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: Newsom Speaks the Truth
• CG: California Labor, Agriculture and Business Advocate Andy Caldwell Challenging Rep. Salud Carbajal
• SDUT: GOP Battle Royale: Entrance of Jones, Issa dramatically alters race for the 50th
• LAT $: Darrell Issa expected to run against embattled Rep. Duncan Hunter
• AP: US House passes bill giving pot businesses access to banking
• PE: House passes historic marijuana banking bill with backing from Southern California reps
• CG: RECAP: SB 167, The Bill That Would Give Backup Power To Those Affected By Wildfires
• SFC: California's big housing bill is dead for the year. Here's...
• LAT $: Newsom will announce new plans for a satellite to track climate change
• FresBee: Hundreds of California school administrators have pensions that exceed IRS limits
• SacBee: High & Dry: How will restrictive water law change California's Central Valley?
• SacBee: California farmers face 'catastrophic' water restrictions. Can they adapt to survive?
• AP: Spokesman: China buying US soybeans, pork
• AP: What's next now that Pelosi has launched impeachment inquiry
• SFC: Here's how impeachment poses a danger - to Democrats
• CG: How California Holds The Key To President Trump's Impeachment Inquiry
• LAT $: With Ukraine inquiry, California's Rep. Adam Schiff back at impeachment helm
• LAT $: Pelosi, Trump and impeachment: How the speaker got to 'yes'
• LAT $: With little to lose, Orange County Democrats throw support behind Trump impeachment
• LAT $: Trump is on track for a level of defeat in California not seen since the Civil War
• SJMN: PG&E restores power to most customers affected by planned shutoff
• SFC: Power restored to 90% of PG&E customers after shutoff
• SacBee: PG&E restores power to about 45,000 after Northern CA shutoff, 3,400 still in the dark
• LAT $: California high-speed rail board member under investigation for potential conflict
• LAT $: Resnicks donate record $750 million for climate change research at Cal Tech
• APNewsBreak: California halts prison gang peacemaking efforts
• LAT $: California sues Trump administration over rollback of Endangered Species Act
• SFC: Yosemite rangers battle trash buildup from rock climbers
• SBSun: Can freedom be found in seasteading?
• SBSun: Bringing back redevelopment would be the wrong move for California
• SJMN: Walters: 2020 may see a tax battle royal in California
• SJMN: Hanson: Menacing invective against Trump creates scary climate
• NR: The Death of American Citizenship
• NR: Depressed Man Euthanized in Canada
• OCReg: An ethical double standard
• SacBee: Source of South Yuba River's contamination identified, Nevada County officials say
• SacBee: Kaiser Permanente reaches tentative deal with unions, averting October strike
• SacBee: Opioid prescription rates drop sharply in the Sacramento region. Here's why
• SacBee: A top charter school got California's first desegregation order in 50 years
• SFC: Mayor pulls out of talks on San Francisco mental health overhaul
• San Francisco neighborhood places 24 boulders on sidewalk to keep homeless away
• SFC: Plans to phase out natural gas in all new SF buildings gain traction
• SFC: Julián Castro calls for compassion in Oakland homeless camp tour
• Antioch to exempt affordable housing from building permit caps
• SJMN: BART delays won't derail downtown San Jose momentum: experts
• SJMN: Stanford says it'll drop expansion plan if county won't negotiate a deal
• SJMN: Teacher housing: Two schools remain on San Jose Unified list of possible sites
• SLTrib: Supervisor Adam Hill has a challenger. Can a Republican win in coastal SLO County?
• SLTrib: 'There's no trust': Paso residents want state to investigate school district's finances
• FresBee: Three Fresno cops accused of stealing $225K are 'immune' from suit, appeals court says
• FresBee: California congressional candidate's family farm walked out on $325,000 owed to workers
• SacBee: How the Central Valley became the 'Appalachia of the West.' Now, new threats loom for economy
• FresBee: Fresno CA 'serial violator' property owners to be fined $10K
• It's really happening: Council gives final OK to Highway 132 reroute west from Modesto
• VCStar $: Trial date delayed in Woolsey Fire civil lawsuits
• LADN: LA City Councilman John Lee moves to block Hidden Creeks development near Porter Ranch
• LADN: L.A. City, Venice petition U.S. Supreme Court to overturn homeless lawsuit decision
• CG: Los Angeles County Votes To Ban Flavored Tobacco And Vaping Products
• LAT $: These L.A. parents don't want to assign a gender to their baby, so the government did it for them
• OCReg: Newport homeowners face big fines for expanding their yards onto beach
• OCReg: Stadium maintenance, debt eat into Anaheim's revenue from hosting Angels baseball
• PE: Redlands school trustee resigns; board must act quickly to replace him
• SBSun: Vigil for student who was fatally assaulted at school turns tense in Moreno Valley
• PE: Riverside Councilman Mike Gardner - who said he wouldn't campaign for reelection - now says 'I'm running'
• SBSun: Rialto police, school district at odds over teacher's suspected heroin use at school
• SDUT: San Diego City Attorney clearing low-level marijuana convictions
• SDUT: SDG&E wants to add $10 fixed charge, nearly quadruple minimum monthly bill

Sincerely,