Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Friday, May 21, 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: SDUT: San Diego boosts pay for thousands of city workers, including 29% spikes for 640 engineers VOSD: The Learning Curve: More Cash for Schools Means More Transparency Concerns AP: California delays debate on easing virus rules for workers SJMN: COVID: Employer, worker groups square off over proposed mask rules LAT $: California postpones decision on relaxing mask and distancing rules for workers SacBee: California county to public: Stop hostility toward health workers over state mask mandate LADN: Officials approve signature-gathering efforts for petition to recall DA George Gascon SBSun: Five more counties join effort to give parts of Oregon and California to Idaho SacBee: Gavin Newsom calls for more state spending at Mexico border, aiming to help migrants AP: Fire threatens homes in Santa Barbara, evacuations ordered VCStar $: Two Firehawk helicopters beef up firefighting capabilities CalM: California approves electric car mandate for Uber and Lyft | CalMatters SFC: Lawmakers kill many bills, including one to create election day holiday Understanding How A California Bill Dies Without Public Debate OCReg: Newsom signs law streamlining environmental reviews for big projects SacBee: More than 90% of California Capitol interns are unpaid by Legislature. Who’s left behind? CG: Bill to Decriminalize LSD, MDMA, Hallucinogens, Psychedelic Drugs Headed for Full Senate Vote SFC: California eyes rooftop solar policy changes. Industry says its future hangs in balance SacBee: CalPERS considering pension hikes for workers, agencies as investment outlook dims CG: Longtime Republican Policy Advisor Lanhee Chen Seriously Considering 2022 Run for State Controller LAT $: Will your gifted child take calculus? Maybe not under California’s reimagined math plan OCReg: 80% of adults had serious hardships during pandemic, according to USC study CapWkly: Poll: Death penalty repeal gaining, but many undecided LAT $: What’s missing in Newsom’s budget that has public health officials worried LADN: West Covina makes it official, votes to create its own health department VOSD: Officials Scramble to Address Skyrocketing Fentanyl Deaths LAT $: Homeless woman stabbed in head while asleep on L.A. sidewalk OCReg: 7 more vehicles damaged by gunfire on Southern California freeways SacBee: California prison guards missed inmate’s decapitation and misled investigators, report says SFC: California’s housing crisis is getting worse. So is anti-housing denialism LAT $: Cash to help California renters goes unspent with eviction protections expiring soon AP: Man pleads not guilty to torching historic California church SFC: Nonprofit that helps the poor lost $650K to scammers. Boss had to go after them herself SacBee: Ransomware attack shut down Northern California community college’s computer system SDUT: Cathedral Catholic faces sanctions for racist photos aimed at Lincoln High athletes OCReg: Florida and Texas shamed California into opening up OCReg: The fake outrage over Liz Cheney’s ousting NR: No, Kamala Harris, the COVID Crisis Is Not an ‘Opportunity’ NR: Why the Right Hates Fauci NR: Betsy DeVos Rips Teachers’ Unions over School Closures SacBee: Sacramento air quality takes a hit as large grass fire burns in rural Yolo County SFC: Trump retains ownership of S.F. property after refinancing AP: Justice delayed? In wealthy California town, officer kills 2 SFC: One of the Bay Area's biggest hospitals has hit a huge milestone: Zero COVID patients BreitbartCA: Activists, Politicians Seek ‘Desegregation’ of California City SJMN: Twitter roasts San Jose BART extension plans: ‘Journey to the center of the Earth’ FresBee: Fresno protests supporting opposite sides of Palestine-Israel conflict clash near River Park ‘We have persevered’: Stanislaus State 2020 graduates celebrate in postponed ceremony VCStar $: Nearly 6,000 local businesses, nonprofits to receive pandemic grants OCReg: Automation war expected to intensify with another Long Beach terminal looking to modernize LADN: As LA emerges from pandemic, City Council backs revisions to $11.2 billion ‘recovery’ budget LADN: Studio City’s redeveloped Shops at Sportsmen’s Lodge are set to open in early summer LAT $: L.A. budget vote boosts spending on parks, relief programs and the LAPD LADN: LA looks into financing ADU construction to house homeless LAT $: What’s hiding in plain sight at Magic Johnson Park? Maybe a solution to our water problem VOC: OC’s County Government is Flush with New Cash. Where Should It Go? OCReg: Banning Ranch takes key step toward becoming coastal nature preserve OCReg: Coronavirus: Orange County reported 37 new cases and four new deaths as of May 20 OCReg: With demand for shots waning, OC health providers decline vaccine doses SBSun: San Bernardino County reports 68 new coronavirus cases SBSun: San Bernardino plans to honor more ‘Hometown Heroes’ with military banners PE: Riverside County coronavirus hospitalizations continue to drop SDUT: New program to keep youth facing criminal charges out of justice system a ‘sea change,’ DA says SDUT: Does Gloria have the votes to pass his SDG&E franchise deal? Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! 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