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California should terminate unnecessary insurance subsidies for retired state workers

If California adopted Colorado’s caps on insurance subsidies, California could save $2.5 billion a year in cash and eliminate more than $80 billion of debt.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 6월 1, 2020

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Our community will have a voice in proposed hydro-electric storage project near Joshua Tree

Assembly bill initiates a discussion of how the local community could have some control over a $3 billion hydro-electric construction project.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 6월 1, 2020

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Why affirmative action is necessary – from Harvard to California

We need policies that recognize and affirm who we are as Asian American and Pacific Islander people to remedy ongoing and new disparities.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 6월 1, 2020

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Legislature should end antiquated regulation for certified nurse-midwives

It’s irresponsible and detrimental for California to deny unrestricted access to the high-quality care that certified nurse-midwives provide.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 6월 1, 2020

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The importance of considering professional interpreters in AB 1850

State lawmakers are weighing AB 1850 that allows freelance translators but not professional interpreters who are self-employed to continue to work.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 5월 31, 2020

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A ‘gap year’ will just increase the gap in your higher education

There is a drawback for taking a gap year – a gap year delays the longer-term investment higher education helps a student make.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 5월 31, 2020

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California needs to protect its prison staff and inmates during COVID-19 pandemic

Staff members of California prisons have reached out with descriptions of inadequate PPE and fear for their lives.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 5월 30, 2020

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Newsom’s executive order on workers’ comp for COVID does more harm than good

Newsom expanded the conditions for which employees can get workers’ comp for COVID-19 claims, imposing an unfair burden on employers.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 5월 30, 2020

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It’s time to fix California’s cap-and-trade – again

Rather than pretend everything is fine, the Air Resources Board should commit to reform its cap-and-trade program to deliver more stable outcomes.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 5월 29, 2020

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California left billions of repatriated tax dollars on the table, the state should pick up that money now

State governments could pick up needed revenues by taxing the windfall given to the most profitable corporations by the 2017 tax cuts.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 5월 29, 2020