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Borenstein: California taxpayer pension costs grew eightfold since 1999; new plans add billions more

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Borenstein: California taxpayer pension costs grew eightfold since 1999; new plans add billions more

admin August 16, 2026 0

Bipartisan bill unwinds Jerry Brown's reforms, doubles down on flawed law that’s strangling local governments with billions...

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Opinion: Artificial intelligence can imitate us, but it cannot truly design or invent

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Opinion: Artificial intelligence can imitate us, but it cannot truly design or invent

admin August 15, 2026 0

Generative models excel at transforming old patterns, but true design relies on genuine human invention

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Opinion: California must protect West Oakland from Trump’s toxic coal terminal

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Opinion: California must protect West Oakland from Trump’s toxic coal terminal

admin August 15, 2026 0

Assembly Bill 40 will mandate a robust environmental review to halt unchecked pollution before construction begins

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Letters: Palm trees belong in LA, not ‘Valley of Oaks’

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Letters: Palm trees belong in LA, not ‘Valley of Oaks’

admin August 14, 2026 0

Also: Distracted driving | Payment a bargain | Aid to Israel | GOP control. Mercury News reader...

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Opinion: A balanced approach to Social Security

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Opinion: A balanced approach to Social Security

admin August 14, 2026 0

Preserving universality through shared sacrifice is essential to keeping Social Security solvent for everyone

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Arellano: What gets me so angry about California’s proposed billionaire tax

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Arellano: What gets me so angry about California’s proposed billionaire tax

admin August 14, 2026 0

The billionaire tax fixes nothing, solves too little for too short a time and worsens a broken...

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Opinion: California studied employee ownership. SB 1174 would put the evidence to work.

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Opinion: California studied employee ownership. SB 1174 would put the evidence to work.

admin August 12, 2026 0

'California has credible evidence that broad-based employee ownership can improve job stability and worker wealth, along with...

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Opinion: No one who works full time should be on Medicaid

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Opinion: No one who works full time should be on Medicaid

admin August 12, 2026 0

Taxpayers are footing the bill as profitable corporations rely on government assistance to subsidize low wages

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Schram: The case for de-faking the news

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Schram: The case for de-faking the news

admin August 8, 2026 0

'Too many of my journalistic colleagues just don’t seem as good as they need to be at...

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Letters: Penalizing nonvoters would amount to a tax on the poor

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Letters: Penalizing nonvoters would amount to a tax on the poor

admin August 7, 2026 0

Also: Climate hope | Punish fraudsters | Arguments on merit | Disqualifying fund | Untrustworthy duo. Mercury...

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