Image by FlashMovie. OPINION – California has another opportunity to expand high-speed internet for millions of residents — while strengthening the industry for the future. But time is of the essence to make this happen.
Image by mohd izzuan. OPINION – In signing Senate Bill 351 and Assembly Bill 1415, Governor Newsom has advanced measures that may reverberate far beyond California, discouraging the very capital that keeps clinics open, hospitals solvent, and patients cared for.
Image by cagkansayin. OPINION – California’s small businesses are the engine of our economy. We create jobs, drive innovation, and keep local communities vibrant. But we can’t do any of that if we’re constantly bracing for the next shutdown. My message to lawmakers is simple: give us the certainty to keep working.
Homeless veteran sitting on the roadside. Image by Rawf8. OPINION – The struggle against veteran homelessness across the country—more so in California—continues to expose critical gaps between national progress and local reality.
Image by Arseniy45. OPINION – The 2025 legislative session reflected both the complexity and potential of doing business in California. Though not all doom and gloom, Sacramento has much more work ahead to ensure our state remains a place where businesses, families and communities can thrive.
CGU Prison Program. Photo courtesy of Drucker Studio. OPINION – In a classroom with no windows, inside a California prison where the future is often measured by parole dates and time served, a different kind of transformation is taking place. Each week, a group of incarcerated men gather, not to count days, but to ask questions: What is our mission? What are our strengths? What must we leave behind?
Image by Vergani_Fotografia. OPINION – I stand at the intersection of two identities: a child of immigrants and a scholar in the field of mental health and education equity. That vantage has shown me both narratives of perseverance—and the silent crisis unfolding among our youth.
Image by Gearstd. OPINION – We cannot sit idly by as technology companies seek to become our overlords, centralizing more and more power within the confines of Silicon Valley. Some may trust Big Tech to implicitly do the right thing, but most Americans don’t. And they shouldn’t.
Image by ne2piOPINION – While we often focus on the threat of being located, detained, and physically disappeared, a different kind of disappearance is becoming increasingly common: being digitally erased and rendered untraceable by the very systems meant to manage immigration.
Image by Perawit Boonchu. OPINION – As the new Chair of the California Restaurant Association (CRA), I’m proud to help launch our statewide campaign: “What the Fork?!” It’s bold. It’s attention-grabbing. And it’s the conversation we need to have, because Sacramento hasn’t been listening.