My-turn

Does California have the chutzpah to pass needed legislation to open the doors wide to recovery? Here are 6 issues the Legislature needs to deal with.

California’s Insurance Commissioner wants to expand the state’s FAIR Plan by offering comprehensive homeowners coverage; this is a bad idea.

Millions of older Californians are making their mark every day during the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing to the state’s vitality and sense of community.

Media coverage of rallies against stay-at-home orders is important and should provide context; a study of anti-vaccine activism offers lessons.

In California, we shouldn’t be talking about hospital layoffs, furloughs or service cutbacks, but that this is what hospital leaders are confronting.

Our wartime presidents have had the courage to take personal responsibility for their actions – and, equally courageous, for their inaction.

California should provide grant money from the Domestic Violence Assistance Program as an up-front payment available for immediate use.

Even though Latinos are California’s largest ethnic group at 40%, they represent only 17% of the candidate pool for the redistricting commission.

The California Legislature should reintroduce legislation to reinvest in the mobile field hospital program and emergency preparedness.

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 is misguided in that it proposes instant but wrong solutions to persistent social ills.