Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • FresBee: Fresno County supervisors support new district map drawn by conservative strategist
  • LAT $: City Council members propose dozens of changes to L.A. redistricting map
  • LADN: Redistricting panel’s map gets bumpy reception at LA City Council
  • Orange County Supervisors Narrow Down New District Maps
  • VCStar $: Simi, Moorpark seek input on City Council redistricting
  • VOSD: San Diego 101: How Redistricting Shapes Your Community
  • FresBee: Goodbye Devin … hello Kevin? New House boundaries could get weird for Fresno, Valley
  • SFC: Oakland legalizes RVs, tiny homes to combat homelessness
  • ‘Safe Parking Program’: Homeless students at Long Beach college can sleep in their cars in parking structure
  • SBSun: Man fatally shot at homeless camp in San Bernardino
  • SJMN: Two more Project Homekey sites approved in Santa Clara County
  • LADWP unveils $300 million debt relief program to help 250,000 customers with overdue bills
  • MJC waives student debt, offers free tuition for all students taking classes in spring 2022
  • CalM: ‘I don’t recognize myself anymore’; How the pandemic drowned a working mom in debt
  • LAT $: As Sheriff Villanueva blasts vaccine mandate, LASD falls further behind LAPD in shots
  • LADN: LA County Sheriff Villanueva blames vaccine mandate for jump in staff retirements and resignations
  • LAT $: No L.A. Unified vaccine mandate so far for students ages 5 to 11
  • LAT $: Palmdale wants to challenge L.A. County’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate
  • FresBee: Hundreds of Fresno parents seek information on COVID vaccine exemptions after CDC news
  • McAuliffe Does Not Concede To Youngkin, Gives Election Night Message: "We Still Got A Lot Of Votes To Count"
  • Hill: REPUBLICANS TAKE VIRGINIA...
  • RESULTS: NJ Gov. Race MUCH CLOSER than expected... Developing...
  • Seven Reasons Democrats Lost Virginia
  • STAR IS BORN: Virginia meet your new Lieutenant Governor!
  • 6 Reasons GOP Won and CRT, Mandates, Biden Lost
  • At Youngkin HQ, a Hat Tip to Harnessed Parent Anger
  • Reason: Glenn Youngkin Defeated Terry McAuliffe Because Democrats Betrayed Parents
  • BreitbartCA: George Floyd’s Minneapolis Votes ‘No’ on Abolishing Police
  • LADN: LA County ready to start vaccinating kids 5-11, as final federal OK nears
  • OCReg: Electricity will be most expensive at dinnertime under Edison’s new ‘time-of-use’ rate plans
  • Here’s what needs to happen for L.A. County to lift its mask mandate
  • SJMN: Southwest Airlines pilot cited in San Jose mask assault on flight attendant
  • Victorville resident, City Council member face charges for disruptions: District Attorney’s Office
  • SJMN: ‘It doesn’t feel real’: Family mourns teen killed in shooting at Gilroy councilmember’s home
  • As California mulls bill decriminalizing psychedelics, some SoCal veterans turn to them to treat PTSD
  • OCReg: Deputies think gang is responsible for shootings in La Mirada, South Whittier
  • AP: After California oil spill, environmentalists plan to sue US
  • VOC: County of Orange Lawyers Up Over Offshore Oil Spill
  • Nonprofit Files Precursor to Lawsuit Over Huntington Beach Oil Spill
  • AP: Tiny seedlings of giant sequoias rise from ashes of wildfire
  • CalM: PG&E under federal investigation
  • SFC: Bay Area transgender people: Chappelle remarks potentially dangerous
  • CapWkly: Rival gambling initiatives vie for voters’ attention
  • CG: Court of Appeal Decides Key Budget Bills Case 3-0
  • SJMN: UC Hastings College of the Law seeks to remove genocidal founder’s name
  • Reason: A Scathing Rejection of the Case Against Four Drug Companies Highlights Misconceptions About the Opioid Crisis
  • AP: Drug companies win in California opioid crisis lawsuit
  • AP: Giant ‘corpse plant’ draws crowds in Southern California
  • Some Want To Divide Us - We Must Not Let That Happen
  • Reason: A Tax Break for the Rich Could End up Being the Largest Part of the Build Back Better Plan
  • CalM: A confusing array of sports betting measures
  • CG: Twitter Rushes to Debunk Trump-Baldwin Rumor That Its Own Hypocrisy Helped Spread
  • OCReg: Bullet train keeps taking harmful path
  • SDUT: Column: Global leaders lag California, San Diego officials on climate action
  • NR: Hold the Biden Administration Accountable for This Kabul-Evac Scandal
  • CG: Quality of Life in Sacramento Compromised as Crime Escalates Month after Month
  • CG: New Crimes Retail Reality in SF: Private Guards, Enhanced Security, Massive Losses
  • SFC: Why state lawmakers are fired up over a derailed S.F. housing project
  • SFC: S.F. school teachers, families criticize district plan to cut $125 million in spending
  • SFC: D.A. Boudin charges S.F. cop with voluntary manslaughter in 2017 shooting
  • SJMN: Elizabeth Holmes trial: New trouble for Holmes with second apparently pilfered logo
  • Oakdale swears in police chief. How his history running a Mallard’s restaurant is a bonus
  • FresBee: ‘Helluva journey.’ Will City of Fresno buy troubled University Medical Center campus?
  • CalCoast: SLO County COVID-19 cases drop slightly, six additional deaths
  • VCStar $: Teran takes lead in Oxnard special election to fill City Council seat
  • LADN: LAPD gets new policy that underscores the prohibition of officer gangs
  • LADN: Will LA County’s Board of Supervisors ever get back to in-person meetings? Time will tell
  • LAT $: L.A. County declares nasty smell in Carson a local emergency
  • OCReg: Tustin takes key step toward district elections, but timeline stirs debate
  • OCReg: Newport Beach gets shot of sand with dredging project
  • OCReg: Legal service in Orange seized by State Bar for unauthorized practice of law
  • LAT $: ‘Is this really green?’ The fight over solar farms in the Mojave Desert
  • PE: Riverside’s Measure C, electricity tax measure, leading in early returns
  • PE: Ed Delgado leading six-way race for open Moreno Valley City Council seat
  • PE: Moreno Valley’s Measure G sales tax increase leading in election results
  • PE: Joe Males ahead in Hemet City Council District 4 election
  • SDUT: Racist comments surface at county supervisors meeting
  • SDUT: At long last, construction begins on San Diego airport’s $3.4B Terminal 1 overhaul
  • VOSD: Cancer-Causing Toxins from Industries Spew Freely in San Diego. That Could Change Soon.

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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