California once led in government transparency. It descended into secrecy and opacity • AG Bonta ditches fair dealing on ballot titles
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| | California has its own debt crisis but, unlike the federal government, it cannot print money. |
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| California’s shortcomings in transparency have not gone unnoticed outside the state. |
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| Only rare AGs have the fortitude to administer the law fairly, so it’s time to vest this power in a less political office. |
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| No one wants to get audited when the number-crunchers are Treasury Department-based and coming after you, personally. |
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| Equating green climate policies with the overall quality of life ignores the burdens such policies impose on everyday Americans. |
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| California already has a stringent charter school approval process. Withdraw SB 1380. |
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| Providing additional schooling options would pressure school bureaucracies and jobs-protecting teachers’ unions to improve, and to them that’s not a tolerable outcome. |
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| Journalistic malpractice, whether about Russiagate, concocted claims of electoral fraud, COVID-19 or Hunter Biden’s laptop, is epidemic. |
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| Newsom announced an “emergency bill” in response to restrictions on abortions in Arizona, in another distraction and excuse to increase his profile rather than prioritizing California. |
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| The death penalty is a stain on our values as Californians, and we must finally stop perpetuating cycles of punishment and violence and instead invest in healing and rehabilitation. |
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