California Voters to Decide Costly Bond Issues for ‘Climate Resiliency’
Given California’s international leadership in addressing climate change, it isn’t surprising that voters will be…
California Isn’t Iowa: How to Win The Nation’s Biggest Presidential Primary
Aspiring Democratic presidential candidates, welcome to California. You’re not in Iowa anymore. Although a calendar…
California Lagging on Climate Goals, With Cars and Heavy Industry a Problem
California won’t meet its ambitious climate goals in 2030 unless more drivers trade gas guzzlers…
Opinion: Democratic Presidential Candidates Are Ignoring Widespread Support for Medicaid
Health care in the Democratic presidential debates has largely focused on Medicare for All versus…
Free Tuition Proposed for Community College Students Transferring to Cal State
In yet another push to make higher education more accessible in California, a bill filed…
Opinion: Training Teachers in ‘Science of Reading’ Is Key to Improving California Education
The number of California students who cannot read is shocking. Results from the 2019 National Assessment…
Opinion: President Newsom? Is California’s Governor Eyeing The White House?
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s nearly three-hour-long presentation of his second budget last week was peppered with scornful references…
Opinion: Despite Governor’s Veto, California Must End Plague of Human Trafficking
Ending the plague of human trafficking is one of my top legislative priorities. Sadly, California…
Opinion: As California’s Once Booming Population Peaks, State Could Lose Influence
During the first decade of the 21st century, demographers in California’s Department of Finance and…
No Longer Golden: As Costs Rise, More Middle-Income Residents Flee California
In 2017, Susanna Cardenas-Lopez left her home in Salinas to visit her brother in Idaho.…
2020 Could Be The Year Hydrogen-Fueled Cars Take Off in California
California has been dreaming of a clean, modern hydrogen highway since 2004, when former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger…
Opinion: AB 5 Disrupts California’s Music Industry, Threatens All Performing Arts
California has overreached in its effort to address the challenges in today’s tech platform gig-work…
Opinion: California Must Lead Effort to Protect America’s Public Lands
Summer hikers, bikers, paddlers, campers, bird watchers, climbers and horseback riders abandon California’s cities to…
Opinion: Promises Made—But Not Kept—Are Corrosive Trend in California Government
Last month, McClatchy Newspapers and the ProPublica news organization published an investigative article delving into how billions of dollars meant to…
