Essay: A fair share
People of color should benefit from California cannabis boom By Julian Canete For decades, people of color have been arrested, convicted and incarcerated for cannabis…
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Essay: Running to help the homeless
Candidate for Sacramento County supervisor vows action on housing crisis By Charles Crowder Homelessness in Sacramento has tipped the scales into a full-blown crisis. As…
Essay: A note from the resistance
House must act quickly on impeachment of President Trump By Ellen Chapman In the aftermath of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement that the U.S. House of…
Essay: An advance for peace
City should renew program that is reducing gun violence By Bill Knowlton In Sacramento we have seen first-hand the challenges and pain caused by gun…
Essay: A second chance
Sacramento should use Measure U money to clear criminal records By Nia MooreWeathers During the Measure U campaign to increase the sales tax and in…
Essay: How to stop disabled parking cheats
Take away free parking and abuse will end By Peter Rodman Let me preface this by saying my wife uses a walker and wheelchair and…
Essay: Today’s pot is not safe
Surgeon general warns of health effects on teens, pregnant women By Lynn Silver On Aug. 29, the U.S. surgeon general released an advisory warning about…
Essay: A Bay Area refugee’s plea
Sacramento, please don’t become another San Francisco By Meaghan Douglas A while ago, while driving on I-80, another driver cut me off. “Must be from…
Essay: Change agent
Sac council candidate vows police, environmental and economic reform By James “Faygo” Clark You may have seen me around town with Kozmo, my furry companion….
Essay: Getting on the bus
Sacramento Regional Transit’s new routes aren’t an improvement By Steve Miller Sacramento Regional Transit has announced “service improvements” to its bus network, starting Sept. 8….
Essay: A call to action on ethics
Sacramento’s commission needs public support By Paula Lee This is a call to action to ensure that we have an effective and independent Sacramento Ethics…
Essay: Enough is enough
Congress must ban assault weapons, Trump should stop hateful words By John Garamendi On Jan. 19, 1989, my wife Patti and I entered the ICU…
Essay: Republicans, whose side are you on?
Will GOP stand up to NRA and stand with families? By Jerry McNerney Americans are again being asked to mourn the lives of those taken…
Essay: Tax cut worsens housing crisis
The 2017 GOP tax bill undercut a key program By Roberto Jimenez At the worst time for working families, the homeless, disabled veterans, farm workers…
Essay: Toss out the old rules
A congressional candidate says he’s running on new principles By Jeff Burdick In May, I began campaigning as a progressive for Congress in California’s 7th…
Essay: The changing Delta’s challenges
More collaboration is crucial to meet worsening problems By Jay Lund The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is essential for the Central Valley’s economy, well-being and ecosystems….
Essay: ‘I was sickened by what I saw’
Border detention centers are un-American By Doris Matsui “Well run” and “clean.” That’s how President Trump recently described children’s detention centers at the U.S. border….