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: Of Hypocrites and Name Calling; Democrat Partisanship As Usual Ignored By the Media
• DB: The Tech Oligarchs Are Going to Destroy Democracy - Unless We Stop Them
• SDUT: Editorial: Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara proving to be his own worst enemy
• CG: Gov. Newsom Signs Unconstitutional Bill Requiring Candidates' Tax Returns
• WSJ: California Requires Trump to Release Tax Returns for Spot on Primary Ballot
• AP: California governor signs bill on presidential tax returns
• SDUT: New San Diego laws aim to spur housing for low-income, moderate-income residents
• LADN: America's housing affordability crisis spreads inland
• 'Can't afford to move, can't afford to stay': Spike in housing costs has many stuck
• AP: California governor signs domestic partnership law
• CalM: "We're not going to be able to survive:" Why Californians could bear the brunt of Trump food stamp cuts
• CG: While Cities' Homeless Populations Surge, California's Homeless Industrial Complex Grows
• Can California Force Homeless People Into Shelters? Civil Rights Groups Call Plan Legally Questionable
• LADN: Prank undone: Location of fake 'Ice Poseidon Homeless Shelter' in Tarzana is removed from Google Maps after LA Daily News report
• LAT $: Column: The city has a growing mountain of possessions confiscated from homeless people
• AP: Judge overturns 2006 terror conviction of California man
• AP: California festival killer's motive still a mystery
• AP: FBI calls killer at California festival 'kind of a loner'
• SDUT: Del Mar has third horse fatality, this one in training
• AP: California aids sex workers who report crimes, use condoms
• SDUT: Immigrants taking sanctuary in churches hit with huge fines
• SDUT: Trump administration has separated 900 migrant children in continuing practice
• NR: 2020 Democrats Want You to Pay for Abortions
• NR: Warren and Sanders Stand Pat, But Look Out for Marianne
• Reason: Democrats Forget the Flint Water Crisis Was Caused By a Bold New Infrastructure Plan
• Reason: Taxpayers Lose When the Government Gives Out 'Free' Stuff
• FH: The LA Clippers Become a Team of California's Edges
• FH: PPIC CA Poll Shows Tight Race for Popular Vote Among Democrats, but Who is Going to Get the Delegates?
• OCReg: Don't let state regulators limit energy choice in California
• CalM: A game of political chicken
• SacBee: Recycling firm to pay $1.2 million to settle toxic waste violations in Sacramento
• SacBee: Caltrans unveils three-year, $370 million highway construction project
• SFC: Huge SF housing project adds senior housing to win over Laurel Heights
• SFC: Why are more mentally ill people wandering SF streets?
• SFC: Opening a small business is about to get easier in San Francisco
• SJMN: Attorney general files criminal charges against Bay Area Walgreens' fake pharmacist
• AP: Attorney: Man is a scapegoat in deadly California fire
• OCReg: Walmart, Target, Ikea sued by UC Santa Barbara over Edison-style LED bulbs
• VCStar $: Video stirs up reactions at Simi Council meeting
• LADN: L.A. council votes 13-0 to extend city's ban on living in vehicles despite opponents' outcry
• LAT $: L.A. City Council votes to reimpose limits on living in vehicles
• LADN: LA Fire Department tackles brush fire in the Sepulveda Basin, homeless people in the area are relocated
• OCReg: Homeless survey shows racial imbalance in the struggle to find housing in Orange County
• VOC: Experts: Anaheim Mayor Sidhu's Council Debate Time Limit Sends Wrong Message
• OCReg: Man accused of beating woman along trail in Irvine charged with attempted murder
• OCReg: Death of baby born to Victorville inmate spurs petition for women's prison reforms
• SDUT: San Diego Unified board pushes for a way to remove school board members

Sincerely,