Dear John,

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The FlashReport Blog is constantly updated with over 24 different correspondents penning items of interest to those who follow California politics and policy...

• FRBlog: Compared to other states, CA has uber-high median home prices - coupled with much smaller lots and smaller houses
• AP: Biden-linked firm won California voter outreach contract
• FresBee: California to spend $35 million on mail voting campaign run by firm with 'Team Biden' ties
• AP: State Senate meets without 10 GOP senators amid virus tests
• CG: BREAKING: 10 GOP Senators Barred From State Capitol Building, Forced To Vote Remotely
• CG: BREAKING: CA Senate Republicans Locked Out of Capitol in Politicized COVID Wars
• AP: Protesters hit California streets over Wisconsin shooting
• SFC: Demonstrators hit streets of Oakland, courthouse fire set
• SacBee: Coaches, musicians and more to be exempted from California labor law under Democratic plan
• AP: 50,000 allowed back home as gains made on California fires
• AP: Some Californians didn't get evacuation alerts in wildfires
• SJMN: California wildfire victims start to return home, but face long road to recovery
• SFC: As evacuated residents begin returning home, officials urge vigilance, caution
• AP: Weather slows California wildfires; thousands allowed home
• SJMN: 'Wrote a letter of apology:' Police arrest Santa Cruz County resident accused of stealing firefighter's wallet; second arrest possible
• VCStar $: COVID-19 pushes candidates to campaign virtually
• FresBee: Is California criticism justified? GOP convention delegates who live here agree with Donald Trump
• SJMN: Day after RNC mention, Boogaloo-linked ex-Air Force Sgt accused of killing cops stands in court with mask referencing police shootings
• SJMN: California Supreme Court reinstates bail reform from landmark Humphrey ruling
• AP: With improving virus data, California looks to reopen again
• CG: LA Mayor Garcetti Denounces New CDC COVID-19 Testing Standards
• LAT $: Police unions ask Legislature to hold special session for reforms
• SacBee: Police reforms face defeat as California Democrats block George Floyd-inspired bills
• OCReg: OC deputy who punched apparently drunk man under criminal investigation for undisclosed allegations
• CG: E-Scooter Bill Heavily Amended Before Senate Vote
• OCReg: State leaders to unveil eviction moratorium on Friday
• CG: CA Auditor Warns 18 State Agencies 'High Risk' for Waste, Fraud, Abuse of Federal COVID Funds
• AP: Judge blocks rule that moves relief funds to private schools
• LAT $: California adopts major pollution cuts for diesel trucks and ships
• CalM: Shape up or ship out: California requires ships, trucks to eliminate thousands of tons of pollution
• AP: Racing board seeks DQ of Justify in Santa Anita Derby
• CalM: Tears, fears and fed up: Readers say extra $600 shouldn't be partisan
• LAT $: New $300 unemployment benefits coming soon, California officials say
• CalM: California poised to become national leader on mental health and addiction coverage
• LAT $: State Supreme Court orders Newsom to respond to O.C. Board of Education petition to reopen schools
• OCReg: Another California theme park pushes to reopen after extended coronavirus closures
• FH: George Gascón's History of Hiding Evidence and Silencing Whistleblowers
• NR: What Is the Violence in American Cities All About?
• FH: A Major Victory for California Taxpayers
• CalM: Ban on hunting trophies risks funding for healthy African ecosystems
• CalM: Mayors' reasons for supporting Prop. 15 don't hold up
• FH: Is There Still a Place for the Death Penalty in California?
• OCReg: Institutional racism and university admissions
• OCReg: Elect Laurie Davies to represent the 73rd Assembly District
• OCReg: The Legislature should ensure fair funding for online charter schools
• SacBee: Sacramento protests over Kenosha shooting; damage at City Hall and sheriff's, DA's offices
• SacBee: Coronavirus updates: August is Sacramento's deadliest month of pandemic, by far
• SacBee: Sacramento deputy wounded in Rancho Cordova gunfight escorted home from hospital
• SFC: Mayor Breed criticizes supes' plan to raid reserves to close $1.5B deficit
• SFC: San Leandro schools step up online security after latest Zoombomb
• SJMN: This school became first in the Bay Area to return to the classroom
• FresBee: Fresno leader blasts area school for 'selfish' rally with no masks despite coronavirus
• Modesto mayoral candidate, who is subject of city investigation, ends campaign
• State says schools can offer small learning pods. What Stanislaus districts are doing
• FresBee: Foster Farms processing plant in California ordered to shut down over COVID-19 outbreak
• FresBee: Fresno County coronavirus cases push past 24,000 infections, region numbers increase
• CalCoast: SLO Police Chief Deanna Cantrell quits suddenly
• VCStar $: Coronavirus update: 69 new cases, 3 new deaths
• LADN: Teacher at Woodland Hills school says she was threatened over 'I Can't Breathe' shirt
• LAT $: Coronavirus has turned once-bustling downtown L.A. into a ghost town
• LADN: LA County reports 38 more coronavirus deaths, 1,636 new cases
• LADN: LA Metro task force will seek to eliminate fares on buses, trains
• OCReg: Coronavirus: 29 new deaths, 369 new cases in Orange County on August 27
• OCReg: After years of false starts, Huntington Beach breaks ground for homeless shelter
• OCReg: Attorney General's Office takes high-profile Newport Beach rape case from O.C. DA
• OCReg: Yorba Linda council incumbents face no challengers after covert emails deters others from running
• OCReg: Orange County's toll road agency 'well positioned' to recover, maintain debt payments, officials say in response to concerns raised
• VOC: Anaheim Enforces Coronavirus Guidelines, County Public Health Officials Don't
• LAT $: O.C. hopes history doesn't repeat itself as it anticipates reopening guidelines
• SBSun: Former Yucaipa employee charged with stealing from city
• SDUT: Convention Center shelter to close by year's end; state OKs funding for hotel purchase
• SDUT: San Diego Unified will offer in-person learning to students with learning loss, special needs
• VOSD: Info About Local Post Office Operations Is Conflicting and Hard to Come By

Sincerely,