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Ethnic Studies should be a graduation requirement at California State Universities because racial literacy is a skill needed to achieve a just and functioning society.

John McManus and Noah Oppenheim, Golden State Salmon Association and Pacific Coast Federation of FIshermen’s Associations: Gov. Gavin Newsom should support state efforts to set new, science-based water diversion rules that increase protections for salmon and the Bay-Delta.

With older adults the fastest-growing segment of California’s homeless, expanding programs to help them must be a key part of state’s homelessness strategy.

Cynthia Rice, California Rural Legal Assistance: California’s Private Attorney General Act has helped Peruvian sheepherders, dairy workers, janitors and the state itself. Here’s how.

David Flanagan and Michele Steeb, Saint John’s Program for Real Change: California is its own worst enemy when It comes to homelessness. But here’s how the state can start making real change.

Sen. Ling Ling Chang, Diamond Bar Republican: California audit slammed the Lottery for failing to provide sufficient funds to public schools Chang’s legislation seeks to fix the problem.

Nancy Deutsch, University of Virginia Curry School of Education and Human Development's Youth-Nex Center: California’s law letting teenagers sleep an extra hour was a good first step. Now, Legislature should adopt an ‘agenda for adolescents’

Pedro Nava, the Little Hoover Commission: Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to overhaul California's mental health care system. The Little Hoover Commission has a plan for that.

Amy Everitt, Golden State Opportunity: California provides a way to give low-income workers a hand, not a hand-out. They should take advantage of the earned income tax credit.

Chris Micheli, Aprea & Micheli, Inc: California’s legislature passed a far-reaching labor bill, Assembly Bill. It could turn you into collateral damage. And the Legislature ought to fix it.