Category: Letters to the Editor/ Columns

“In a new policy report, the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment at UC Berkeley dug into the drivers of California’s soaring electricity rates — which are nearly double the national average — and laid out what it would take to bring them down.”

A CalMatters look back at four decades of California crime politics shows just how much the state’s approach to punishment has swung, and suggests another shift may be coming.

Tech devices in California’s new cars create thorny political issues By Dan Walters, CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Automobiles have gradually evolved over the last two decades from mechanical devices into electronic platforms featuring computer screens and numerous other digital capabilities. A few years ago, the California Air Resources Board began requiring

He outlines priorities including homelessness, public safety, housing, support for local businesses, and working with Humboldt County on mental health and substance abuse treatment.

A rapid grassroots campaign by real estate agents helped derail one bill and reshape what voters will see on the November ballot, according to this submission from the Humboldt Association of REALTORS®.

A reader argues that COVID-19 vaccine mandates distorted a century-old Supreme Court precedent to justify restrictions on bodily autonomy that went far beyond what the original ruling ever intended.