Image by Love Employee. OPINION – Modern GLP-1 medicines are evidence-based therapies that help patients achieve meaningful, sustained weight loss and reduce the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke and orthopedic complications. For many patients, these medications can change the course of their health and prevent the very surgeries I perform.
Image by Zhanna Hapanovich. OPINION – If you want a front-row seat to how a civilization commits fiscal suicide while congratulating itself on its values, Sacramento is playing a sold-out show. Playing fast and loose with other people’s money has a name in my world: breach of fiduciary duty. In California, they call it governance.
Image by Arseniy45. OPINION – California’s gas prices have risen by over a dollar since the start of Trump’s war in Iran, with one-fifth of the world’s oil supply blocked at the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the oil industry has called for the state to substantially weaken and possibly delay climate regulations, notably the state’s backbone climate policy, cap-and-invest.
Image by Vadym Plysiuk. OPINION – The digital world is not going away, and our children are not immune from its effects. If we care about their futures, we must pair accountability with proactive safeguards.
Photo by Heidi Patricola. OPINION – The next nuclear revolution is already underway. Now is the moment for California to act decisively: commit to leading, mobilize its resources, and shape the future of clean energy, or risk being left behind as others seize the opportunity.
American Endurance, Jones Act tanker. Photo by Philly Shipyard.OPINION – Under the Jones Act, cargo moving between U.S. ports must be carried on American-built, American-flagged, and American-crewed vessels, including crude oil and refined petroleum products. The Trump administration has moved to wave the Jones Act, but California’s regulations, taxes, and other unique factors make any minor savings from this waiver a drop in the bucket.
Image by LuisM.OPINION – Over just the past six years, California’s state budget has ballooned from roughly $200 billion to almost $350 billion. That’s a 75% increase. Does anything in California feel 75% better to you?
Image by JubJob.OPINION – California voters have a right to know whether their next Governor will stand up for a program that has delivered some of the most success in reducing homelessness, despite costing less than half a percent of state spending.
Image by monkeybusinessimages. OPINION – As the Legislature and Governor finalize California’s 2026-27 state budget, we face a consequential decision: whether to sustain one of our most effective tools for strengthening the teacher workforce, or allow it to wither just as it is delivering meaningful results
Oil pumpjacks near Fellows, California, in Kern County. Image by GaryKavanagh. OPINION – Once one of America’s top three oil producers along with Texas and Alaska, California now must rely on imports for 70 percent of our oil. SB 1137, an oil setback law more restrictive than any similar rule in the country, is further restricting local energy production.