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California must teach students the tools to guide their own learning
Image by Ridofranz, iStock Images.General education classrooms can build executive function skills into assignments and grading.
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Plastic tags don’t protect California’s kids
Photo courtesy of Origins Council.California cannot defeat an illicit market merely by regulating the legal market harder.
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Widening the path to behavioral health services in California is urgently needed
Image by Suriyawut-Suriya, iStock Images.We have to ask a fundamental question: Where does a person go when they need help today?
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California’s kids’ social media law is necessary but not sufficient
Image by Olga Yastremska, iStock Images.While SB 976 specifically addresses addictive feeds and certain engagement features, questions remain about risks arising from the broader architecture of a platform.
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Delivering meaningful wildfire mortgage relief shows why partnerships matter
Image by Attila Adam, iStock Images.AB 1842 and AB 1847 show what can happen when lawmakers and stakeholders work collaboratively through difficult policy questions.
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Hydropower keeps California moving — policy needs to catch up
Image by patpitchaya, iStock images.Hydropower plays a critical role in maintaining both affordable, reliable electricity, and water flow and distribution.
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California keeps changing its waste rules. Consumers may pay the price.
Image by Soulmemoria, iStock Images.As SB 54 moves into implementation, California policymakers have left existing policy conflicts unresolved.
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California built a civic-engagement vision. Now it must deliver the experience.
Image by monkey business images, iStock Images.As the U.S. marks its 250th anniversary, it faces a question: What role should young people play in democracy — as observers or as participants?
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How Prop 140’s staffing starvation crippled California’s Legislature
Image by David Gyung, iStock Images.Prop 140 obliterated the Legislature’s institutional memory and created a brain-drain of professional staff.
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Your organization has a reputation with AI. Do you know what it is?
Image by donskarpo, iStock Images.Knowing the results is only half the job. The other half is improving them.