Dear John,

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The FlashReport Blog is constantly updated with over 24 different correspondents penning items of interest to those who follow California politics and policy...

• FRBlog: CRUCIAL public misconception: "Business makes 36% profit on sales" Actually only 6.5%.
• AP: PG&E boss says it wasn't fully ready for California outages
• LAT $: PG&E power outage was 'a big screw you' to California, lawmaker says
• PG&E CEO Tells California Lawmakers The Utility Failed During October Power Shut Offs
• FresBee: Bankrupt PG&E increases offer to California wildfire victims. Here's the utility's new plan
• SJMN: PG&E's latest power shutoffs could now hit San Mateo, Santa Clara counties
• CalM: Cities step in to halt last-minute evictions
• VOC: Santa Ana Residents Say Landlords Are Evicting Them Ahead of New State Law, City Council Balks on Emergency Tenant Protections
• CG: California Cities Find Themselves In An Eviction Crunch Less Than Two Months Before AB 1482 Begins
• SacBee: Housing advocate denies making rent control deal. Text messages tell different story
• KQED: Majority of Californians Want Trump Impeached, Removed From Office
• SJMN: Impeach and remove Trump, majority of Californians say in new poll
• SFC: Impeaching Trump is popular with Californians, poll indicates
• SacBee: Who can beat Donald Trump? That's the central question for California Democrats, poll finds
• CapWkly: Tracking poll: Warren leads, but California field still in flux
• AP: California sues e-cigarette maker Juul over ads, youth sales
• FresBee: California sues vaping powerhouse JUUL, alleging it caused a 'public health epidemic'
• SDUT: Manchester subject of possible pay-to-play solicitation in failed nomination
• CalM: School bond backers have some selling to do, poll shows
• CG: Governor Newsom Pardons Three Criminals To Block Their Deportation
• LAT $: Majority says police should do more to clean L.A. streets clogged with homeless camps, Times poll finds
• Volunteers needed to help turn Modesto motel into housing for homeless people
• SacBee: Homeless camp near downtown Sacramento temporarily cleared while street curb is painted
• Reason: California Tried To Fine a Company $10,000 for Ordering Blind People Ubers and Lyfts Without a Permit
• LAT $: Northern California braces for fire weather as Southland expects rain -- those events are related
• PE: Big weather change for Southern California: Rain, snow and possible flooding in the forecast
• AP: 4 men arrested in deadly California Halloween shooting freed
• FresBee: What we know about Fresno's mass shooting: How it happened, the victims, what you can do
• AP: Deadly attack leaves California Hmong community in shock
• SDUT: Report: Rule violations, inaccurate allegations marred Southwestern College's student election
• CG: More Cities in California Are Banning The Use Of Natural Gas
• OCReg: $4.5 billion from tech giants won't dent California's housing shortage
• FH: How Did California's Voter Registration Rate Get So High?
• CalM: Podcast: Is it really the end of California as we know it?
• SFC: Court rules corporations can be on hook for costs of fighting California fires
• VCStar $: 16 picked as test cases in SCE's Thomas Fire suits
• FresBee: Devin Nunes' lawyer files another defamation lawsuit, this time for White House official
• OCReg: Newport Beach man indicted in $300 million nationwide Ponzi scheme that preyed on veterans and investors
• OCReg: Trucker lawsuit shows AB5's harm to workers
• FH: Politics and Economics Don't Always Mix
• FH: Is the State Order on Buying Electric Vehicles 'Handwriting on the Wall' for the Rest of Us?
• SDUT: Editorial: Don't subsidize state plan offering fire insurance to those without coverage
• NR: The Impeachment Clock
• OCReg: California's pension systems need to continue reducing risk
• SDUT: Editorial: Did Newsom just jump-start boycott of automakers who sided with Trump on emissions?
• SacBee: New Trump vehicle emission rules prompt fear in Sacramento of federal road-fund loss
• SacBee: Riding an e-scooter on the sidewalk in Sacramento could now cost you $207
• SacBee: Critics question last-minute recommendation for overseer of Sacramento Sheriff's Office
• SacBee: Citrus Heights wanted this $1.2 million payout in police excessive force lawsuit kept secret
• KQED: Wine Moguls Destroy Land And Pay Small Fines As Cost Of Business, Say Activists
• SFC: Mystery in Sonoma County after arrests of protesters in Guy Fawkes masks
• SFC: Hundreds of SFPD officers sue Hunters Point contractor over health problems
• SFC: Climate change threatens to spread pollution at Superfund sites
• SJMN: Noose, threat of lynching, racist graffiti during construction of Apple's Spaceship campus: feds
• SFC: Contra Costa DA's office declines to file criminal charges against five suspects
• SJMN: San Jose prosecutor who reportedly used daughter to bait predator on leave, internal DA review underway
• SJMN: Another delay for BART to San Jose
• Mother was afraid son accused of killing deputy was trying to commit suicide-by-cop
• CalCoast: More than 200 people attend Kristin Smart vigil
• VCStar $: Reagan site faces nearly $500,000 in fire damage
• LADN: Plan to build mixed-use village around North Hollywood public transit hub to be submitted to LA city
• LAT $: Editorial: Let L.A. County supervisors impeach the sheriff?
• LADN: Uptick in school threats reported in region after Saugus High shooting in Santa Clarita
• OCReg: 4 Orange County deputies fired after audit finds systemic abuses in booking evidence
• VOC: 2020 Candidates for OC Supervisor Are Coming into View
• OCReg: Santa Ana to consider controversial 2525 project across from Discovery Cube
• OCReg: Santa Ana council considers development for First American building
• SBSun: San Bernardino County agency orders its first zero-emission train for Redlands rail service
• PE: Inland woman is 59th to die from 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting
• SDUT: Teradata lays off 80 San Diego workers amid CEO's departure
• VOSD: Everything You Should Know About San Diego's Hotel-Tax Increase Measure
• SDUT: UCSD may tighten regulations on scooters, bikes and skateboards due to safety issues

Sincerely,