California can’t afford a utility handout that shifts costs onto consumers | Opinion
admin A last-minute proposal would shift wildfire costs from utilities to consumers, risking higher insurance premiums and weaker accountability.
Viewpoints
Yes on a data center in my backyard. Why? It’s an ideal municipal neighbor | Opinion
“Here is an inconvenient truth: If you turn up your nose at the infrastructure, you should not get to enjoy…
California’s outdated rooftop solar subsidies harm communities of color | Opinion
“Wealthy homeowners have installed rooftop solar to lower their electric bills, while everyone else shoulders the cost of subsidizing them.”
Goats on the beach. Dogs in the restaurants. Has ‘woke California’ gone too far? | Opinion
“I’m for animals and everything, there just needs to be some common sense.”
Ending California school HVAC funding is a costly, unsafe move | Opinion
“Affordability talk is cheap. Not fixing school HVAC with available CalSHAPE funds is costly.”
A Sacramento rabbi: Condemn suffering in Gaza. But call it genocide? No | Opinion
“Our compassion for Palestinians or Israelis should not be measured by whether we use — or refuse to use —…
Support needed for California’s Black-Serving Institutions | Opinion
‘California recognizes institutions serving Black students. The next test is whether lawmakers will act on what data reveal.’
Protect wildfire survivors, not the utility companies | Opinion
“These actions would make it more difficult for wildfire survivors to recover for their losses and lessen what they receive…
Sen. Adam Schiff explains bills aimed at combating deepfakes, paid ads | Opinion
“Current guardrails around campaign advertisements are not keeping up with the changing landscape of technology-empowered political speech.”
California can reduce wildfire risk, but we need to help people afford it | Opinion
“A new bill gives California a practical way to help more homeowners put proven wildfire resilience measures into practice.”