego City Council shoots down effort to put municipal utility on the November ballot SDUT: San Diego settles lawsuit for $875K with son of woman who died in SDPD custody Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site!     Sincerely, FlashReport Editors FLASHREPORT | Website FlashReport | 4040 MacArthur Blvd., Suite 20 | Newport Beach, CA 92660 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice