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Editorial: Prop. 36’s smart response to crime, addiction, homelessness
Measure provides much-needed adjustment to well-intentioned criminal justice reform measure state voters passed in 2014.
Editorial: Elect Shiloh Ballard to only opening on troubled Valley Water board
Agency's leaders have embarked on costly and foolish projects, and deceived voters to hang on...
Our Bay Area endorsements for the Nov. 5 election ballot
Mercury News and East Bay Times editorial board recommendations so far for Contra Costa, Alameda...
Editorial: California should end deceitful bond elections before lowering vote threshold
No on Prop. 5, which would make local tax-measure passage easier without addressing repeated campaign...
Editorial: No, California inmates should not be entitled to refuse to do chores in prison
Proposition 6, cloaked in language about slavery, is really about prisoners' ability to refuse to...
Editorial: California’s Prop. 4 favors politics over sound policy. Vote no.
Hodgepodge of environmental programs lacks priorities or analysis of how to deliver biggest bang for...
Editorial: Stop ‘evil’ Google’s destruction of local journalism
California lawmakers should counter company's monopolistic practices by making them pay for news content they...
Editorial: California voters should protect same-sex marriage from U.S. Supreme Court assault
Proposition 3 would update the state Constitution to match the mores of the 21st century