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Should California Legalize Supervised Drug Injection Sites?
San Francisco wants to open a facility where people could use illegal drugs, but Governor Newsom just vetoed a bill that would have authorized such…
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Should California's Superintendent of Public Instruction be Elected or Appointed?
The head of the Department of Education has long been an elected position despite multiple attempts to make it an appointed one. Is now the time to make…
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Should California Skip Environmental Reviews to Boost Housing?
California’s Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) has been blamed for the state’s housing shortage. New legislation would bypass it when localities are…
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Should California ban police from making traffic stops for minor violations?
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Should California Build Sites Reservoir?
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Should California Give $300M to High-Need Schools?
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Should California Build Massive Offshore Wind Farms?
In its race to transition to 100% renewable energy by 2045, California has begun moving forward with plans to build 4.5 GW offshore wind farms. Is this…
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Should California Give $300M to High-Need Schools?
Despite significant changes in how the state allocates funding to schools beginning in 2013, the achievement gap has remained large. Could another $300M…
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Should California Build Sites Reservoir?
As torrential rain has led parts of California to flush enormous quantities of water out to sea, many are wishing we had built the storage we voted for…
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Does California have enough water yet? [March Update]
After the atmospheric rivers, cyclone bombs, and devastating flooding, has California emerged from its mega-drought? Here are the 4 metrics to watch and…
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Should California ban police from making traffic stops for minor violations?
So-called ‘pretext stops’ have come under scrutiny in recent years, as several city police departments have moved to limit them. But are they a key to…
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Should California temporarily suspend its gas tax?
California’s high gas prices have put pressure on state leaders to do something. Republicans in the state Legislature argue that suspending the gas tax…
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Should California Penalize Big Oil for High Gas Prices?
California is no stranger to high gas prices, but a price spike this fall led Governor Newsom to accuse oil companies of ripping Californians off while…
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