Guest Commentary

California Wildfires

States’ insurer of last resort should not become the primary insurance market

California’s Insurance Commissioner wants to expand the state’s FAIR Plan by offering comprehensive homeowners coverage; this is a bad idea.

By Guest Commentary • May 9, 2020

Commentary

Older Californians are finding ways to make their mark during COVID-19 pandemic

Millions of older Californians are making their mark every day during the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing to the state’s vitality and sense of community.

By Guest Commentary • May 8, 2020

Commentary

Anti-vaccine protests hold lessons for journalists covering rallies against shelter-in-place orders

Media coverage of rallies against stay-at-home orders is important and should provide context; a study of anti-vaccine activism offers lessons.

By Guest Commentary • May 8, 2020

Commentary

COVID-19 has gutted hospitals’ resources and they are considering layoffs, furloughs

In California, we shouldn’t be talking about hospital layoffs, furloughs or service cutbacks, but that this is what hospital leaders are confronting.

By Guest Commentary • May 7, 2020

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‘Wartime’ presidents have one thing in common – and it comes in many forms

Our wartime presidents have had the courage to take personal responsibility for their actions – and, equally courageous, for their inaction.

By Guest Commentary • May 7, 2020

Commentary

Agencies that help survivors of domestic violence need funding; the Legislature can make that happen faster

California should provide grant money from the Domestic Violence Assistance Program as an up-front payment available for immediate use.

By Guest Commentary • May 7, 2020

Capitol

Pool of finalists for California redistricting commission lacks adequate representation for Latinos

Even though Latinos are California’s largest ethnic group at 40%, they represent only 17% of the candidate pool for the redistricting commission.

By Guest Commentary • May 6, 2020

Capitol

California needs to make critical investments now in emergency preparedness for the next time

The California Legislature should reintroduce legislation to reinvest in the mobile field hospital program and emergency preparedness.

By Guest Commentary • May 6, 2020

Capitol

A hasty hearing on a constitutional amendment that would overturn Prop. 209

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 is misguided in that it proposes instant but wrong solutions to persistent social ills.

By Guest Commentary • May 5, 2020

Commentary

Here’s a voting system that would have counted all of California’s Super Tuesday votes

If California had used ranked-choice voting on Super Tuesday, the votes would have been counted a lot sooner and we would have a different winner.

By Guest Commentary • May 5, 2020