Commentary
The fallacy behind private surveillance cameras in San Francisco
San Francisco tightly restricts video surveillance by its police, but a millionaire has created an unaccountable neighborhood surveillance system.
Newsom handpicked a generation of California politicians. Can they help him run for president?
An entire generation of California elected officials owe their current jobs and their political prospects to Gavin Newsom.
If California’s race for governor is a stress test for democracy, it’s failing
The top-two primary system can produce chaos and disengaged voters. This year’s picks for governor are coming from a small share of voters.
Pratt out, Raman in: What Los Angeles voters can now expect in the mayoral race
Nithya Raman's success at making the runoff in the L.A. mayor's race means Karen Bass will need to answer difficult questions about high living costs and public safety.
California treats homelessness spending as action. That’s not a measure of success
California understands the pathway into homelessness. What the state still lacks is a coordinated system designed to interrupt it before families lose housing.
Yousef Baig
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California Voices Deputy Editor
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Dan Walters
Another version of ‘ethnic studies’
California's plan for "ethnic studies" has been revised in response to criticism but is still colored by leftish ideology.
Commentary
Protection of the California agriculture-port relationship should be a top priority
California should review regulatory policies that affect the agriculture-port relationship with having a goal of economic resilience.
Capitol
Legislature should acknowledge nurse practitioners’ value and remove restrictions
Assembly Bill 890 will remove restrictions on patient access to nurse practitioners and help fill California's primary care provider gap.
Commentary
Alternative schools provide lessons on reaching disconnected students for distance learning
Policymakers should look at how alternative schools, which specialize in serving disconnected students, can be models with valuable lessons.
Reader Reactions
High speed rail became a boondoggle when politicians changed it to low speed rail
High speed rail requires a dedicated track and electrification, and almost a decade ago legislators prohibited a dedicated track in the Bay Area and non-electrified track in other areas.
Commentary
Rx for health care inequities: More health professionals of color
Mistrust in the health care system by people of color persists, which is why we need more doctors and nurses who look like the people they’re treating.
Commentary
You can put a price tag on environmental and economic returns from protecting rangeland
From parks to rangeland, California’s open spaces provide a variety of benefits that it’s next to impossible to put a price tag on – until now.
Commentary
Federal investments needed for state’s higher education system in fight against COVID-19
Congress should approve federal funds needed for universities to continue to play a leading role in combating today’s public health emergency.
Commentary
School reformers win major skirmish
California's education department has ruled that Los Angeles Unified School District's plan for educating at-risk kids is deficient - a warning to other school systems.