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POLITICS AND THE CAPITOL
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
Commentary
Left wing wants to cancel Dianne Feinstein
The Democratic Party’s left wing wants to cancel Dianne Feinstein, a fixture of California politics for six decades.
ENVIRONMENT
Commentary
Can we have a power grid that is both renewable and reliable?
Solar, wind and batteries are critical to California’s clean energy future, but they are not enough. Here’s how to diversify the state’s renewable energy portfolio.
COMMENTARY
My Turn
New law sets gun control to autopilot in California
Microstamping might be helpful to law enforcement except the technology does not consistently imprint identifying information on ammunition.
College students want change – that’s why I’m voting
I am often told that college students are cynical. But we are not cynical, and we do work for the change we want to see. That is why I am voting.
DAN WALTERS
Voters face three union-business conflicts
Three of California’s 12 statewide ballot measures renew sharp conflicts between business and unions.
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ECONOMY
Commentary
Small businesses in California need financial relief now
Gov. Newsom and the Legislature should immediately develop a major small-business relief program for businesses that need the most help.
HOUSING
Commentary
The affordable housing crisis is about to get worse; here’s a policy that will help renters
Berkeley and Oakland are working on a policy to preserve affordable housing that would be the first of its kind in California.
EDUCATION
College Journalism Network
The network brings together student journalists from across the state to collaborate on group reporting projects, pitch and write stories for CalMatters and our media partners, and receive training.
College Beat
College Beat is produced by the CalMatters College Journalism Network, a collaboration between CalMatters and student journalists across the state.
Commentary
The key to students returning to school is not the science – it is the resources
Debates on when to reopen schools in California center on different assessments of COVID-19 risk, but there are other factors.
Meaningful representation of Sikh Americans in ethnic studies would show progress for inclusion
The second draft of the Ethnic Studies curriculum only mentions Sikhs in the context of victimization following the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
HEALTH
Commentary
Here are four ways California can improve our health data challenges
California has had strong leadership in the COVID-19 pandemic. But, like other states, we are struggling to get COVID-19 data right. Between the disclosure of a missing backlog of a quarter of a million lab results and announcement of a $15.3 million six-month contract with Optum to fix COVID-19 data, California is reckoning with health […]
JUSTICE
Commentary
How should California support prisoners released amid COVID-19?
California lacks a comprehensive strategy to assist prisoners released during the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving them and their communities vulnerable.
IMMIGRATION
Commentary
Let our international students study in peace; reverse the decision by ICE
Our international students have paid tuition, signed housing leases and registered for classes; and now they have to get on the next plane home.
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