CALmatters, Author at GV Wire

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What if Dianne Feinstein Steps Down Before Her Term Ends?

March 1, 2019

Along with her considerable political talents, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein has an unhelpful verbal mannerism in which she talks to people who try her patience with a faintly exasperated tone in her voice. ...

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Why California Libraries Are Ditching Fines on Overdue Materials

CALmatters

March 1, 2019

Bill Colb has had just about every possible job in the San Francisco Public Library system. He has worked in customer service, managed branches and circulation, and is now the library’s digital strategist. T...

Can Progressives Trust Xavier Becerra to Police the Police?

CALmatters

February 23, 2019

In his two years on the job, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has crafted an image as a progressive warrior, suing the Trump Administration dozens of times and delivering the Democrats’ Spanish-langua...

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California Supreme Court Throws Cities, Including Fresno, Into Chaos Over Local Taxes

CALmatters

February 19, 2019

The California Supreme Court has some explaining to do. by Ben Christopher CALmatters Late last year, the city of Oakland put a new land parcel tax on the books, after 62 percent of voters turned...

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What Happens When the Next Big Wildfire Hits?

CALmatters

February 16, 2019

Don’t be fooled by the precipitation, the snowpack, the wildflowers. When winter ends, it’s unlikely that California’s iconic landscape will sustain the moisture to withstand the 100-degree summer and fall. ...

My Turn: Here’s How to Avert California’s Next Health Care Crisis

CALmatters

February 16, 2019

California has never been shy about taking bold steps to tackle the most pressing issues affecting our nearly 40 million residents—from efforts protecting and expanding health care coverage to paving the way fo...

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Sen. Bill Dodd Proposes California Wildfire Warning Center

CALmatters

February 6, 2019

After four consecutive years of catastrophic wildfires, Napa Democratic Sen. Bill Dodd wants to establish a California wildfire warning center that would allow officials to turn off power and better position fi...

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How California Got Tough on Guns

CALmatters

February 5, 2019

The modern American gun debate began on May 2, 1967, when 30 protesting members of the Black Panther Party marched into the California Capitol with loaded handguns, shotguns and rifles. by Ben Christophe...

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My Turn: We Need a Bold Vision for Juvenile Justice. Newsom’s Plan Falls Short

CALmatters

February 4, 2019

Over the past two decades, California’s Division of Juvenile Justice’s inmate population has fallen from 10,000 to around 660. Its annual budget is down 70 percent. Eight of its 11 detention facilities have clo...

Cheer for the Rams, but in California High Schools, Even Football Powerhouses Are Losing Kids

CALmatters

February 2, 2019

If the Golden State has a rooting interest in the Super Bowl on Sunday, it won’t just be because the Los Angeles Rams will be on the field. Roughly one player in six on the Rams’ and New England Patriots’ activ...

California Closer to First-in-US Rules on Police Shootings

Some Horse Advocates Buck at New Plan to Save Wild Mustangs

Tesla Posts Surprisingly Large 1Q Loss as Sales Slump 31%

California Approves Free Phones, Internet for Foster Youth

How to Meet Workforce Demands? Duncan Poly Leads the Way.

California’s War on Plastic Pollution Targets Tiny Hotel Toiletries

Calif. Cities Devastated by Wildfires Face New Challenge: Benzene in Water

Mapping US Counties Where Traffic Air Pollution Hurts Kids the Most

Who Are the 2019 Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees?

Attorneys for Patriots Owner Set to Challenge Sex Video

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Poised to Topple Box-Office Records

San Jose Scores 4 Goals in 4 Minutes, Then Wins Game 7 in OT

Walters: 1872 Law Gives Police a License to Kill

Opinion: Date Rape Isn’t a Violent Crime in California. Seriously

Walters: School Spending Popular, Taxes Not so Much

Law Enforcement Backs Down on Deadly Force Standard—For Now, Anyway

Brand to Human Traffickers: All of Fresno Is Coming After You!

California’s Worsening Wildfires, Explained

A Brief History of Fresno’s Spiral Garage

Notes on Spiral Garage Appraisal

CALmatters

What if Dianne Feinstein Steps Down Before Her Term Ends?

Why California Libraries Are Ditching Fines on Overdue Materials

Can Progressives Trust Xavier Becerra to Police the Police?

California Supreme Court Throws Cities, Including Fresno, Into Chaos Over Local Taxes

What Happens When the Next Big Wildfire Hits?

My Turn: Here’s How to Avert California’s Next Health Care Crisis

Sen. Bill Dodd Proposes California Wildfire Warning Center

How California Got Tough on Guns

My Turn: We Need a Bold Vision for Juvenile Justice. Newsom’s Plan Falls Short

Cheer for the Rams, but in California High Schools, Even Football Powerhouses Are Losing Kids

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