Opinion - SMDP (Page 81)

Why Newsom’s Senate appointment gives California voters more power in the 2024 election

Dianne Feinstein’s death, and the subsequent decision to fill her U.S. Senate seat with Laphonza Butler, led to criticism by other possible claimants. While Butler has announced that

By Guest Author

/ 14 Nov 2023

Why Newsom’s Senate appointment gives California voters more power in the 2024 election

Once homeless, California makes it needlessly difficult for people to regain housing

For all the billions that California has invested to solve the homeless crisis, we have yet to commit to the most critical changes. I know because I’ve lived it.

By Guest Author

/ 13 Nov 2023

Once homeless, California makes it needlessly difficult for people to regain housing

Protecting Californians’ Social Care Access

California has a healthcare and social services crisis on its hands. This state’s people live in a time of great generational vulnerability. Homelessness, food insecurity, and mental health diagnoses

By Guest Author

/ 13 Nov 2023

Protecting Californians’ Social Care Access

Will Gavin Newsom wind up as one of California’s unpopular ex-governors?

Sooner or later, some California governors wear out their welcome and leave office in clouds of popular disdain. It’s not a universal syndrome. Republican Ronald Reagan maintained his popularity,

By Cal Matters

/ 10 Nov 2023

Will Gavin Newsom wind up as one of California’s unpopular ex-governors?

Housing alone won’t solve homelessness, California must expand its mental health system

I have learned a lot about how easy it is for someone to fall through the cracks, especially when it comes to the mental health system where all those cracks

By Guest Author

/ 10 Nov 2023

Housing alone won’t solve homelessness, California must expand its mental health system

How Houston curbed homelessness

When I joined the Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County almost 10 years ago as an eager 28-year-old, I had no idea what I was signing

By Guest Author

/ 10 Nov 2023

The Last Stand: Heroes at Ballona Wetlands

With all the grim news in the world these days, and I’m not even including pathological prevaricator George Santos still being a member of Congress, I’m pleased to

By Jack Neworth

/ 10 Nov 2023

The Last Stand: Heroes at Ballona Wetlands

Restaurant Review: Yakitori in Tokyo vs. Yakitoriya in LA

There are a lot of good restaurants in the Palisades and Santa Monica, and some wonderful sushi havens. But no Yakitori! When I was in Japan last month, we enjoyed

By Merv Hecht

/ 9 Nov 2023

Restaurant Review: Yakitori in Tokyo vs. Yakitoriya in LA

Barber/Hives/Devo/Miller/Mednick

HAPPY 80th BIRTHDAY, JONI! Her BD was Tuesday, 11/7, a lucky number. She suffered a brain aneurysm in 2015, that left her unable to walk or talk. Or know

By Charles Andrews

/ 9 Nov 2023

Shifting how California funds its mental health system is critical to getting more people off the streets

What if we could reach each person suffering from mental illness or addiction on California’s streets and assertively surround them with the resources they need to get well and

By Guest Author

/ 8 Nov 2023

Shifting how California funds its mental health system is critical to getting more people off the streets

California needs to change its homeless policies, not spend more money

California’s homeless crisis has plagued the state for years, and despite throwing a staggering amount of money trying to solve it, the problem is only getting worse. In 2018,

By Guest Author

/ 7 Nov 2023

Homeless tents at an encampment near the PATH apartment complex in Los Angeles on Nov. 17, 2021.

Pennywise and pound foolish

These days you hear a lot of talk about affordability. We talk about inflation, growing inequality, rents, our growing homeless population, how expensive housing and food is and how we’

By Guest Author

/ 6 Nov 2023