Image by Manu Reyes. OPINION – There’s a lot of talk from politicians about homelessness as a top issue. So why, unlike public education, healthcare, behavioral health and transportation, does California fail to provide ongoing funding at scale to address the crisis?
Image by ookawa. OPINION – California’s Cap and Trade Program is supposed to be one of the best tools the state has for reducing climate pollution and funding climate solutions. But if Big Oil gets its way, the program will amount to a massive handout to corporate polluters funded by California taxpayers.
Image by Baurzhan Ibrashev. OPINION – Despite the availability of FDA-approved non-opioid pain treatments—including one that just received approval last month—patients are still overwhelmingly prescribed opioids after surgery. It’s not because opioids are always the best option, but because our healthcare system makes them the easiest, most affordable, and most accessible prescription to fill.
Image by Wirestock. OPINION – It’s been nearly two decades since the groundbreaking law, AB 32, established our state’s ambitious goals for reducing climate-harming greenhouse gas emissions. But there is much more to do.
Image by William_PotterOPINION – There’s been news coverage lately about potential large-scale selloffs of national public lands. While there is no doubt that California has an affordable housing crisis, we don’t believe that large-scale public lands selloffs are the answer.
EV questions. Image by wildpixel. OPINION – As multiple media outlets have reported, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is getting into the ring to defend the electric vehicle mandates they have foisted upon California’s families and businesses. Unfortunately, CARB’s staunch defense of anti-consumer regulations is a master class in disinformation – purposefully designed to deceive Californians.
Image by gorodenkoff. OPINION – We can no longer ignore the needs of our state’s medically fragile patients – nor should we.
Image by peterschreiber.media.OPINION – As the California Assembly considers AB305, bipartisan legislation that could rewrite California’s energy future, the stakes could not be higher. The bill would exempt small modular reactors (SMRs) from the state’s nuclear moratorium in an attempt to end California’s reliance on fossil gas and carve out a new path for an abundant, carbon-free energy future.
Image by Arseniy45. OPINION – There is a quiet but seismic shift underway right now in the global artificial intelligence (AI) race. California, as America’s innovation powerhouse, cannot afford to ignore it.
The "Dos Amigos" pumping plant, San Luis Canal, part of the California Aqueduct system; Los Banos, central California. Image by Sundry PhotographyOPINION – The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California recently adopted what could be a revolutionary policy, providing a lens through which to consider how to spend precious ratepayer dollars.