Cynthia Rice, California Rural Legal Assistance: California’s Private Attorney General Act has helped Peruvian sheepherders, dairy workers, janitors and the state itself. Here’s how.
David Flanagan and Michele Steeb, Saint John’s Program for Real Change: California is its own worst enemy when It comes to homelessness. But here’s how the state can start making real change.
Re “California faces massive costs related to climate change. Oil industry must pay its fair share,” Sen. Scott Wiener, Feb. 26, 2020. Sen. Scott Wiener has the principle right in his commentary. Change the headline and Sen. Wiener might be writing about housing: California faces massive costs related to housing. Corporations must pay their fair […]
Sen. Ling Ling Chang, Diamond Bar Republican: California audit slammed the Lottery for failing to provide sufficient funds to public schools Chang’s legislation seeks to fix the problem.
Nancy Deutsch, University of Virginia Curry School of Education and Human Development's Youth-Nex Center: California’s law letting teenagers sleep an extra hour was a good first step. Now, Legislature should adopt an ‘agenda for adolescents’
Pedro Nava, the Little Hoover Commission: Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to overhaul California's mental health care system. The Little Hoover Commission has a plan for that.
Amy Everitt, Golden State Opportunity: California provides a way to give low-income workers a hand, not a hand-out. They should take advantage of the earned income tax credit.
Chris Micheli, Aprea & Micheli, Inc: California’s legislature passed a far-reaching labor bill, Assembly Bill. It could turn you into collateral damage. And the Legislature ought to fix it.
Raphael J. Sonenshein, Pat Brown Institute at Cal State L.A.: Democratic presidential candidates should focus on the issue that matters to California voters: health care, specifically Medicaid. Republican strategists understand the danger of being on the wrong side of the Medicaid expansion.
Robin Swanson, Democratic strategist: Unless the Democratic nominee and Democratic Party find a candidate who connects with voters on an emotional level and creates a brand that sticks, we’re looking at another four years of a president who has mastered the con like no other.