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A group of five people, dressed in professional attire, sit on chairs on a stage in front of a crowd, with a banner behind them reading “Governor Candidate Forum.” Four of the five people sitting on stage have their hands up to answer the question while a crowd of people watches in the dark.

No clear frontrunner for governor, but new poll names five with the best shot

A poll shows three Democrats and two Republicans have voter support percentages in the teens. The top two vote-getters in June will face off in November.

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A person in medical protective clothing, wearing a face mask and a hair net, pushes a hospital gurney through a hallway inside a hospital, viewed from an open door.

She spent six of her last years in arbitration with her HMO. Her husband’s still fighting the system

Arbitrators in medical disputes are supposed to be unbiased, but this couple suspected there is an incentive to favor HMO’s in arbitration.

By Stephen Martinez

Two people face each other as they speak: the person on the left has a happy expression and her arm to her chest, while the person on the right wears a grey suit jacket and glasses. Both people are standing in a park area on a sunny day. In the background is a fence to a baseball field.

A former political ally tests LA liberals’ allegiance to Mayor Karen Bass

Mayor Karen Bass isn't vulnerable on her right, but she may be on her left, as City Councilmember Nithya Raman, a Democratic Socialist and ex-supporter, runs against her.

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Jim Newton

A close-up view of a person's hand holding a sign that reads "We wants answers! No more deaths!" and they stand at the front steps of a building surrounded by other people holding signs.

California promised accountability for inmate deaths in jails. A year later, no results.

Lawmakers passed a law creating a state department to review inmate deaths, but it hasn’t completed a single death review in its first year.

By David Myers

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Ricardo Lara’s troubles aside, reverting to an appointed insurance commissioner would hurt consumers

Harvey Rosenfield, author of Proposition 103: Ricardo Lara's troubles aside, going back to the system in which the insurance commissioner is appointed would only please the powerful insurance lobby. It also would disenfranchise Californians of one of their most successful powers: the ability to elect the person who protects their checkbooks.

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게스트 코멘터리

• 8월 28, 2019

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Old tax loopholes live again

Although the state's "enterprise zone" program was eliminated as ineffective, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to revive it with a new name.

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• 8월 28, 2019

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Surfing tourism’s big wave and transforming the travel industry

Costas Christ and Caroline Beteta, Visit California: At Visit California, the aim is to surf the tourism wave to its fullest potential as a force for long-term economic good. If ever there was a place that can help lead the positive transformation of the travel industry through innovation and best practices, that place is California.

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게스트 코멘터리

• 8월 27, 2019

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Commission created when Hiram Johnson was governor needs to be brought into the new century

Kish Rajan, CALinnovates: The California Public Utilities Commission has become the largest and most powerful regulating agency in the state, bar none. That’s not good, not for the Public Utilities Commission, the entities it regulates, and most importantly not for the people of California.

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게스트 코멘터리

• 8월 26, 2019

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Striking with a hot iron

Changes in the Capitol's political atmosphere with more Democrats means legislation that once could not be enacted is alive and kicking.

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• 8월 26, 2019

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California should make clear there is a right to housing, not simply shelter

Darrell Steinberg & Mark Ridley-Thomas, Gov. Newsom's homeless task force: Ours is a simple plea that the public policy of California clearly state that sleeping safely indoors is an essential first step to helping people and alleviating this ever growing crisis.

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게스트 코멘터리

• 8월 25, 2019

The California State Capitol on December 3, 2018 in Sacramento, California.

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A resurrection for redevelopment?

Redevelopment, a program supposedly meant to clean up urban blight but often misused, disappeared eight years ago, but a new bill would bring it back with a new name.

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댄 월터스

• 8월 25, 2019

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A plea to the right and left: tone down the rhetoric

James Gallagher, Republican from Yuba City: Wordsmithing has become anathema. It has been replaced by raw and incendiary language; the stronger the better. Nowhere is this more apparent than the debate over immigration.

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게스트 코멘터리

• 8월 22, 2019

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Do ‘red flag’ laws actually save lives?

A new study suggests that California's "red flag" law, allowing weapons to be seized from someone deemed to dangerous, is saving lives, but reaches no firm conclusion.

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• 8월 22, 2019

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With a little help from the Legislature, family forest landowners can help reduce wildfire

Tom Martin, American Forest Foundation: California cannot win its fight against wildfires if we do not empower family forest owners with the resources needed to take action. We look forward to the day when our forest conditions let us return prescribed fire safely across the region to increase our forest vitality.

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게스트 코멘터리

• 8월 21, 2019

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