A Californian casts a ballot. (Photo: Vepar5 via Shutterstock)The state’s official snapshot of the Nov. 4 general election depicts a politically disengaged populace with marginal interest in deciding who will govern. Less than a third of California’s eligible voters cast ballots on Nov. 4.
The California coast along Redwood National Park, north Humboldt County, (Photo: Don Forthuber, redwoods.info)OPINION: It’s been a year since I resigned from the California Coastal Commission, and it’s time to tell a few stories of what I learned as a Coastal Commissioner. Each and every month I learned that not everything was how it seemed. My first lesson was learning that developers love farmers.
After decades of prison planning work in California and around the country, I’ve seen two prevailing assumptions about crime and punishment begin to finally begin to crack after years of real-world testing.
The first is that prisons are the primary way to reduce crime. The second is that law enforcement will not support changes