Guest Commentary

Commentary

New approach needed to protect health of California’s rivers

In the face of climate change, biodiversity loss and conflict over water, California urgently needs to rethink how it manages water for the environment.

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Guest Commentary

• September 4, 2020

Commentary

To prevent blackouts, California needs more clean energy – and a bigger, better run grid

A regional electric grid coordinating diverse power resources with neighboring states and modernized grid planning would help California avoid blackouts.

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Guest Commentary

• September 4, 2020

CalMatters en Español

Opinión: Taco Bell no es la solución para que los estudiantes tengan acceso a Internet

En el estado que es el epicentro de la industria tecnológica mundial, nuestros estudiantes se amontonan fuera de un Taco Bell para tener acceso a Internet de banda ancha y así poder estudiar.

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Guest Commentary

• September 3, 2020

Capitol

Taco Bell is not the solution for student broadband access

In a state that is home to the epicenter of the global technology industry, our students huddle outside a Taco Bell for broadband access to study.

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Guest Commentary

• September 3, 2020

Commentary

Here’s an important part of the solution for the state’s housing crisis

There is a growing consensus that an important part of the solution to California’s housing crisis is duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes.

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Guest Commentary

• September 3, 2020

Commentary

COVID-19 hotspots revealed the need for prison reform and better rehabilitation

The COVID-19 pandemic has added to the human toll and the fiscal burden of the nation’s prisons, highlighting the long overdue need for prison reform.

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Guest Commentary

• September 2, 2020

Commentary

Instead of laying off employees, UC should use assets to give them security

The University of California is laying off hundreds of workers in the midst of a pandemic, pushing employees onto the unemployment system.

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Guest Commentary

• September 2, 2020

CalMatters en Español

Opinión: California debe asegurar el acceso al agua durante la pandemia de COVID-19

El gobernador y la Legislatura deben mantener la moratoria en los cortes al servicio de agua y asegurar ayuda económica para las familias que están en apuros.

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Guest Commentary

• September 1, 2020