Guest Commentary

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East Palo Alto needs to beef up housing policies that protect families from displacement

My family has worked relentlessly to maintain its roots in East Palo Alto, because the city is our home. But we can no longer live there because there are no affordable homes. The lack of city plans and policies to keep residents from losing their homes is alarming.

By Guest Commentary • September 26, 2022

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Cement reproductive rights in California’s Constitution

Proposition 1 is on the November ballot to shore up the rights we’re losing at the federal level and to reaffirm the idea that basic decisions about reproductive health care should lie with individuals, not government officials.

By Guest Commentary • September 23, 2022

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Bill to rename Hastings belongs back at the drawing board

Gov. Gavin Newsom should veto Assembly Bill 1936 and ask the Assembly and state Senate to hold hearings during which the historical record regarding Serranus Hastings is thoroughly, fairly and impartially vetted before stripping his name from Hastings College of the Law, the institution he endowed.

By Guest Commentary • September 21, 2022

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California’s eligible voters need protections to ensure they can cast ballots

Gov. Gavin Newsom should sign Assembly Bill 2841 to make sure voters are not mistakenly dropped from the voting rolls.

By Guest Commentary • September 20, 2022

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California should take the lead on a Second Amendment overhaul

The answer to America’s firearm injury epidemic must start with rewriting the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment. A nationwide movement to begin that debate by calling a constitutional convention could start with California.

By John Maa • September 19, 2022

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A California Ocean Corps could shore up coastline when disasters strike

A bipartisan bill awaits the governor’s signature to establish the Ocean Corps to protect our coast and support workforce development for our most disenfranchised populations.

By Guest Commentary • September 16, 2022

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Measure that would limit UC vendors is misguided

SB 1364 seeks to limit contract labor by imposing onerous restrictions on any small business that contracts for $1,000 or more to provide services to the University of California. These restrictions on vendors are unnecessary and harmful.

By Guest Commentary • September 14, 2022

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Make California a national beacon for reproductive health care access

The governor must sign legislation to expand access and safeguard protections for sexual and reproductive health care here in California—including abortion care.

By Guest Commentary • September 13, 2022

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Broad-based buy-in is key to Bay-Delta water plan

A broad coalition of interests support the Newsom administration’s call for bold actions to manage the water flowing through the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to benefit fish, farms and cities.

By Guest Commentary • September 12, 2022

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Skilled labor will be essential for a greener California

Thanks to strategic federal investments, rapid technological innovation and falling costs, hydrogen is poised to be significant to our state’s energy future and in the lives of today’s and the next generation of union energy workers.

By Guest Commentary • September 9, 2022