Opinion

Getting the facts right on tribal land return

090-P89211 Tolowa Dunes State Park ©2015, California State Parks. Photo by Brian Baer

OPINION—For the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation, Yan’-daa-k’vt is the center of our world—where our people have gathered, prayed and lived since time immemorial. It is a living landscape that continues to shape our culture, our identity and our responsibility to care for the land.

Opinion

California needs a leader who knows how to build housing

Workers are constructing wooden frame beams for new building under roof trusses

OPINION—Within the crowded field of candidates running for governor, California’s housing shortage dominates every campaign agenda. Voters are right to demand action on this issue.

Opinion

Why California’s housing reorganization isn’t enough

New housing development next to Dumbarton Castle UK

OPINION—As California’s affordability crisis continues to worsen, few Californians are aware of an approaching July 1 deadline for creating a new state agency to administer the state’s affordable housing programs.

Opinion

Two simple fixes for higher drug prices

Four white pills placed on top of fifty dollar bills created a stark and thought-provoking contrast.

OPINION—There are many barriers to equitable health care in California, the cost of prescription drugs being central among them. As legislators and advocates for the state’s underserved populations call for solutions, however, they’re overlooking two easy options that can make a big difference.

Opinion

A healthy exception: community colleges and the nursing crisis

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OPINION—California faces the nation’s most severe nursing shortage. By 2038, the state is projected to face a deficit of 36,000 nurses—the largest in the nation. Nearly 75% of California’s regions are already experiencing a nursing shortage.

Opinion

A safety net gap: income support for undocumented farmworkers

Salinas, California, USA - June 19, 2015: Seasonal farm workers pick and package strawberries.

OPINION—Rising temperatures, wildfires, floods and other climate disasters are making outdoor labor increasingly dangerous across California. Yet for the workers who feed us, staying home during hazardous conditions isn’t an option. Most farmworkers lack access to any form of income replacement if they can’t work. 

Opinion

Stigma is killing people in overdoses. Training can save them

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, First Aid Training on a CPR Dummy.

OPINION — Public awareness around CPR certification is grounded in emergency preparedness and a shared responsibility to help others. Yet this isn’t carried over when discussing overdoses and substance use disorder. Professionals either don’t know how to help or have an internal stigma toward those facing a life-or-death situation.

Opinion

CARB’s Clean Fleets Regulation increases risk to Californians

Close up of electric car inlet with a connected charging cable.

OPINION – The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is set to approve the Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) Regulation within the next few weeks, introducing unprecedented uncertainty to public agencies that provide essential services and leaving utility ratepayers to foot the bill.

Opinion

Community Schools program is working—don’t limit access

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OPINION – Currently, California might eliminate certain schools engaged in that specific work. A plan within the proposed state education budget proposes to exclude some of the highest-risk students from programs designed to support their success.

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