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Amid Pressures Of Pandemic, Newsom Quickly Accepts Health Officer’s Resignation
Gov. Newsom today refused to say the sudden resignation of his top public health officer was because of a series of technical glitches.
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The Fallacy Behind Private Surveillance Cameras In San Francisco (Opinion)
COMMENTARY: A millionaire has created an unaccountable neighborhood surveillance system.
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California’s Immense Pension Dilemma
California’s public pension system faces a huge unfunded debt but dealing with it involves increasing risk.
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Schools Cannot Reopen On Their Own; A National Crisis Requires A National Response (Opinion)
COMMENTARY: Working with experts, we have created a standard to safely reopen schools. But we cannot do it alone.
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Side Hustles, Liquidating 401(k)s: Here’s How Jobless Californians Are Getting By Without The Extra $600
Since the federal weekly $600 boost expired last month, unemployed Californians have been living on impossibly low budgets.
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An Answer For An Expected Tsunami Of Evictions During Covid-19
All around the country, hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of Americans could be evicted from their homes as a result of lost jobs.
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Should The State Investigate Local Police Shootings? California Rethinks Its Resistance
If California is the nation’s laboratory for progressive laws, why has it been unable to keep the police from policing themselves?
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CA Democrats Divided Over Covid-19 Stimulus, Millionaire Tax To Fund Economic Recovery
How should California dig itself out of a $54 billion deficit? A divide between state lawmakers mirrors a national reckoning.
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Rural California Schools Prepare For Possible In-Person Teaching
While school districts in the state’s more populous areas have been essentially forced to teach remotely, rural areas have more options.
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Alternative Schools Provide Lessons On Reaching Disconnected Students For Distance Learning (OPINION)
COMMENTARY: Policymakers should look at how alternative schools, which specialize in serving disconnected students, can be models.
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Legislature Should Acknowledge Nurse Practitioners’ Value And Remove Restrictions (Opinion)
COMMENTARY: Does it make sense to restrict patient access to primary care nurse practitioners during a pandemic? The answer is obvious.
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Pandemic Snafu: State Mistakenly Drops Medi-Cal Coverage For Some Low-Income Californians
As the coronavirus continues to sicken Californians, the state mistakenly terminated or reduced health insurance benefits for thousands.
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School Reformers Win Major Skirmish
California’s education department has ruled that Los Angeles Unified School District’s plan for educating at-risk kids is deficient.
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You Can Put A Price Tag On Environmental And Economic Returns From Protecting Rangeland
From parks to rangeland, California’s open spaces provide a variety of benefits that are next to impossible to put a price tag on, until now
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Faced With Dying Californians And Withering Businesses, Gov. Newsom Steers A Middle Path. Can It Last?
As coronavirus infections and deaths rise dramatically, the Democratic governor navigates pressure to both tighten restrictions and ease up.
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Critics Demand Fairer Prop Ballot Labels And Summaries, But Lawsuits Flame Out
Courts defer to the AG's word choice — but a growing chorus of critics say California should place the job in more objective hands.
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Federal Investments Needed For State’s Higher Education System In Fight Against Covid-19 (Opinion)
Congress should approve federal funds for universities to continue to play a leading role in combating today’s public health emergency.
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RX For Health Care Inequities: More Health Professionals Of Color
COMMENTARY: Mistrust in the health care system by people of color persists, and we need more doctors and nurses who look like patients.
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Mandate Diversity? California Bill Would Ban All-White Corporate Boards
A bill in the Legislature aims to require people of color in the boardroom. Some say it’s unconstitutional, others say it is necessary.
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AB 3030 Fails To Recognize Marine Protections That Exist In California (Opinion)
COMMENTARY: Unless AB 3030 is changed, sport and commercial fishers must oppose it.
