Check out today's headlines on FlashReport!   Friday, June 14, 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: Gavin Newsom and top Democrats are deciding California’s budget behind closed doors AP: California Legislature rejects many of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget cuts as negotiations continue CG: California’s Last-Minute Budget Maneuver: Retroactive Corporate Taxes on Foreign Dividends AP: California Senate approves ban on schools notifying parents of their child’s pronoun change CG: San Francisco Becomes Third ‘Transgender Sanctuary City’ In California CG: Los Angeles City Council Proposes Limiting Traffic Stops For Law Enforcement SJMN: State audit: VTA needs governance reform, more project oversight LAT $: The dirty secret of California’s legal weed LAT $: Top manager of California’s largest water supplier placed on leave after sexism, harassment allegations SJMN: This Bay Area county is state leader in using red-flag law to seize guns LAT $: One California city is letting owners sell ADUs, and others may follow. Will it be a housing game-changer? SJMN: Poll finds Garvey doesn’t pose threat to Schiff; no appetite for changing tax approval thresholds OCReg: California has No. 1 US wage gap between haves and have-nots CalM: ‘Wouldn’t be where I am today:’ California’s small business owners fight to save state aid AP: Executives of telehealth company accused of fraud that gave easy access to addictive Adderall drug LAT $: UCLA commencement goes on amid campus tension over protests, violence and policing LAT $: ‘Not a happy election’: Why this star-studded Hollywood fundraiser is so crucial for Biden CG: Parent Advisory Council Transparency Bill Passes Assembly Education Comm. With Unanimous Vote AP: California legislators break with Gov. Newsom over loan to keep state’s last nuclear plant running SJMN: Apple worker’s tax form left on office printer showed he made $10,000 more than a woman doing the same job. Now she’s suing. The West Is Sick of the New Woke Jihadism CalM: Supreme Court could weaken environmental law used in California housing conflicts SacBee: Did Sacramento council illegally discuss new raise for city manager? Councilwoman wants probe SacBee: Sacramento County doesn’t consider foster teen safety a ‘high priority,’ grand jury report says SFC: Exclusive: First look inside S.F.’s Pier 70, and the plan to develop the city’s central waterfront SFC: Mayor London Breed’s budget proposal gets picked apart: ‘We will be spending more, yet getting less’ SFC: Whole Foods’ next S.F. store has been delayed for years. There’s new concern it will never open FBI probes religious sect operating in Bay Area after claims of abuse SJMN: Grand jury rips county housing agency over San Jose real estate blunder SFC: 49ers ‘outplayed’ Santa Clara with highly favorable Levi’s Stadium deals, grand jury says Former police auditor scrutinizes Paco Balderrama investigation CG: Reformer Rosen Says Gascon Has to Go: Santa Clara DA Endorses Hochman OCReg: John Lewin, lead prosecutor of killer Robert Durst, seeks Gascón’s deposition in suit over demotion OCReg: Community celebrates completion of Newport Beach Junior Lifeguard’s new $7.8 million facility VOC: OC Equestrian Center Rent Hikes Start This Week as Tension Mounts 1.84 million-square-foot ‘warehouse/industrial’ project near Riverside in limbo SDUT: Controversial plans to urbanize two San Diego neighborhoods advance, could soon get city approval SDUT: In latest setback, San Diego’s utility office wrongly debits hundreds of auto-pay water customers SDUT: San Diego’s life science sector contributed $56.6B to the regional economy, despite tight financing and layoffs 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