Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Tuesday, March 18, 2025 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 SacBee: Gavin Newsom’s office sending cellphones to CEOs to reach California governor ‘directly’ FresBee: Mexican consuls in California meet with Gavin Newsom to explore new collaborations SacBee: Conservatives dominate podcasts. Will Gavin Newsom succeed where liberals haven’t? CalM: California’s Medi-Cal shortfall hits $6.2 billion with ‘unprecedented’ cost increases LAT $: Newsom to ask California Legislature for another $2.8 billion to cover Medi-Cal cost overruns SFC: Two Bay Area cities created a program to help undocumented immigrants. It might instead help ICE target them LAT $: DOGE targets nearly two dozen environmental offices for closure in California CalM: ‘They didn’t lift a damn finger’: California crime victim fund ordered to change practices CG: Bianco, Grenell, Dahle and more: What the 2026 GOP Gubernatorial Race Looks Like CG: The Last Thing California Needs is Katie Porter, Kamala Harris, and Gavin Newsom CG: CAGOP Convention Recap: Trump’s MAGA Momentum Shunned CG: How is it that ACLU and Law Enforcement Agree on Exempting Probation Officers from Jury Duty? OCReg: Prosecutors say ex-Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu should get 8-month prison sentence VOC: Will Disgraced Former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu Serve Prison Time? CG: Senator Suzette Valladares Announced as Next GOP Senate Caucus Whip LAT $: California bill would restore wetlands protections in wake of Supreme Court ruling Meet Pastor Tim Thompson, the Inland Empire’s direct link to MAGA Constituents trying to join CA Rep. Kevin Kiley phone town hall blocked due to 'overwhelming demand' LAT $: Their corporate landlord kicked them out to fix their flooding home, suit says. Instead, it was sold CalM: ‘Quiet panic’ as national rental assistance program set to run out of cash OCReg: Mission creep inevitably bites taxpayers CalM: Costly health care expansion worsens California’s chronic budget deficit OCReg: Playing political Whac-A-Mole as issue of bond measure language pops up again NR: California’s War on Farmers Made Eggs Even Scarcer Rancho Cordova considers $1 million plan to create a city mascot to boost community engagement Remote work is losing its grip on SF, at last CG: Opposition Grows Against Barbara Lee In Oakland Mayoral Race Madera Community Hospital set to reopen this Tuesday CalCoast: State denies appeal, new homes coming to Los Osos LAT $: As debris removal continues in Altadena, residents eager to learn next steps to rebuild VOC: Garden Grove Sees Fewer Homeless People on the Streets, Housing Still Scarce OCReg: OC senator is tasked with emergency management work. Here’s what that entails. OCReg: Chapman students protest university putting administrators responsible for DEI on leave San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy dies after pursuit leads to traffic collision in Victorville How Riverside County won California’s pandemic economy SDUT: San Diego pays out $1.5M for crashes, dog bite and sewer leak SDUT: ‘We need this’: Parents frustrated and confused after city removes toys at Fanuel Park SDUT: Scripps Health announces plan to build new hospital campus in San Marcos 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
