Who Is Accountable for Oil Waste in California Drinking Water?
Records raise questions about oversight, wastewater injection, and safeguards for aquifers protected as drinking-water sources.
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California policy in context.
Browse analysis and archive reporting on the public systems, political choices, and community concerns shaping life across the state.
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What Comes After Disruption?
Public protest can open a political moment; durable organizing connects that moment to specific demands, coalitions, and measurable action.
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California Law-Enforcement Deaths: Who Faces the Greatest Risk?
A statewide analysis examines demographic patterns in officer-involved deaths and the unequal risks reflected in the historical record.
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The Enduring Link Between Racial and Economic Justice
A review of why civil rights, labor dignity, economic inclusion, and full citizenship remain inseparable concerns.
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High-Speed Rail and the Test of Long-Term Public Investment
The rail debate brings cost, climate, mobility, regional access, and infrastructure planning into a single long-term policy test.
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Lessons from an Earlier Tenant-Law Agenda
An earlier legislative agenda offers context on renter protections, housing access, political stalemates, and unresolved policy questions.
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How Geography Changes the Picture of Law-Enforcement Deaths
The first part examines why smaller and more remote communities can produce a different geographic picture than common assumptions suggest.
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When Responses to Prescription-Drug Misuse Create Unintended Harm
A patient-centered account considers how broad restrictions can affect people living with serious and persistent pain.
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Revisiting Criticism of California’s Large-Scale Water Proposals
An archive dispatch revisits the competing ideas, environmental concerns, and public priorities surrounding major water infrastructure.
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An Archive Guide to Health-Law Implementation and Access
A retrospective guide to network adequacy, oversight, coverage, and the practical work required to turn health legislation into access.
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A connected policy record
- Water and climate
- Housing and tenants
- Health and care
- Justice and rights
- Transportation
- Economic policy
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The monthly archive preserves earlier debates for comparison with later decisions.