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My turn: Smart land use policy can help combat climate change

Through strategic land management, planning, and conservation practices, we can use our natural and working forests, parks, ranch land and farms to store carbon, and help cut greenhouse gas emissions while preparing for hotter, drier conditions.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 12 月 28, 2018

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My turn: Corporate boards must avoid ‘check-the-box’ mentality as they diversify

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law requiring California-based publicly traded corporations to add women to their boards. Qualified women are available. Women should be added for their skills, not simply to increase gender diversity. The recent California legislation, however, does not address how increasing diversity impacts boardroom deliberations.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 12 月 27, 2018

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My turn: What new water deals mean and what work is left to be done

The California Department of Water Resources signed three agreements updating how the state and federal projects share  environmental and financial obligations associated with their operations. They could help define how California's water gets delivered. But significant decisions must be made in coming months.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 12 月 26, 2018

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My turn: Marriage, hope and asylum in the time of Trump

A desire to work isn’t sufficient grounds for asylum. They needed to share their painful, personal, tragic stories, and document them if possible, in order to show a justifiable fear of returning to their country. Being married helps.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 12 月 25, 2018

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My turn: ‘Motor Voter’ was a disaster waiting to happen—and it did

By John M.W. Moorlach Sen. John M.W. Moorlach is a Costa Mesa Republican representing the 37th Senate District, senator.moorlach@senate.ca.gov. He wrote this commentary for CALmatters. In his re-election statement posted on the secretary of state’s website, Secretary of State Alex Padilla boasts: “In my first term, I’ve worked to expand access to the ballot box.” […]

经过 嘉宾评论 • 12 月 21, 2018

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My turn: We’ll be watching to make sure Congress keeps its promises

Californians voted their values of dignity, respect, and accountability at the polls in 2018. The SEIU's effort will continue through 2020. We’ll be looking to see whether House members stick to their promises and vote their values on Capitol Hill.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 12 月 20, 2018

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My turn: Here’s what’s at the root of L.A. teachers’ complaint

Los Angeles teachers’ issues are fundamental, among them: bloated class sizes, lack of full-time nurses in 80 percent of Los Angeles schools, annual waves of destructive layoffs, and a student-counselor ratio so bad that the United Teachers of Los Angeles’s demand is to bring it down to 500-1. The Los Angeles Unified School District has legitimate financial issues. However, the district has repeatedly projected deficits which don’t materialize. Moreover, the district’s reserve is now almost $2 billion, an unprecedented figure.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 12 月 19, 2018

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My turn: Peace in California’s water wars is within grasp

There’s reason for optimism that there can be a truce in California’s water wars. The State Water Board adopted the first phase of a far-reaching revision to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento‒San Joaquin Delta and its watershed. Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom’s support and involvement will be essential to carry this effort to a positive conclusion.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 12 月 19, 2018

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My turn: Jerry Brown must not grant mass clemency to death row inmates

Anti-death penalty activists are calling on Jerry Brown to commute all death sentences in California. Like all governors, Brownis vested with a broad power to grant clemency. With that broad power comes the responsibility to use it for its intended purpose and not to block laws where the governor merely disagrees with the people’s decision. The responsible choice, the respectful choice, the democratic choice is to just say no to blanket commutation.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 12 月 18, 2018

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My turn: What approval ratings say about Jerry Brown’s legacy

Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature took the drama out of the annual budget process, passed popular laws on education funding and climate change, responded to crises such as drought and wildfire, and maintained a united front against Trump’s unpopular policies. His tenure offers a successful model for governing the state in the future. Will Brown be a hard act to follow for Gavin Newsom? Maintaining fiscal stability and an effective partnership with the Legislature will be the key ingredients.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 12 月 17, 2018