Friday, February 19, 2021 |
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Dear John,
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THE HEADLINES:
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- Faulconer Ad: Divided We Fail
- FRBlog: Thanks Rush, God Called You Home Too Early
- SacBee: ‘Team Biden’ firm could be paid for 2020 California election work in budget maneuver
- Reason: Donations ‘Requested’ by Newsom Exploded as His Emergency Powers Ballooned – Reason.com
- AP: California lawmakers, governor at odds on school reopening
- KQED: Democratic State Legislators Split With Newsom on School Reopening
- FresBee: Update: Newsom says new school plan doesn’t move ‘fast enough’ in bringing kids on campus
- OCReg: High school coaches hope Gov. Newsom has ‘good news’ to announce Friday
- LAT $: Newsom criticizes lawmakers’ plan to reopen more schools
- CalM: Lawmakers blitz governor on school reopenings
- FresBee: More undocumented families could receive COVID-19 aid under Gavin Newsom’s new plan
- CG: Gov. Newsom Recall Still Needs Donors and Signatures
- CG: Newsom Recall Campaign Hits Nearly 1.7 Million Signatures
- AP: California governor gets vaccine tour boost as recall looms
- AP: Republican infighting rattles bid to oust Democrat Newsom
- LADN: LAUSD strips $25 million from LAPD, redirects it to help Black students
- SFC: Oakland plan to replace police with mental health workers in disarray
- A trio of conservative groups tries to torpedo two top Biden nominees
- SFC: East Bay school board members caught on hot mic disparaging parents
- Reason: School Board Mocks Parents Who Support Reopening: 'They Want Their Babysitters Back'
- SFC: New bill would require California agencies to award 25% of state contracts to small businesses
- CG: No More Second Home Mortgage Interest Deduction
- CG: Psychedelic Drugs Such As LSD, Mescaline May Be Legalized In New Bill
- CG: California Senate Plans to Suspend the Constitution to Hear Bills Before 30-Day Rule
- SFC: Grocers sue San Leandro over new $5-an-hour hazard pay requirement
- SDUT: California GOP delegates seek to censure David Valadao for voting to impeach Trump
- LAT $: Fundraiser for Trump and Obama sentenced to 12 years in prison for foreign money scams
- LADN: Arcadia resident gets 12 years in campaign finance scheme with links to national figures
- SFC: New EDD chief speaks on California’s unemployment fraud challenge
- SJMN: EDD payment efforts crawl forward
- OCReg: Homeless Black man killed by deputy in San Clemente was stopped for jaywalking, recordings show
- SFC: Mentally ill man died in Antioch police custody. His family seeks answers
- AP: California deputies who shot man debated whether to stop him
- OCReg: Appeals court reverses ruling in lawsuit over man fatally shot by Huntington Beach police
- SBSun: Man shot to death by Fontana police was unarmed, department says
- AP: California conference in ‘immunity bubble’ spreads COVID-19
- OCReg: UC Irvine civil rights clinic sues OC district attorney over unregulated DNA database
- CG: State Auditor Releases Scathing Audit of the Failure to Mitigate Homelessness in California
- SJMN: Mountain View: Planned purchase of hotel for homeless housing drawing lines on the sand among residents
- PE: Fire in homeless encampment spreads to palm trees, rooftops in Fairmount Park in Riverside
- SacBee: Bacteria found again in water at CalPERS’ Sacramento headquarters
- AP: Former judge admonished for rude behavior in court hearings
- VOSD: Candidates’ Take on Labor Will Shape Race for 79th Assembly District
- CalM: With raffles, food sales and fundraisers, Latinos do their best to avoid debt
- LAT $: Harris returns home to L.A. for first time as vice president
- AmerSpec: Xavier Becerra’s Dubious Health-Care Record
- NR: John Kerry’s Ego Demands a Private Jet
- OCReg: Never let a good manufactured crisis go to waste
- NR: Canceling Student Debt Is Still a Terrible Idea
- NR: Our Descent into Collective Madness
- Reason: Biden's Coronavirus Relief Package Has Almost Nothing to Do With the Coronavirus
- OCReg: The Constitution and Supreme Court set a high bar for gun control
- SacBee: Sacramento’s homeless people deserve more concern than Mayor Steinberg’s ‘landscaping’
- SacBee: Employee’s COVID infection forces temporary closure of Sacramento homeless warming centers
- SacBee: Did Sacramento terror suspect leave cellphone behind to kill Iraqi police officer?
- SacBee: Sacramento GOP expels Proud Boys member from post he won last March
- SFC: S.F. community groups trying to stop UCSF’s expansion of Parnassus campus
- SJMN: Extreme winter storm disrupts Bay Area COVID vaccine shipments
- SFC: S.F. city attorney to district: Vaccination demands for reopening will be challenged
- SFC: Tech investors paid for S.F. billboards urging people to move to Miami
- SFC: Berkeley considers ending single-family zoning by December 2022
- SFC: Racial slurs, ‘violent language’ disrupt Oakland schools Zoom workshop
- SJMN: San Jose mayor launches vague new advocacy organization. Here’s how he explains it
- FresBee: Tower Theatre marquee mourns Rush Limbaugh. LGBTQ community, supporters aren’t happy about it
- ’Heart-wrenching’: Rural Stanislaus district shares struggles of distance learning
- FresBee: Fresno council votes to suspend bus fares for FAX riders. How long will it last?
- VCStar $: Oak Park plans phased return as COVID cases drop
- EdS: Long Beach Unified is largest school district in California to announce reopening plans
- LADN: Appointments are no longer needed to get tested for COVID-19 at L.A. city-run sites
- LADN: Weather delays coronavirus vaccines at LA city-run sites and others across Southern California
- LADN: Coronavirus: L.A. County reported 2,873 new cases, 153 new deaths and 98 fewer hospitalizations as of Feb. 18
- VOC: Lake Forest City Council Jumps Ship on New Regional Renewable Energy Agency
- OCReg: Conservationists file lawsuit after Laguna Beach relaxes historic preservation program
- VOC: How Did OC Sheriff Officials Spend $90 Million in Covid Response Funds? Mostly on Jail Staff
- OCReg: Orange County will intermittently close mass vaccination sites due to low supply
- OCReg: Disneyland considers eliminating monthly payments for annual passes
- SBSun: Oxbow developer misses San Bernardino’s deadline to remove concrete heap
- PE: About 600 coronavirus vaccine shots delayed in Riverside County due to icy weather elsewhere
- SDUT: Dollar value of San Diego hotel sales tumbled 61% in 2020, thanks to the pandemic
- SDUT: Petco Park vaccine superstation will close Friday and Saturday due to supply shortage
- SDUT: San Diego County will take progressive approach to jobs, justice, health, Fletcher says
- SDUT: Oceanside residents see racism in proposal to close Brooks Street pool
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Sincerely,
FlashReport Editors
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