Image by Valery EvlakhovOPINION – Addressing the theft crisis and the fentanyl epidemic is a complicated problem and requires comprehensive solutions. However, there are actions California can take immediately to help stem the tide of theft, drug use, and the pain addicts experience.
Image by ADLCOPINION – While state planners see offshore wind as key to meeting our climate and 100% clean-electricity goals established in SB 100, this will not happen without significant investments to upgrade our ports for offshore wind deployment.
Image by LevanMoseOPINION – The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) creates a structured legal environment for tribal gaming. IGRA mandates that gaming revenue is used in specific ways to benefit the community, such as funding tribal government operations or programs, providing for the general welfare of the tribe and its members, and promoting tribal economic development and charitable contributions to the broader community.
Image by Sepp photographyOpinion – Climate change has clear causes and proven solutions but California’s investments in them are inadequate. Unless we square our investment with the scope of the challenge, the lives we build face dire but preventable risk.
Image by CozineOPINION – California’s State Water Board is wrestling with what terms to set for water conservation regulation for urban areas. This regulation implements state policy designed to Make Conservation a California Way of Life. But the only way to make that vision equitable is to ensure the needs of low-income communities are taken into account.
Image by kovopOPINION – California is facing a physician shortage, exacerbated by physician burnout from the COVID-19 pandemic and employed physicians facing demanding work schedules with long hours, heavy patient loads to meet productivity targets, and administrative tasks in the name of compliance. By practicing independently, I can design my practice in a way that meaningfully benefits my patients and guards against burnout.
Dr. Flojaune Cofer, photo via YouTubeOPINION – Dr. Flojaune Cofer shocked the Sacramento political establishment by defeating three well known politicians in the Sacramento mayoral primary – a race widely heralded as the most closely watched in the state due to its razor-thin vote margins in the early count. She represents a rising wave of unapologetically progressive Millennial women using grassroots organizing to win races throughout the state.
Image by Art of NguOPINION – The state of California should be taking active steps to ensure that historic infrastructure investments recently authorized in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento provide middle class wages, safeguard against misclassification, and utilize the most highly trained and efficient workforce available.
Image by Simone HoganOPINION – Legislation introduced this session in the California Assembly (AB 3038) would require all K-12 schools to have an armed police officer stationed on campus. Instead of being a meaningful step toward school safety, this is the latest example of a simplistic, inadequate, and politically expedient solution being offered based on the powerful myth that “good guys with guns” prevent acts of extreme violence.
Image by FlegereOPINION – Outdated regulations written before the internet existed continue to require broadband companies to prop up old copper telephone networks, even as consumers abandon them for the new horizons, capabilities, and possibilities of broadband.