Commentary
Old tax loopholes live again
Although the state's "enterprise zone" program was eliminated as ineffective, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to revive it with a new name.
No clear frontrunner for governor, but new poll names five with the best shot
A poll shows three Democrats and two Republicans have voter support percentages in the teens. The top two vote-getters in June will face off in November.
She spent six of her last years in arbitration with her HMO. Her husband’s still fighting the system
Arbitrators in medical disputes are supposed to be unbiased, but this couple suspected there is an incentive to favor HMO’s in arbitration.
A former political ally tests LA liberals’ allegiance to Mayor Karen Bass
Mayor Karen Bass isn't vulnerable on her right, but she may be on her left, as City Councilmember Nithya Raman, a Democratic Socialist and ex-supporter, runs against her.
California promised accountability for inmate deaths in jails. A year later, no results.
Lawmakers passed a law creating a state department to review inmate deaths, but it hasn’t completed a single death review in its first year.
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Commentary
Surfing tourism’s big wave and transforming the travel industry
Costas Christ and Caroline Beteta, Visit California: At Visit California, the aim is to surf the tourism wave to its fullest potential as a force for long-term economic good. If ever there was a place that can help lead the positive transformation of the travel industry through innovation and best practices, that place is California.
Commentary
Commission created when Hiram Johnson was governor needs to be brought into the new century
Kish Rajan, CALinnovates: The California Public Utilities Commission has become the largest and most powerful regulating agency in the state, bar none.
That’s not good, not for the Public Utilities Commission, the entities it regulates, and most importantly not for the people of California.
Commentary
Striking with a hot iron
Changes in the Capitol's political atmosphere with more Democrats means legislation that once could not be enacted is alive and kicking.
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California should make clear there is a right to housing, not simply shelter
Darrell Steinberg & Mark Ridley-Thomas, Gov. Newsom's homeless task force: Ours is a simple plea that the public policy of California clearly state that sleeping safely indoors is an essential first step to helping people and alleviating this ever growing crisis.
Commentary
A resurrection for redevelopment?
Redevelopment, a program supposedly meant to clean up urban blight but often misused, disappeared eight years ago, but a new bill would bring it back with a new name.
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A plea to the right and left: tone down the rhetoric
James Gallagher, Republican from Yuba City: Wordsmithing has become anathema. It has been replaced by raw and incendiary language; the stronger the better. Nowhere is this more apparent than the debate over immigration.
Commentary
Do ‘red flag’ laws actually save lives?
A new study suggests that California's "red flag" law, allowing weapons to be seized from someone deemed to dangerous, is saving lives, but reaches no firm conclusion.
Commentary
With a little help from the Legislature, family forest landowners can help reduce wildfire
Tom Martin, American Forest Foundation: California cannot win its fight against wildfires if we do not empower family forest owners with the resources needed to take action. We look forward to the day when our forest conditions let us return prescribed fire safely across the region to increase our forest vitality.
Commentary
Deadly force law finally changed
Legislature finally changes long-standing law governing the use of deadly force by police, driven by two egregious cases in Sacramento.