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OPINION – Truck manufacturers are not mass producing heavy-duty commercial electric trucks, a sign that the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) regulations hailed revolutionary, are not working as intended.
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OPINION – We all deserve to feel safe, no matter where we live or how much money we make. While safety is a priority for all communities, our elected leaders are divided on the approach and solutions to real safety. The fear and frustration many of us feel is a result of this division.
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OPINION – Next year, California legislators will have another opportunity to introduce a comprehensive approach to kratom regulation, balancing consumer protections with access to leaf kratom and kratom extracts.
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OPINION – California vaccination rates for communicable illnesses dropped during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic when our health system moved to an “emergency only” system. Today, many Californians are still behind on their routine vaccines, leaving communities across our state susceptible to contracting and spreading dangerous illnesses.
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While not a panacea for all that affects newspapers, the compromise on AB 886 which consists of cash infusion of approximately $100 million next year and $250 million over the subsequent 5 years, will help newspapers transition to changing models of news consumption.
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OPINION – It is time to end the incarceration of girls and nonbinary or trans youth here in California and set a new model for how we care for our troubled kids.
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OPINION – Prop. 36 is a common-sense reform of Prop. 47 that is designed to address the unintended consequences that have emerged from that law ten years after its passage. As the Mayor of California’s 3rd largest city, I see the costly and deadly results of the flaws in Prop. 47 every day.
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OPINION – As Californians move towards EVs, their Legislative Analyst Office (LAO) has projected about a $5 billion dollar decline in gasoline tax revenue over the next decade. This is a significant oversight to a policy change that should have been identified before implementation.
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OPINION – California’s homeowners insurance crisis is making it more difficult to build and buy affordable homes — and in some cases impossible. By restricting the supply of housing, particularly condominiums and multi-family housing, lack of insurance availability is driving up consumer housing costs and limiting the lowest priced homeownership option for consumers.
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OPINION – In times of recurring droughts and rising temperatures, aquifers and spring systems are becoming even more essential to our state’s water future – but they are in danger. If we don’t protect these places, California’s water security, natural landscapes, and iconic species are at risk.