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Before a homebuilder puts a backhoe to work, he or she has permit fees to pay, and other costs that can amount to more than $100,000 per house, not including land cost. Housing won’t be affordable in California until legislators address the permit and fee structure and the high cost of land.

Teaching data science and statistical reasoning in addition to traditional algebra ensures that California students will be better prepared than ever.

California’s homeschool charter schools put power and control in the hands of parents, so that they decide how best to improve the learning of their kids.

Creating an Office of Health Care Affordability would give California the information we need to understand the costs of all aspects of health care and how they relate to good, or not-so-good, patient outcomes.

California should invest in affordable housing near existing communities, not back unsustainable new development that has already been denied by the private insurance market.

Community choice aggregators were supposed to provide cheaper electricity, but some now charge more than large utility companies.

All options and strategies for coping with drought in California need to be put on the table.

Did water managers act to supply Southern California before the drought became generally known?

Months of radio silence from the Employment Development Department stirs up doubt.

Newsom should take responsibility for its current woes, but the department’s mismanagement predates him.