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My last memories of Uncle Ed are of a cool, tanned, 20-something year-old who lifted weights and rode a motorcycle. Uncle Ed had an entire room in his house dedicated … Click to Continue »

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California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) was originally passed to help workers file claims for labor law violations. Unfortunately, the law is being grossly manipulated, with attorneys...

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Oil giant Chevron’s recent $13 million fine for more than 70 oil spills in California grabbed headlines and set a record for the biggest fine ever paid to the state … Click to Continue »

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As California scrambles to reach its statewide climate goals — to conserve 30% of California lands and coastal waters by 2030 and to completely transition to renewable energy by 2045 … Click ...

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Four years ago, over 97% of Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County burned during the state’s worst wildfire season in recorded history. Last year, unprecedented winter storms … Cl...

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As the glare of public scrutiny intensifies on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Panera Bread corruption scandal, we are left with more questions than answers. The governor has recently chosen secrecy over �...

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A lot, and I mean a lot, of people have been asking me about the Oakland A’s moving to Sacramento for three or perhaps four years, starting in 2025. I … Click to Continue »

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California has the fifth-highest number of missing and murdered Indigenous people cases in the country. How did we get here? After passing Public Law 280 in 1953, Congress essentially washed … ...

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Today, California is home to nearly half of the nation’s unsheltered homeless population. Since 2018, our state has spent nearly $24 billion taxpayer dollars to solve its homelessness crisis, o...

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Positive change is happening in the workplace as workers are organizing unions in bookstores, coffee shops, auto factories and hotels. They are walking off the job to demand dignity and … Click...

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When California published its fiscal year 2022 audited financial statements nearly a year late this March, buried within the document was an admission that the state is still struggling with … ...

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Salmon are a cornerstone of my Karuk culture and the loss of salmon for my people cannot be overstated. Salmon are intertwined with our cultural identity and religion — what … Click to Contin...

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California is going all in on unproven offshore wind farm technology to help “solve” California’s energy crisis. It sounds good in theory, as wind farms are billed as “clean energy,” �...

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Throughout California, a stark digital divide persists, separating the connected from the unconnected. Despite massive gains in broadband internet connectivity in recent decades, a lack of broadb...

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After a close vote, Proposition 1 will soon be the law of the land in California. The two-part ballot measure allows counties to fund the construction of outpatient mental health … Click to Con...

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On the same day the Sacramento chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) held its kickoff lunch to celebrate its upcoming annual fundraiser, Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies...

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Can the government make it a crime for a person to be homeless? The answer should be obvious to all, but few believe that is the conclusion the Supreme Court … Click to Continue »

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Californians understand why our state must lead in combating the climate crisis: We are uniquely vulnerable; we can suffer from drought one day and catastrophic flooding the next; and we … Clic...

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California at its best can be forward-thinking and enlightened. But throughout most of our state’s history, the halls of power inside the state Capitol have been an old boys club. … Click to ...

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In 2013, six months before I arrived to serve Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Auburn, I learned that a queer member of the congregation’s youth group had taken her own life. … Click to Continue ...

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As a doctor, I know firsthand how important it is for all Americans to have access to affordable health care. That’s why I was so excited to see that a … Click to Continue »

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California is dedicating an unmatched level of funding to support the transition to zero-emission vehicles. No other state comes close to our investments to expand the electric vehicle (EV) charg...

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While we are sickened to hear about the killing of 38-year-old Manjeet Kaur in Manteca, we at the Sikh Family Center are not shocked by the publicly reported details. The … Click to Continue »...

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Nestled deep within northeastern California, there is a place where tribal people still maintain deep ties to the sacred lands and waters that flow beneath the Earth’s surface. Since time … C...

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Next Sunday, March 31, thousands of Sikhs from across the state and beyond will gather at the California Capitol to vote in a non-binding referendum on the establishment of an … Click to Contin...

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Last fall, I criticized the celebration of the terrorism by Hamas on Oct. 7 by some students at my law school and elsewhere as offensive and antisemitic. Some responded to … Click to Continue �...

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On Tuesday, I plan to bring a bilateral ceasefire resolution to the Sacramento City Council. The resolution condemns Hamas’ horrific atrocity on October 7, calls for the immediate release of �...

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There’s a growing conversation in the medical community, particularly among mental health professionals like me, about the potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelics. As a psychologist, I�...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom finds himself embroiled in yet another corruption scandal. As Republican leaders in California, we have deep concerns that Gov. Newsom’s influence is causing Californians to l...

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California’s Supreme Court has famously declared that “openness in government is essential to the functioning of a democracy.” However, top state and local officials running our democracy d...

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