Opinion

AB 1043 risks isolating LGBTQ+ youth even further

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OPINION – AB 1043, a bill presented as an online child safety measure aimed at protecting young people by requiring app stores to verify users’ ages and obtain parental consent for downloads, will lead to negative impacts for the very same marginalized youth it seeks to protect—especially LGBTQ+ youth.

Opinion

Cap & trade reauthorization should prioritize climate safe infrastructure

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OPINION – As state lawmakers begin discussing a reauthorization of the state’s landmark Cap & Trade program, a new coalition of labor, business, local government and transportation leaders is pushing to ensure climate-safe infrastructure is given top priority. 

Opinion

AB 1264 Fails Latino communities

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OPINION – Food is more than fuel in Latino communities. It’s culture, connection, and survival. For California’s 1.8 million Latino-owned businesses and the families they serve, any law affecting food access is a law that affects our lives and livelihoods. Unfortunately, Assembly Bill 1264 doesn’t help us, it harms us.

Opinion

Expanding broken federal program won’t bring California patients relief

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OPINION – Originally created to help underserved and low-income patients access essential medications, the 340B program has evolved into something far removed from its original mission. Allowing 340B to grow without ensuring patient benefit or community reinvestment will only deepen disparities and harm the very populations the program was designed to support.

Opinion

California investments must include immigrant children

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OPINION – We are calling our colleagues in the Legislature to commit to funding the Children’s Holistic Immigration Representation Project (CHIRP) for at least the next two years. These children, who have already lost so much, deserve the stability of knowing someone will stand with them in their time of need.

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