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: For the rich, since 2012, the REAL CA state income tax has risen 138% - MORE than double
• AP: California could be 1st state to sell own prescription drugs
• LAT $: Drug proposal would make California the first to sell its own generic brand. Here's how it could work.
• SFC: Californians' home mortgage deduction would be capped under new bill
• AP: California bill targets tax breaks for wealthy homeowners
• AP: Independents could decide California's Democratic primary
• OCReg: Joe Biden visits Irvine home, critiques Trump's moves in Iran
• AP: Joe Biden gets endorsement from Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti
• LADN: Biden visits Long Beach's Gerald Desmond Bridge replacement, touts importance in U.S. trade
• CalM: Exclusive: California climate budget to include $1 billion green loan fund
• AP: California governor to announce budget expanding benefits
• CG: Hollywood Ignores the Homeless Crisis in Their Own Backyard
• LAT $: Trump and Garcetti, enemies in public, are quietly working out a deal on homelessness
• SacBee: 'Business as usual.' PG&E's big penalty for California wildfires could create tax write-off
• CalM: California's 'hydrogen highway' never happened. Could 2020 change that?
• LADN: A Pacoima assemblywoman tries to give more young people a say in government
• SDUT: Trump administration asks 9th Circuit to lift court order limiting asylum ban
• SFC: State has protections if Trump rolls back environment rules
• SacBee: Californians support 'amnesty' for high-capacity gun magazine owners, survey says
• SFC: Feinstein backtracks on dig at Pelosi: 'I did not mean to say that'
• CG: Sacramento Press Club Hosts 'How to Beat Trump in 2020' Event
• AP: As wildfires get worse, smoke spreads, stokes health worries
• SacBee: Fact check: Are California Republicans having voter registration changed without consent?
• NR: Justice Sotomayor Celebrates San Francisco's New District Attorney Chesa Boudin
• OCReg: Abolish the Selective Service System
• FH: Use State Land for Housing Homeless, Gov. Says, But Will the Homeless Go
• FH: California is taxing our patience
• FH: The Governor's Budget is Coming
• CalM: Commentary: California's new gig worker law is disrupting the music industry and threatening all performing arts
• SacBee: 'It's go time.' Could 2020 finally be the year Sacramento turns the tide on homelessness?
• SFC: Breed to focus on housing, homelessness during first full term
• SFC: SF identifies 14 classes for older adults rescued from City College
• SFC: Plans for SF's 4th-tallest building win key OK as developer resolves opposition
• SFC: BART to dispatch 10 unarmed officers to help keep peace on trains
• SJMN: San Jose officials seek to calm mobile home park residents who fear eviction
• Board examines $550 million bond for MJC, Columbia. It's 'way too much,' trustee says
• Modesto police have plan to combat illegal camping when outdoor shelter closes
• FresBee: 'They still owe us $5,000.' Fresno soccer team relocated, leaving behind unpaid bills
• FresBee: Should people visiting Fresno City Hall carry guns inside? Elected officials disagree
• VCStar $: Simi Valley's interim city manager is offered permanent job
• VCStar $: Camarillo City Council votes to ban hemp farming
• PE: Fired firefighter sues LA, Riverside over job loss
• LADN: Owners of former Warner Center Rocketdyne site have a plan for cleanup, but activists push back
• LAT $: Stan Kroenke-owned companies sue over arsenic cleanup at Rams stadium site
• OCReg: Placentia's new fire department will be ready to launch July 1, officials say
• OCReg: Santa Ana cop union targets truth-tellers
• VOC: OC Animal Services Director Quietly Resigns Over the Holidays
• LAT $: Teacher charged with committing lewd acts on former O.C. student
• LAT $: Laguna Beach officials reject latest housing construction goal
• OCReg: San Clemente offers $20,000 to buy 10 acres to thwart route for proposed 241 Toll Road extension
• SBSun: San Bernardino County Supervisor Dawn Rowe may have to leave seat, court rules
• SBSun: San Bernardino to consider terminating $100,000 contract with lobbyist under federal investigation
• PE: Riverside protest opposes possible war with Iran
• SDUT: Chula Vista may use funds dedicated for public safety for other purposes
• VOSD: There's a New Tension Between North County Leaders and SANDAG's Director
• SDUT: Dockless scooter giant, Lime, is leaving San Diego. Here's why
• SDUT: $3B plan to replace San Diego airport's aging Terminal 1 reaches major milestone

Sincerely,