Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Friday, April 30, 2021 Dear John, CLICK HERE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE FR MAIN PAGE [Note: The above link takes you to the current page. You would have to toggle the date on the site if the headlines below have cycled out.] 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: AP: California Senate proposes to spend $3.4 billion on drought CG: California Senate Democrats Propose $3.41 Billion Drought Spending Plan SFC: Most of the Bay Area is in an ‘extreme’ drought. What you need to know SJMN: Dramatic photos of Lake Oroville depict California’s worsening drought PE: California’s big-city mayors call for $20 billion to fight homelessness SacBee: California gig workers are entitled to a new health care subsidy, but many go uninsured SacBee: Fatal shooting suspect surrenders after Yuba City standoff, Sutter sheriff’s officials say SFC: Three shot, one fatally, near S.F.’s Market Street SacBee: Exclusive: FBI investigating Sacramento prison plagued by inmate slayings, hazing SBSun: Gov. Newsom signs $6.2 billion tax relief bill in San Fernando OCReg: Orange County vaccination sites will resume use of Johnson & Johnson shot Sutter lowers age limit for COVID shots in Modesto. Why are some skipping 2nd dose? SacBee: More women than men are getting the COVID vaccine in Sacramento County LAT $: First-dose vaccine appointments fall 50% in L.A. County SacBee: Did US Census undercount Latinos? Here’s how California found hard-to-reach residents CapWkly: A congressional seat disappears, setting the stage for fights LAT $: Where are Asian American communities growing the fastest? Not California LADN: UTLA president: LAUSD campus reopenings have generally gone well, ‘but the exhaustion is real’ LAT $: L.A. County relaxes outdoor mask rules for vaccinated people AP: California Bar cited for inefficient discipline reforms SBSun: Survey says: Disneyland & Co. reopenings can’t fix 58% of California job cuts COVID disrupted the usual systems to protect children from abuse. What can be done? CG: ‘Corporate-Free Elections Act’ Gets Shelved by Assembly Elections Committee California could ban sale of gas-powered leaf blowers under proposed clean air law FresBee: A Fresno-area senator blocked a Black health bill. Here’s how lawmakers responded AP: Driver at California protest agrees to admit gun violations AP: Family of Black man awarded $2M in California police death SacBee: Placer sheriff’s deputies to start wearing body cameras. Why the change is being made SDUT: ‘You’re gonna get shot!’ Escondido police release video of fatal shooting of homeless man holding crowbar SDUT: Lawyer: San Diego police were present when MTS officers pinned man to ground, held a knee to his neck OCReg: Vietnamese Americans commemorate April 30 with smaller events during pandemic AP: California trucks salmon to Pacific; low river levels blamed AP: Disneyland opening highlights California’s COVID turnaround SacBee: Whose recall is it, anyway? Gavin Newsom’s California critics spar over money, credit LAT $: Coronavirus outbreak in Humboldt County is linked to local church Reason: Biden Is Using the Pandemic as an Excuse for Permanent Expansions of Government Power OCReg: Sacramento’s litany of mostly ineffective, nonsensical gun bills OCReg: Credit unions are a better solution for unbanked than AB 1177 OCReg: President Biden’s expansive and expensive vision for government CG: Let the Waffling Begin: California Cities Already Backpedaling on June 15 Reopening Date CG: Sacramento Police Department Report Shows Number of Victims Shot Up 333.33 % SJMN: Oakland: Chinatown Chamber of Commerce president publicly attacked SFC: Top chefs at the hotly anticipated Oakland Assembly food hall have nearly all backed out SFC: S.F. celebrated turning hotel into permanent homeless housing. Transition has been ‘bumpy’ SFC: S.F. judge says Asian jurors in case improperly excused because of race SFC: S.F. crypto billionaire funds plan to create surveillance camera network SJMN: San Jose State police chief to resign FresBee: Taking a trip? Southwest’s arrival gives Fresno flyers more nonstop, one-stop options Update: Wildfire evacuation order downgraded to warning in parts of Calaveras County VCStar $: Proposed Amgen mixed-use project clears first hurdle in Thousand Oaks LADN: Watchdog group sues L.A. County over disclosure of misconduct records LADN: LA councilmember renews effort to stop Chatsworth homeless housing project LAT $: LAPD reverses ban on protest weapons LADN: Fewer LA County residents are getting vaccinated – and Ferrer calls this ‘worrisome’ LAT $: A $2-billion mega-project could reshape the Arts District OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 43 new cases and four new deaths as of April 29 LAT $: After violating state regulation, Orange County jails begin serving hot meals again OCReg: Poseidon wins key permit for desalination plant in Huntington Beach SBSun: Mt. Vernon Bridge in San Bernardino has been fully disassembled, officials say PE: $47 million settlement reached in World Logistics Center lawsuit PE: Temecula’s wannabe Rosa Parks is in the hot seat, not the bus seat VOSD: There’s Yet Another Wrench in the Effort to Declare Measure C Passed Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! 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