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Image by Toa 55.Fixes to California’s wildfire recovery system are within reach.
Image by Chinnapong.Despite California having more than 60 plasma collection centers, the state still does not collect enough plasma to meet demand.
Image by David Gyung.AB 1776 is being sold as a tool to hold Big Tech accountable, but instead opens courthouse doors to lawsuits against family-owned and small to mid-sized businesses.
Image by MatimixOPINION — California must consider strategically how to ensure every child has access
Image by DIY 13.Registered data brokers were required to begin accessing the Delete Request and Opt-out Platform on Aug. 1.
Image by DIY 13.OPINION — Many California patients are already experiencing access hurdles to the non-intoxicating hemp-derived CBD products.
Looking at a glass of dirty water with suspicionOPINION — Turn on the tap in San Jose, and the water is something you don’t think twice about. That’s not the case in parts of the Central Valley, where drinking water is too dangerous to drink.
Man and woman figures sitting on unequal stacks of dollar bills. Gender pay gap, income inequality, financial disparity, and salary discrimination concept.OPINION — Inequality in the United States is out of control. And this is particularly true in California, which, despite being the wealthiest state of the wealthiest nation in the world, many people are simply not making it.
Image of a librarian's hands as she sorts through a pile of children's books that are out of focus. Children's books have been a focus of book bans across the United States.OPINION — Since 1996’s Proposition 209, California has prohibited the consideration of race in public education, employment and contracting. While framed around fairness, the measure’s real-world effect has been to blindfold the state, creating a painful disconnect between the clearly visible systemic inequities and our legal ability to fix them.