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Politics

California social media regulations — a tougher sell in 2021

After pioneering consumer data privacy protections, the California Legislature has tapped the brakes on proposals to further regulate social media companies.

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Zayna Syed

• May 27, 2021

Commentary

We need greater diversity in STEM education

It is vital that we bring in more STEM educators of color like me to be a role model and a guide for our students.

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Guest Commentary

• May 20, 2021

Commentary

California leads our national recovery, despite perpetual naysayers

California continues to be the most vibrant and exciting place in the world to do business; here are a few indicators.

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Guest Commentary

• May 17, 2021

Commentary

California needs a redistribution of innovation

Here are 3 things California needs to do to distribute the state’s innovation infrastructure to regions that have been largely ignored.

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Guest Commentary

• May 14, 2021

Park-goers enjoy the sunshine at Dolores Park on the Fourth of July in San Francisco on July 4, 2020. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters

WhatMatters

Inside California’s stunning COVID reversal

How the tables have turned for California. The state’s seven-day coronavirus positivity rate fell to 1.2% on Tuesday, the lowest rate in the country. Just four months ago, California’s positivity rate was a staggering 17.1% and hospitalizations were surging to record levels, prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a regional stay-at-home order. Contrast that with […]

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Emily Hoeven

• April 28, 2021

Commentary

Water infrastructure package needed to deal with drought

California’s water infrastructure is deteriorating and in need of the kind of financial investment that only the federal government can afford.

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Guest Commentary

• April 19, 2021

The state has left the operation of Country Villa Plaza and 17 other nursing homes in licensing limbo for more than five years. Photo by Shae Hammond for CalMatters

WhatMatters

“Broken” nursing home oversight

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, April 5. CalMatters politics reporter Ben Christopher here, filling in for Emily Hoeven. Emily will be back next week. Rife with indecision and inconsistencies As California nursing homes slowly recover from the COVID-19 siege that killed thousands, the role of state regulators in protecting the frail and elderly has come […]

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Ben Christopher

• April 6, 2021

WhatMatters

California loses economic ground to Utah

Good morning, California. It’s Wednesday, February 17. Housing costs key factor Goodbye, Silicon Valley. Hello, Silicon Slopes. The tech hubs of San Francisco and San Jose fell precipitously in this year’s ranking of U.S. cities’ economic performance released Wednesday morning by the Milken Institute, a nonpartisan think tank that’s published the index every year since […]

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Emily Hoeven

• February 17, 2021