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Commentary

Combating disinformation requires investments in community media

Many of our societal ills can be traced to systems of disinformation that have proliferated through digital technologies and social media.

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Guest Commentary

• January 19, 2021

Justice

Justice delayed: Courts overwhelmed by pandemic backlog

From child support to insurance fraud, court cases are delayed throughout California. Only half as many civil and criminal cases were resolved last summer compared with pre-pandemic numbers. “Justice has not shut down. Justice has slowed down,” according to an attorneys' group.

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Robert Lewis

• January 19, 2021

Reader Reactions

Look at Newport Beach’s total amount of affordable housing units built

Since 2013, Newport Beach has permitted 95 very low- and low-income affordable units, and construction of 78 low-income units is expected soon.

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Guest Commentary

• January 19, 2021

CalMatters en Español

Justicia retrasada: tribunales abrumados por el atraso de la pandemia

Desde la manutención de los hijos hasta el fraude de seguros, los casos judiciales se retrasan en todo California. Solo la mitad de los casos civiles y penales se resolvieron el verano pasado en comparación con las cifras anteriores a la pandemia. “La justicia no se ha cerrado. La justicia se ha ralentizado”, según un grupo de abogados.

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Robert Lewis

• January 19, 2021

California Capitol, home of the Assembly and Senate. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Commentary

California still lags behind in vaccinations

California sped up its vaccinations for COVID-19 last week, but the state still has one of the nation's lowest rates of vaccine utilization.

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Dan Walters

• January 19, 2021

Commentary

Capitol attack is a calling to support the rule of law, defend our country

Attack calls us to remember what it is we love about this great country and to come together as a nation to support the Constitution.

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Guest Commentary

• January 18, 2021

Commentary

A big data system for public education?

Having failed so many times to effectively use technology in state government, should California try again with a school data system?

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Dan Walters

• January 18, 2021

Commentary

Democrats overreach on recall, miss valid point

California Democrats overreach by comparing the recall campaign against Gov. Gavin Newsom to the violent invasion of the U.S. Capitol but could have had a legitimate point.

By

Dan Walters

• January 17, 2021

People wait in line at a temporary COVID-19 vaccine super site set up at the north of the Toy Story Parking Lot at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim on January 13, 2021. Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG

Coronavirus

Vaccine chaos: Californians scramble for shots amid mixed messaging

Gov. Gavin Newsom said the feds failed to deliver promised vaccine supplies, but he expects Californians with their first shots to be able to secure their second.

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Barbara Feder Ostrov

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Ana B. Ibarra

• January 15, 2021

Despite widespread and continuing national concerns about election integrity, it’s clear that county registrars of voters in California — the heroes of the 2020 election — made sure every vote was counted. Photos by Lew Griswold; courtesy of Jeannette Logue; Ron Holman, Visalia Times Delta

Elections

Covering elections showed me California votes were secure

Despite continuing national concerns about election integrity, it’s clear that California's county registrars of voters — the heroes of the 2020 election — made sure every vote was counted.

By

Lewis Griswold

• January 15, 2021