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- Op-Ed | Measure J’s Failure to Deliver Housing Prompts Calls for ReformMeasure J, a growth control measure in Davis, California, is increasingly putting the city on a collision course with state housing law, and reforming it to align with state law and serve actual housing needs is the smarter path.
- California Launches Model Ordinance to Address Homeless EncampmentsGovernor Gavin Newsom has unveiled a new statewide initiative to provide local governments with clear guidance and legal tools to address homeless encampments swiftly and humanely, and has committed to giving every local government in the state the path forward.
- Op-ed | Trump Is Not the Cause of American Authoritarianism; It’s a Systemic IssueAmerican authoritarianism is a decades-old phenomenon, fueled by the expansion of executive power, economic inequality, and the political exploitation of national crises, and cannot be solely blamed on Donald Trump, but rather requires a dismantling of the systems that made him possible.
- Preston: San Francisco’s Drug Crisis Worsens as Mayor Lurie’s Crackdown FailsFormer San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston has criticized Mayor Daniel Lurie's mass arrest strategy for failing to reduce overdose deaths, and is calling for a public health-centered model to be implemented instead.
- Death Penalty System Criticized for Racial Bias, Prosecutorial MisconductThe Death Penalty Information Center report reveals a disturbing pattern of prosecutorial misconduct in the death penalty system, resulting in individuals sentenced to death multiple times for the same crime, often due to racial bias and other constitutional violations, and costing millions of taxpayer dollars.