Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • FRBlog: The Grand Deception of ALAIC Newsom
  • AP: California governor proposes $12B to house state’s homeless
  • BreitbartCA: Gavin Newsom to Spend $12 Billion on Homeless; Promises to Solve ‘Family Homelessness’ in 5 Years
  • OCReg: Newsom channels some Californians’ frustrations about freeway trash, pitches $1.5 billion cleanup
  • CG: Gov. Newsom Stimulus Checks: Is the ‘Roar’ the Cash Before the Recall Election?
  • SFC: Audit: State’s $175M online college graduated 12 students in 1st year
  • EdS: California state audit criticizes Calbright College for mismanagement | EdSource
  • VOC: OC Supervisors Cancel Digital Coronavirus Vaccine Records, Hundreds of People Rail Against Vaccine Passports
  • LAT $: Hundreds in Orange County protest vaccine passports: ‘You’re not going to brand us’
  • OCReg: Orange County won’t develop digital record for showing vaccination
  • CG: CA Lawmaker Disparaged for Legislation to Prohibit State from Creating Vaccine Passport
  • Reason: Vaccine Passports Will Outlast the Pandemic
  • LAT $: He was injured during BLM protests last spring. Now he’s suing the LAPD and his uncle on the force
  • AP: 2 California police officers fatally shot within 24 hours
  • CalCoast: San Luis Obispo police detective killed in the line of duty identified
  • LADN: Man charged with firebombing of LAPD Topanga Station
  • CG: Bill To Allow Permanent ‘To-Go’ Cocktail Sales Passes CA Senate Unanimously
  • AP: California nears expanding COVID-19 shot to children 12-15
  • LAT $: COVID-19 vaccine appointments for 12-to-15-year-olds could begin Thursday
  • AP: California judge dismisses Twitter lawsuit against Texas AG
  • SacBee: Sacramento gas prices creep to $4 a gallon — East Coast pipeline cyberattack isn’t reason
  • CalM: Facing recall, Newsom uses anti-tax amendment for his own devices
  • Grenell still weighing California recall bid as Republican field grows
  • SDUT: Opposition to Newsom recall grows as Caitlyn Jenner, GOP generate little support, poll finds
  • Caitlyn Jenner Says She Didn’t Vote For Trump In 2020 – CBS Sacramento
  • AP: New California attorney general pledges focus on hate crimes
  • SFC: AG Rob Bonta says new bureau will confront white supremacy
  • FresBee: No more masks and social distancing at work? How California could update COVID rules
  • FresBee: Masks optional for guests, staff at these Fresno restaurants. Owner says it’s common sense
  • SFC: This is how California’s water use has changed since the last drought
  • SFC: Could this $36M river restoration project help with California's droughts?
  • OCReg: Migrant children held in mass shelters with little oversight
  • PE: Temecula councilmember’s email called coronavirus the “China Virus;” she says she’s not racist
  • Sen. Rand Paul wants Fauci to come clean about US ties to Wuhan lab
  • NR: Rand Paul Urges Fauci to Abandon Gain-of-Function Research, Citing Possible COVID Lab Leak
  • CG: California Energy Commission Proposes New Building Standards Favoring Electric Appliances Over Natural Gas
  • LADN: Pro-Palestinian protesters gather outside Israeli consulate in LA
  • OCReg: A compromise for D.C. representation in Congress
  • CalM: California population drop caps long trend
  • CalM: Holding the line against new taxes will improve California’s economic future
  • Do your job, Gov. Newsom — end water wars for state and Stanislaus fish and farmers
  • SacBee: The Bee is suing Sacramento for police records. Why is the city breaking transparency laws?
  • SFC: MLB gives A’s approval to explore moving to another market
  • SJMN: Anti-White graffiti leads to hate-crime investigation in Palo Alto
  • SJMN: COVID: San Mateo County reaches yellow tier. These counties didn’t
  • FresBee: Fresno City Council members propose new tenant protections to hold landlords ‘accountable’
  • A new $350M casino is breaking ground off Highway 99. What will it mean for jobs, economy?
  • FresBee: Madera County advances into state’s orange COVID reopening tier. Here’s what that means
  • CalCoast: San Luis Obispo County now vaccinating people 14 and above
  • VCStar $: Supervisors revise resolution condemning Capitol riot
  • LADN: Police Commission approves LAPD reform plan, with changing less-lethal use of force a priority
  • LADN: Coronavirus: Hospitalizations in L.A. County down 95%, with 224 new cases and 18 new deaths reported, May 11
  • VOC: With Hundreds of Millions in New Covid Recovery Spending, Some Cities Ask Public for Input While the County Does Not
  • OCReg: Police advise Los Alamitos school board to go virtual as anger grows in social justice debate
  • OCReg: Martin Schwarz named new Orange County public defender
  • PE: Riverside County remains in orange tier
  • SBSun: San Bernardino County remains in orange tier, despite lower coronavirus numbers
  • SBSun: San Bernardino schools gearing up for in-person learning
  • SDUT: Blackstone Group to buy 66 apartment complexes in San Diego for more than $1 billion
  • SDUT: San Diego employers are mostly not allowing remote work post-pandemic, report finds
  • VOSD: Subpoenas Seek Records From Key Players in 101 Ash St. Deal
  • SDUT: It’s official: San Diego Unified superintendent to become U.S. deputy education secretary
Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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