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My turn: Here’s how to avert California’s next health care crisis

California faces a serious gap in health care workers. Seven million Californians, the majority of them Latino, African American, and Native American, live in Health Professional Shortage Areas — a federal designation for counties experiencing shortfalls of primary care, dental care, or mental health care providers. The California Future Health Workforce Commission offers solutions.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 2월 7, 2019

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My turn: Self-driving cars must not leave the rest of us behind

Self-driving vehicle technology could exacerbate entrenched social and environmental problems, if we don’t make deliberate policy choices, especially for marginalized groups. We can easily imagine a dystopian scenario in which people with money purchase personal self-driving cars, while the rest of us are mired in congested streets, with reduced mobility as public transit gets short-changed due to ridership loss.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 2월 7, 2019

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My turn: Public-private partnerships are an industry gimmick that don’t serve public well

Californians rejected Proposition 6 in November, and voted to continue spending billions of dollars each year to rebuild our transportation infrastructure. Not a penny of that money or any other broad-based transportation funding should be diverted to finance risky privatization schemes. When it comes to “public-private partnerships,” those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 2월 6, 2019

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My turn: Privacy matters but the California Consumer Privacy Act needs fixes

The California Consumer Privacy Act offers some protections but it must be fixed, or else consumers will lose.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 2월 5, 2019

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My turn: Cities are committed to addressing housing shortage

Recent lawsuits between the state and the city of Huntington Beach are unfortunate. But hopefully they ultimately lead to collaboration and resolution between both sides and a recognition that we can make more progress when cities and the state work together.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 2월 5, 2019

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IBEW and climate change

James Ferguson, San Diego Guest commentator Tom Dalzell illustrates well the acute conditions we confront with climate change and the need for state and utility company action. However, speaking as past co-chair of public policy for a Southern California climate group, I found International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers hard to get for meaningful support. IBEW is […]

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 2월 4, 2019

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My turn: State law and legislators fail California consumers on high-interest loans

California’s payday lending regulatory structure is feeble. This state's law ranks as one of the nation’s weakest, and significant ambiguities in the statute’s language and legislative history have been interpreted to favor industry and harm consumers’ interests. Consumers increasingly are vulnerable to myriad dangers.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 2월 4, 2019

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My turn: How to ensure equal access to the law when we speak 200 different languages

The California Supreme Court has embarked on a project to improve service to people whose native language is not English. It's not easy. But when Californians get shut out of our courts because they can’t communicate in English—whether the person is a witness in a criminal trial, a small business owner trying to clear her name, or a potential victim of elder abuse—the public ends up paying the price.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 2월 3, 2019

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My turn: Gavin Newsom is right to order a DMV overhaul

In Sacramento, talk is cheap. Politicians say a lot of things to get elected. It’s what they do after they win that shows what their priorities are. But Gov. Gavin Newsom’s swift action on the DMV is a welcome change.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 1월 31, 2019

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My turn: Changing Prop. 13 could worsen housing crisis. Here’s how

Why a split roll initiative is a bad idea: Changing Proposition 13 to permit commercial property to be taxed at market value would worsen the housing crisis and destabilize government finances. Just as taxpayers make adjustments to reduce their taxes, government officials embrace projects that will increase revenue.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 1월 30, 2019