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California Voices editor @CalMatters • NorCal ATLien • journalistic master of none • past: @sacbee_news @NorthBayNews @NapaRegister • product of @redandblack
Sacramento
Joined September 2012
If you listen to California's political class, high-speed rail is a textbook boondoggle. Yet in communities across the Central Valley, the discourse is different. My attempt unpacking the bad-faith debate over our most ambitious infrastructure project ⬇️
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In the Central Valley, the discourse around high-speed rail is different. It's not "a train to nowhere." It's a symbol of transformation.
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RT @Slate: It seems at times that American high-speed rail will always be the project of the future.
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Policy ideas that can turn a pipe dream into a reality.
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RT @latimesopinion: Editorial: One candidate is patently unfit for the White House. It's not Biden (via @latimesopinion ) .
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As Democrats weigh Biden's future, let's remember that Trump already failed the presidential fitness test. If Republicans cared about democracy, they'd be scheming to push him aside.
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RT @omarsrashad: Campaign finance documents show that Alex Tavlian, a political consultant and the executive editor of the online news site….
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RT @akoseff: He's a dynamic campaigner with a growing national fundraising network. He's also a California Democrat with a tough record to….
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Gavin Newsom isn't running for president, but could he if Biden steps out of the 2024 election? A look at his political assets & liabilities.
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West LA enviros are big mad over this one. The Ballona wetlands restoration project is being blocked, paradoxically, by environmentalists. It was a key part of a settlement reached decades ago that built Playa Vista. Richly reported by @newton_jim
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Playa Vista is a remarkable project in LA housing history. Yet the wetlands restoration remains blocked, paradoxically, by environmentalists.
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RT @TheAtlantic: Much of the nation’s oil and many of its goods pass through L.A. County's industrial-port belt on their way to their final….
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Living and breathing in Southern California’s pollution corridor
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RT @ThompsonScribe: On the breakup of Klay Thompson and the Warriors.
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Klay Thompson has always been his own man. That's why he had to leave. Whenever he returns, it'll be as the legend Warriors fans love.
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RT @CalMatters: Commentary: . “People call the cops on anyone and on anything, and it’s really sad. A lot of the youth in Echo Park have….
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Police helicopters have long evaded oversight and accountability. Scrutiny in LA shows they perpetuate bias and squander taxpayer dollars.
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There’s something profoundly broken with our reality when powering the creation of artificial intelligence is valued more than the preservation of the atmosphere we exist in.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google falling short of important climate target, cites electricity needs of AI.
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RT @r_valejandra: Must read work by @FeliciaMello @WendyFry_ . State inspectors are supposed to visit all farmworker housing to ensure its….
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As more guest workers have come to California, state regulators haven’t ensured that farms are providing safe housing to their workers.
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RT @AlejandroLazo: It looks very likely that California voters in November will be asked to approve a $10 billion bond to pay for the impac….
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RT @MarisaKendall: Big homelessness news today. The Supreme Court in Grants Pass v. Johnson rules cities can punish people for sleeping out….
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No imagination required.
Imagine what this looks like to young people in this country.
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RT @CalMatters: California’s workers’ comp — which is supposed to help people get medical treatment for workplace illnesses and injuries —….
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*whispers* Digital Democracy, @CalMatters' legislative megatool and AI watchdog, can take you straight to the moment Essayli tried to circumvent lawmaking procedures: and you can view the bill page, which shows it was never heard:
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Digital Democracy overview of bill AB 2641: Law enforcement: cooperation with immigration authorities.
Sorry, but we have the receipts. When given the opportunity to support my motion to hear #AB2641 to end sanctuary state protections for pedophiles you refused to vote. You hid like a coward behind “procedure” and your silence enabled more of these abusers to avoid deportation.
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RT @Adam_Ashton: Good news for @calmatters and #localnews. We're participating in the California Local News Fellowship and bringing on two….
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