Doris Morgan Rueda: The moral panic against social media threatens rights of young people • Reggie Jones-Sawyer’s incoherent idea of what it means to be a ‘New Testament kind of guy’
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Monday, August 21, 2023

California Democrat Dave Cortese’s Senate Bill 553 will unleash thieves across the state

Isn’t it about time legislators stepped back before knee-jerk voting for things that may look like do-gooder plans?

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Doris Morgan Rueda: The moral panic against social media threatens rights of young people

By seeking to purge children from the internet, conservative lawmakers are denying young people the right to expression, speech, and creativity.

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Reggie Jones-Sawyer’s incoherent idea of what it means to be a ‘New Testament kind of guy’

Jones-Sawyer, the progressive Democrat who chairs the Assembly Public Safety Committee, has been under fire recently for his policy positions, including when he recently tried killing a bill that would have codified child sex trafficking as a “serious” felony.

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Closing Men’s Central Jail in LA without a replacement will do a lot more harm than good

L.A. County can, and should, work on building trust in public mental health by building a system that works. But to do that, it will need to proceed responsibly—and it will need to invest in jails.

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Building trust is essential to keep communities safe. Immigration reforms can help

Trust is the lifeblood of community-oriented policing, and it is especially essential to reach marginalized groups.

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Assembly Constitutional Amendment 13 is an attack on you, the California taxpayer

It’s unseemly to try to manipulate the state constitution in order to defeat the taxpayer protections enshrined by Proposition 13.

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California spends billions on homelessness, but political squabbling undermines efforts

Homelessness is an exceedingly difficult issue on its own, but it’s made infinitely worse when public officials can’t cooperate on how to approach it.

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What members of the editorial board think about Trump’s four indictments

Let us know what you think at opinion@scng.com

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Matt Fleming: The state shouldn’t block professors from testifying on behalf of students harmed by lockdowns

California is blocking two Stanford University education professors from testifying on behalf of a group of students who say the state’s COVID response hurt historically disadvantaged students.

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Corporate mergers are under attack, but not on your behalf

Consumer welfare should be the sole standard for antitrust law.

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