Monday Morning Thoughts: What Is Everyday Injustice?
In 2011 when we attended our first Justice Summit in San Francisco, organized by the late public…
Sunday Commentary: State Takeover of PG&E not only Reasonable but Warranted under the Circumstances
It is hard to blame Governor Gavin Newsom for the problems involving PG&E and the threat of…
Guest Commentary: Reisig Endorsement Raises Concerns about Provenza
By Multiple Authors (see bottom) As the race for District 4 County Supervisor begins to take shape,…
Who Gets to Proclaim the Progressive Prosecutor Mantle?
Interim San Francisco D.A. Suzy Loftus claims to be a “progressive,” but her long record as a…
Commentary: Can We Fix Mace?
It was a week ago that about 200 people met at Pioneer Elementary and consultants from Fehr…
Commentary: Even at Five Districts, Change Could Be on the Way for Davis
In a recent column, columnist Bob Dunning argues that the district elections solution “only makes things worse.” …
My View: Time to Call This What It Is – the I-80 Mess
There was a large showing on Thursday night on the issue of Mace Boulevard But city officials…
What Comes After the First Step?
The Second Step Presidential Justice Forum provides candidates and those in office the opportunity to outline their…
Find Out Whether Lamar Johnson Is Innocent of Murder
A trial court’s rejection of the findings by Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s Conviction Integrity Unit is the…
Commentary: What We Learned about District Elections Last Night
It was a 3-2 vote that turned out not to be a vote at all because, once…
Guest Commentary: District and Incumbents
by Alan C. Miller I expected someone to analyze the districts in each scenario relative where the…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Friday Traffic Was a Bear and It’s Getting Worse
A lot of blame got thrown the way of the city on reconfiguring Mace Boulevard, but as…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Dunning is Not Being Helpful on District Elections
“We should fight” – that’s the implication of Bob Dunning’s column this week. I get the impulse,…
My View: Reality Hits Home with the Impending Loss of Schilling Robotics
The reality is that Tyler Schilling warned us – he warned us back in 2014 that they…
My View: Analyzing Race and Renters in the Maps
Looking at two key dimensions – percent of whites, according to the American Community Survey, and percentage…
Unveiling a State-by-State Plan to End our Mass Incarceration Crisis
The Smart Justice 50 State Blueprints are the product of over two years collecting data, analyzing policies,…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Did California Do Enough to Solve Its Housing Problems This Term?
Last week Governor Gavin Newsom proudly sent out a press release boasting of signing 18 bills to…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Five Early Thoughts on the Aggie Research Campus
We have been talking about Aggie Research Campus (ARC) for months already, but until this past week…
Guest Commentary: Homelessness
By Mark Dempsey One of my family members came to the end of her rope, living in…
Sunday Commentary: If We Lose Schilling or Other Major Companies, This Time We Were Warned
In 2013, as Davis was dealt a blow from losing Bayer Crop Science, formerly AgraQuest, Commercial Real…
