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Electric trucks rule will create jobs and cut cancer-causing pollution

The coronavirus crisis and subsequent economic fallout have challenged California leaders with a series of difficult decisions, but choosing how to vote on the nation’s first electric truck rule shouldn’t be one of them.  This commonsense, achievable standard will create thousands of clean transportation jobs, inject billions of dollars into the economy and slash cancer-causing […]

By Guest Commentary • June 25, 2020

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We can ditch office culture for a healthier future by teleworking

COVID-19 has produced a seismic shift in thinking about working from home and healthier lifestyles, while seeing a stunning impact on our air quality.

By Guest Commentary • June 25, 2020

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This is not the time to water down ethnic studies on CSU campuses

Lea este artículo en español. Even as the Assembly and Senate voted overwhelmingly with bipartisan support to make ethnic studies a graduation requirement at the California State University, CSU management and leadership is doing everything it can to blunt progress on inclusive learning. In a recent commentary, CSU Chancellor Timothy White decried systemic barriers to change […]

By Guest Commentary • June 24, 2020

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Building in the time of COVID-19: Why walls and not community?

We are in a time of global pandemic and the U.S. Southern border wall is progressing.  More than 180 miles of new wall has been constructed, without recent push-back from those of us who have long protested the building of a wall.  But we are not silent nor unconcerned. We are hundreds of thousands of […]

By Guest Commentary • June 24, 2020

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Why California’s spirit of community-led innovation will be key to our recovery

After months of being confined to our homes, thousands of people have been shouting in the streets, risking their lives in the midst of a pandemic to fight structural racism and to be heard. It’s time to listen. When Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed me the first ever senior advisor on Social Innovation for the state […]

By Guest Commentary • June 23, 2020

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Our elected leaders should do more to help feed hungry children during the summer of COVID-19

The challenges of running meal programs for children during the COVID-19 pandemic means more kids will struggle with access to the nutritious meals.

By Guest Commentary • June 22, 2020

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In planning for reopening schools, importance of teaching science must not be lost

There are signs that budgets and K-12 school reopening plans being shaped now may fail to recognize science as part of the academic core.

By Guest Commentary • June 22, 2020

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How quickly we forget: Of fathers and essential workers

As the economy reopens and we seek some semblance of normalcy, we must not forget the essential workers we once ignored, like my father, a long-haul trucker.

By Guest Commentary • June 21, 2020

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A social justice perspective of the Delta tunnel project

Opponents of the Delta tunnel project never say their position will lead to higher food prices and can even lead to class-based disparities in health outcomes.

By Guest Commentary • June 20, 2020

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Referendum on SB 10: Vote ‘No’ to an injustice we can’t afford

A constitutional amendment on the November ballot is a referendum on 2018’s Senate Bill 10, which replaces cash bail with risk assessments for detained suspects.

By Guest Commentary • June 19, 2020