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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.

THE HEADLINES

• One-On-One Interview with Jon Coupal, President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
• John Burton’s Legacy: California’s Leftward Architect
• FRBlog: Charlotte Murder and Trump’s DC Actions Expose Why Democrats Can’t Connect with Middle Class and Blue Collar Voters
• CG: As Governor Newsom ‘Proclaims California’s 175th Anniversary’ Remind Him Decline is a Choice
• LAT $: Newsom escalates clash with Trump in State of the State, declares California under siege
• CalM: California leaders negotiate major policy changes in secret as legislative session ends
• CalM: Budget carveout appears to stymie apartment construction in powerful Democrat’s district
• SacBee: Despite improvement, California again has highest poverty rate in US
• New Inland Assemblymember Natasha Johnson takes oath of office
• Celebrating 175 years of statehood: California birthday block party lights up the Capitol
• CalM: ‘I will do it again’. Mom of California overdose victim pledges to keep fighting in Capitol
• LAT $: California has a strict vaccine mandate. Will it survive the Trump administration?
• OCReg: EV access to California carpool lanes is ending. How will it affect you?
• OCReg: Unions rally in Long Beach to urge CSU to accept state loan, provide raises
• SJMN: San Jose could be the next city to try restricting federal agents from concealing their identities
• SFC: California lawmakers could bail out Bay Area oil refinery to stave off closure
• CalM: Seven years after California’s deadliest fire, schools — and kids — are still recovering
• SJMN: Wildfire threats to California water resources demand attention, group warns
• FresBee: Garnet Fire enters southern edge of McKinley Grove, home to giant Sequoia trees
• CalM: The rotten egg smell at the Salton Sea isn’t just a nuisance. It can make people sick.
• Newsom Trashed California - and He's Getting Away With It
• CG: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics – the Politics of Crime
• OCReg: John Seiler: How California can still win the global AI race
• OCReg: Sacramento still wants more from you
• CalM: Gavin Newsom’s snark attacks on Trump boost his national standing — at least for now
• CG: Newsom’s California: From The Golden State to The Garbage State
• Folsom considers changes to public safety services amid budget deficit
• CG: Greenberg: San Francisco’s Insanely High Per Capita Spending
• Voters promised domestic violence survivors free lawyers. SF didn’t follow through
• SFC: Port of S.F. director stepping down after nine years as Fisherman’s Wharf prepares for new era
• FresBee: Lawsuit over Fresno Unified’s equity program has been dismissed
• CalCoast: San Luis Obispo County waste agency’s financial troubles continue
• LAT $: LAPD touts 2024 dip in police shootings, but officers already firing more this year
• VOC: OC Fire Authority Chief Challenges County’s Ambulance Contractor
• OCReg: OC Board of Supes majority says no to discussion on having review if more pets are registered to vote
• OCReg: Anaheim entertainment tax? Councilmember says let’s talk about taxing tickets, parking for destinations
• VOC: Newport Harbor Mooring Battle Heads to State Lands Commission
• Why Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is being sued over his uniform
• Jurupa schools sued over transgender athlete by 3 girls volleyball players
• SDUT: San Diego County OKs more studies, money to fix South Bay sewage crisis
• SDUT: Supervisors vote to include immigrant children in county’s legal services program
• SDUT: County supervisors back bill to bolster civilian oversight of law enforcement
• SDUT: Encinitas council member’s criminal case started with alleged parking dispute
• SDUT: San Diego just OK’d a plan to save Sunset Cliffs and city beaches from rising seas. Here’s what’s in it.
• SDUT: Over sheriff’s objections, county supervisors vote to expand civilian jail oversight board’s authority