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Commentary

State senator and pandemic expert call for strict lockdown

It is time for a strict lockdown. We need a four-week shelter-in-place lockdown that allows only truly essential human interaction.

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Guest Commentary

• January 5, 2021

Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are removed from cold storage to be thawed for use on Dec. 15, 2020 at UC Davis Health. Photo courtesy of UC Davis Health

WhatMatters

Why has CA only used 35% of its vaccine doses?

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, January 5. New strategies on the way Three weeks after doses of the coronavirus vaccine began arriving in California, only 35% of them have ended up in people’s arms — raising questions about the effectiveness of the state’s vaccination strategy at a critical phase in the pandemic. California has administered […]

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Emily Hoeven

• January 5, 2021

Assemblymember Shirley Weber gives a press conference in the capitol following the passage of her bill AB 392 which would limit the use of deadly force by police in California on July 8, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Politics

Next secretary of state aims to teach Californians “how fragile the democracy is”

Seventy years ago, sharecroppers David and Mildred Nash refused to back down in a dispute with a white farmer, and fled from a lynch mob in Hope, Arkansas. With their 2-year-old daughter in tow, they found a new home out west in a place so different her grandfather, who would die without ever being able […]

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Ben Christopher

• January 5, 2021

Commentary

To help address learning disparities, boost internet access for low-income students

In considering how best to allocate resources, state and local policymakers should make expanding broadband internet access a priority.

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Guest Commentary

• January 5, 2021

Commentary

Will Gov. Newsom patch up the Local Control Funding Formula for schools?

Without transparency, we cannot evaluate whether the Local Control Funding Formula is working for our most vulnerable students.

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Guest Commentary

• January 5, 2021

CalMatters en Español

Opinión: Senador estatal y experto en pandemias piden un cierre de emergencia estricto

Es hora de un cierre estricto. Necesitamos un bloqueo de refugio en el lugar de cuatro semanas que permita solo la interacción humana verdaderamente esencial.

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Guest Commentary

• January 5, 2021

CalMatters en Español

Opinión: Para ayudar a abordar las disparidades en el aprendizaje, aumenta el acceso a Internet para estudiantes de bajos ingresos

Al considerar la mejor manera de asignar los recursos, los legisladores estatales y locales deben hacer que la expansión del acceso a internet de banda ancha sea una prioridad.

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Guest Commentary

• January 5, 2021