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Sacramento|News|
Newsom’s Delta Water Framework Is Imperfect But Necessary (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: Hanak is director of the Public Policy Institute of California’s Water Policy Center. Mount is a senior fellow at PPIC.
Sacramento|News|
With Newsom’s New Budget, CA Seeks To Help All Regions Rise (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: Under Newsom, Kate Gordon and Lenny Mendonca launched the Regions Rise Together initiative in Sacramento.
Across California, CA|News|
Young CA Immigrants Face Fee Increase For DACA Renewal
In CA alone, almost half a million people live in households with 188,000 DACA recipients, according to the Center for American Progress.
Sacramento|News|
A Simple Solution For Sheltering Californians Who Are Homeless (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: Michael Rushford is an attorney in Sacramento and president, Criminal Justice Legal Foundation.
Across California, CA|News|
Newsom's ‘California For All’ Policy Vs. Daunting Reality (Opinion)
COMMENTARY: Last week, Newsom referred to California as “the richest and poorest state,” and the gap is widening.
Rockridge, CA|News|
Why CA's Environmental Policies Aren’t Enough For Assemblyman Bonta
Oakland Assemblyman Rob Bonta is proposing a far-reaching California Green New Deal to address climate change.
Across California, CA|News|
CA Is Right To Focus On Adverse Childhood Experiences; Other States Should Follow (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: Chuck Ingoglia is the president and chief executive officer of the National Council for Behavioral Health,
Fresno, CA|News|
CA Finished Counting Its Homeless — A Tally Sure To Be Inaccurate, And Politically Weaponized
The Fresno area, by last year’s count, had the highest percentage of unsheltered people anywhere in the country.
Los Gatos, CA|News|
CA Has Best And Worst Places In U.S. For Raising Children, Report Finds
San Jose area scores near the top for giving children the best chance of achieving economic success and good health.
Los Angeles, CA|News|
Newsom Should Invest In Clean Transportation; It Will Make CA Healthier (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: Bill Magavern is policy director of the Coalition for Clean Air, which has offices in Sacramento and Los Angeles.
Sacramento|News|
Sacramento Grinds Up Major Housing Bill (Opinion)
COMMENTARY: It’s difficult to say whether the much-changed bill would have had a material effect on the state’s housing crisis.
Livermore, CA|News|
Is California Ready For A New State Park?
Newsom budgeted $20 million to create CA's first new state park, speculated for the hills above Livermore, in a decade.
Across California, CA|News|
University Of California Should Improve, Not Scrap, SAT And ACT (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: Marten Roorda is chief executive officer of ACT.
Davis, CA|News|
How To Help Cut CA College Costs And Help Students Succeed (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: Cooper is executive director of Wheelhouse at UC Davis and Kurlaender is the lead researcher.
Sacramento|News|
Why Desalination Can Help Quench CA's Water Needs (Opinion)
GUEST COMMENTARY: Ridderbusch is executive director of CalDesal, a unified voice for brackish and ocean water desalination and salinity.
Across California, CA|News|
Students Worry As CA's Online Community College Confronts Offline Woes
California’s first-in-the-nation online community college now has 450 students — with no full-time faculty and no CEO.
Sacramento|News|
California's Primary Rules Beget Mind-Bender Campaigns
A Central Valley state Senate race is the latest illustration of how CA's "top two" primary can distort the field and confuse voters.
Sacramento|News|
What Will Newsom Do Now That CA's Most Controversial Homebuilding Bill Died?
The bill would have allowed more mid-rise apartment buildings around public transit and next to some single-family homes.
Across California, CA|News|
Which CA Companies Are Considered Too Big To Fail? (Opinion)
As the PG&E crisis runs its course, some big governmental entities are also testing whether they are too big to fail.
