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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

• An Interview With Jon Slavet -- Republican Gubernatorial Candidate, Businessman and Entreprenuer
• Trump’s AI Preemption Order and the Quiet War on Federalism
• SacBee: Sacramento DA is investigating allegations of fraud in NAACP COVID food program
• OCReg: Ex-Compton councilmember admits to funneling $70,000 in bribes to Baldwin Park officials
• LAT $: Former Compton councilman pleads guilty in scheme involving secret bribes and corrupt officials
• AG Rob Bonta reportedly reconsidering run for California governor
• CalM: LA’s biggest homeless services provider faces layoffs
• SacBee: CapRadio received $1.2M insurance settlement related to ex-GM theft allegations
• SFC: S.F. housing nonprofit fund hits $100 million, promising faster and cheaper affordable homes
• OCReg: Shonique Williams, a criminal justice advocate, jumps into a House race to represent LA and Orange counties
• SFC: Home insurance costs are up 150% in one part of California. This map shows premiums by county
• The Silicon Valley Dem disappointed about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s abrupt ousting
• CalM: As California prisons face ‘wave’ of sex assault lawsuits, new audit highlights slow discipline
• CalM: Cap and trade gets a new name and a new mission beyond cutting carbon pollution
• SacBee: Sacramento mayor reflects on first year, plans to run for second term
• Esparto fireworks company fined more than $200,000 by Cal/OSHA
• CG: San Francisco’s Lurie Deficit: A Fiscal Crisis City Hall Refuses to Address
• SF General’s AI security system has a history of missing weapons
• SFC: Preservationists challenge S.F.’s plan to dismantle landmark Embarcadero fountain
• SJMN: Judge denies motion to exclude term ‘genocide’ from Stanford felony vandalism trial
• Harsh words hurled at nonprofit in fight over housing sex offenders
• CalCoast: SLO County Supervisor Gibson hires his favorite candidate
• OCReg: Huntington Beach loses challenge in federal court to state sanctuary law
• VOC: Irvine Eyes Land Swap with Great Park Developer for More Housing
• VOC: Term Limits Could be on Horizon for Laguna Beach City Council
• Redlands school board removes challenged book, keeps another with restrictions
• Supervisors appoint new Riverside County fire chief to replace the retiring Bill Weiser
• SDUT: San Diego lawsuit challenges California’s ban on less-lethal pepperball weapons
• SDUT: Following marathon session, split City Council votes to keep surveillance camera network
• SDUT: ‘A human dignity issue’: Sheriff warns costs will rise if supervisors don’t OK jail upgrade funds
• SDUT: San Diego Unified’s sweeping affordable housing plans take shape, as details emerge of 5 projects
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