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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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• Newsom’s Prop 50: A Pay-to-Play Power Grab
• OCReg: Sacramento Snapshot: California Legislature considers another election reform measure — this one isn’t redistricting
• CalM: New mental health courts haven’t helped as many people as Newsom promised. Here’s why
• SFC: California considers dozens of proposed laws to thwart Trump’s agenda
• SFC: Why this California city swung toward Trump more than any other
• SFC: Thousands show up for S.F. Labor Day rallies aiming anger at Trump
• Saturday Headlines
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• Monday Headlines
• As Congress reconvenes this week, California lawmakers to push for mid-decade redistricting ban
• LAT $: $2.4 million for a rental: Rich tourists are already booking mega-mansions for the Olympics
• SDUT: Immigration sweeps leave gaping holes in San Diego families. ‘I just want my dad home.’
• CalM: They were convicted of gang crimes. New California Supreme Court rulings trim their sentences
• OCReg: Jon Coupal: Lies, damn lies and Rob Bonta’s ballot labels
• SacBee: Sacramento promised shelter options to City Hall sleepers. Why are many unhoused?
• SacBee: $54M project investments by West Sacramento includes I Street bridge funding
• SFC: Aaron Peskin has a warning for Daniel Lurie about his S.F. ‘family zoning’ plan
• SFC: S.F.’s politics have changed. Our algorithm examining the city’s supervisors proves it
• SFC: SFMTA to make cuts to all divisions as agency hits fiscal cliff
• SJMN: ‘As serious as a heart attack’: South Bay man disputes county-initiated conservatorship
• SJMN: County to pay $20 million to relatives of 4-year-old California boy tortured, murdered by parents
• Mike Briggs, former Fresno council member, dies, family says
• FresBee: Fresno seeks to rebuild air traffic control tower. Why it’s facing backlash
• LAT $: They call themselves ‘trashers.’ Together, they’re cleaning L.A.’s streets — and finding friendship
• 322 Valley fever infections reported in Riverside County so far in 2025, prompting health warning
• SDUT: Across San Diego County, a push to move schools off fossil fuels is met with enthusiasm — and wariness