Offshore wind turbines, image by New AfricaOPINION – Following BOEM’s announcement canceling future offshore wind leases across the U.S., it’s important to remember that California still holds existing leases, including the wind area off the Central Coast.
Image by AndreyPopov. OPINION – To the extent that the “ghost of energy deregulation haunts” SB 540, as the headline of an article in The Capitol Weekly recently declared, in certain ways it is, ironically, a friendly ghost.
Heat pump. Image by Fotomax. OPINION – California didn’t become a solar leader by stopping and starting. It did so by making long-term, consistent investments that gave homeowners, workers, and innovators confidence to act.
Image by Wavebreakmedia. OPINION – Imagine waking up to find that your favorite Sierra trailhead, that quiet forest clearing your family returns to every summer, or that rugged desert canyon you’ve spent years exploring is now behind a “No Trespassing” sign—sold off in a backroom deal to fund tax cuts for billionaires.
Solar panel and wind turbine - Renewable energy. Image by bombermoon. OPINION – As the federal government turns its back on the clean energy transition—gutting decades of progress with the passage of the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill”—California now stands alone at a critical crossroads. With federal incentives slashed and funding for renewable projects drying up, the burden of clean energy leadership has shifted squarely onto Sacramento.
Image by Tero Vesalainen. OPINION – California has ambitious goals to make health care more effective, efficient, and affordable. But there’s a hard truth: none of these goals are achievable without a clear, coordinated path for sharing necessary patient information across health and social care systems.
"Sensitive Habitat; Please Do Not Enter" sign posted on the shoreline of San Francisco Bay; marsh vegetation visible in the background; Palo Alto, California. Image by Sundry Photography.OPINION – Sacramento gets a bad rap for its slow bureaucracy. But when it comes to dismantling environmental protections, it can operate at lightning speed.
Image by metamorworks. OPINION – If the U.S. is serious about leading the world in AI, California and Washington, D.C. must be partners, not rivals, on regulating artificial intelligence.
Image by Nanci Santos. OPINION – Tucked away in Trump’s massive legislation is a small silver lining: A historic boost to federal housing tax credits that can help double California’s affordable housing production—and offset some of the pain this legislation will cause.
Bank refuse to give a mortgage loan. Image by Andrii Yalanskyi. OPINION – The California Legislature recently passed a controversial new law buried in an affordable housing budget trailer bill, known as AB 130. Legislators claim “zombie” subordinate mortgage provisions protect consumers. Unfortunately, what lawmakers passed hurts their constituents.