My-turn

Commentary

Referendum against ban on flavored tobacco is a referendum against our kids

By upholding California’s tobacco flavor ban, we will help young people break free from tobacco and prevent more kids from becoming addicted.

By Guest Commentary • January 11, 2021

Commentary

Let’s aim toward an authentic ethnic studies discipline

Ethnic studies has become celebratory of heroes and holidays, and now it is being further diluted and reconstituted as “diverse studies.”

By Guest Commentary • January 11, 2021

Commentary

Labor leader: As attorney general, Justice Goodwin Liu would be a good advocate for California workers

California needs an attorney general who recognizes the realities facing low-wage workers and has the experience to change those realities.

By Guest Commentary • January 8, 2021

Capitol

Legislature needs to hold investigative hearings into California’s mass unemployment fraud

‌Legislators‌ ‌and‌ ‌constituents‌ ‌deserve‌ ‌a‌ ‌full‌ ‌accounting‌ ‌of‌ ‌where‌ ‌taxpayer‌ ‌money‌ ‌has‌ ‌gone in Employment Development Department scandal.

By Guest Commentary • January 8, 2021

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Californians deserve safe and breathable air

If we can rethink our habits of polluting the air that we breathe, we can improve our air quality in California and the Central Valley.

By Guest Commentary • January 8, 2021

Capitol

Assembly Republican leader: Now is the time for the Legislature to lead by solving problems

The focus on COVID-19 has left many issues either overlooked or ignored; our duty is to make the changes needed to get California moving again.

By Guest Commentary • January 7, 2021

Capitol

California needs to repair the damage from its history of systematic sterilizations

California needs to acknowledge the systematic sterilizations of immigrant women and rectify the wrongdoing.

By Guest Commentary • January 7, 2021

Capitol

Budget proposal can send a clear signal on clean transportation

Gov. Newsom should prioritize clean transportation and incentive funding for buyers of zero-emission vehicles to achieve his executive order.

By Guest Commentary • January 6, 2021

Commentary

Put students first – return $12.5 billion in deferrals to schools

It is time for the governor and the Legislature to put money back where it belongs so schools can give students an equitable opportunity to learn.

By Guest Commentary • January 6, 2021

Commentary

State senator and pandemic expert call for strict lockdown

It is time for a strict lockdown. We need a four-week shelter-in-place lockdown that allows only truly essential human interaction.

By Guest Commentary • January 5, 2021