Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Dear John,

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THE HEADLINES:
  • FOX NEWS: Issa slams AOC, Pelosi over SCOTUS security bill stall
  • CG: California Tops Nation’s Highest Gas Prices at $6.43 Per Gallon
  • SacBee: Pain at the pump: Sacramento drivers groan at record-high gas prices, well above US average
  • Americans Haven't Seen the Worst of Bidenflation Yet
  • AP: California lawmakers OK budget over governor’s objections
  • CalM: California budget: Big surplus, big differences
  • Car owners or taxpayers? Newsom, Democrats still at odds over who gets inflation relief
  • CG: California’s Newly Amended ‘Infanticide’ Bill Headed to Senate
  • OCReg: Prepare to use less water in OC and, perhaps, pay more for the privilege
  • SacBee: Another homeless shelter moving forward in south Sacramento, days after first site approved
  • Annual Stanislaus homeless count reports a drop, but officials cite several reasons
  • SacBee: California county offers a perk to landlords who rent to homeless veterans. Will it help?
  • LAT $: A for-profit mission to house the poor, homeless earns praise but takes flak over upkeep
  • LADN: Gap widens in bid for runoff against schools chief Thurmond
  • CalM: Overworked California firefighters struggle with PTSD, suicide, fatigue, intensifying wildfires
  • AP: Western wildfires force evacuations in Arizona, California
  • CalM: Ryan’s story: A hard-charging California firefighter loses his last battle to suicide
  • SBSun: Sheep fire in San Gabriel Mountains 27% contained as firefighters again face windy weather
  • OCReg: OC House Democrats applaud Senate gun safety deal, hope for more
  • AP: HHS secretary Becerra tests positive for COVID-19 again
  • AP: Navy censures 5 in deadly sinking of amphibious vehicle
  • SJMN: PG&E ‘excessively delayed’ its response to monster Dixie Fire inferno: state report
  • SFC: One year after California's reopening, ‘wily’ COVID still stymies return
  • LADN: LA County records nearly 13,000 new COVID cases since Saturday
  • SFC: S.F. plan to cut $9.5 million in COVID funds, Latino nonprofit leaders say
  • LAT $: Drag Queen Story Hour disrupted by men shouting slurs and threats at Bay Area library
  • SacBee: Mike Barkley has run for Congress six times. Is this the year he beats Tom McClintock?
  • AP: Southern Baptists who backed open abuse review win key roles
  • The Selfish Californian
  • VOC: Santana: CA State Senators Applaud Cuban Regime as Biden Blocks Diplomats From Americas Summit
  • CalM: After the surplus, buckle up for the deficit
  • CalM: California’s sham budget and unintended consequences
  • NR: The Real Economy
  • CityJrnl: Dems' Covid Lockdowns Brought Little Benefit, Much Harm
  • NR: The Kamala Harris Problem
  • OCReg: Tragic misreading of Anaheim’s financial health
  • AP: Graffiti found on dozens of Yosemite National Park sites
  • SFC: Boudin recall margins narrow, with voters split 55% to 45% in support
  • Project will delay traffic on 132 near Vernalis. What it means for Bay Area commuters
  • SFC: Millbrae councilman assaulted at S.F.’s Lands End with a concrete block
  • SFC: Berkeley to consider placing a vacant-home tax on the ballot
  • SJMN: Google to pay $118 million to thousands of women in gender-bias settlement
  • SJMN: San Jose security guard killed in double-murder suicide had tried intervening in fight, authorities say
  • VCStar $: Oil firm's suit vs county dismissed but case not over
  • CG: New Study Names Los Angeles ‘Worst Metro Area for New Home Buyers’
  • LADN: CHP officer shot during traffic stop in the San Fernando Valley
  • LAT $: Environmental groups pull support from L.A. River Master Plan at the 11th hour
  • VOC: Orange County Grand Jury Questions Sending Firetrucks to Medical Calls
  • OCReg: OC rolls out Hate Hurts Us All campaign
  • SDUT: San Diego’s new budget focuses on homelessness, equity, arts, neighborhood projects
  • PE: Escondido’s police chief hired to lead Menifee Police Department
  • SDUT: Margin widens between Campa-Najjar, Galvez in Chula Vista mayoral race
  • VOSD: In One of the Largest Charter School Scams in History, No One Will Serve Jail Time

Sincerely,

FlashReport Editors
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