Gov. Newsom: A ‘Solar Tax’ Threatens Your Climate Legacy
Esperanza Vielma, Ambrose Carroll and Francisco Moreno are founders of the Coalition for Environmental Equity and Economics (CEEE) and...
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Nov. 13, 2022 – Vol. 3, Issue 5
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Ben Testani
Nov 5, 2022
How to Turnout Young Voters Each Fall
A frequent election question received from readers – particularly Democrats – is how more young voters can be engaged and turned out to...
Mario Guerrero
Oct 21, 2022
Sacramento Stonewall Dems denounce school board candidate’s transgender bathroom comment
Mario Guerrero is president of Stonewall Democrats of Greater Sacramento. Its mission is to advance equal rights for all people,...
Ben Testani
Oct 21, 2022
Voters: Make 3 times a charm for Prop 29 dialysis reforms
Ben Testani is a 24-year-old digital strategist for progressive political causes. Based in Oakland, he also authors the Substack column...
Derek Cressman
Oct 6, 2022
Sacramento’s municipal utility wildly overspends on executive pay, marketing & other fixed costs
Derek Cressman is a longtime government watchdog and Sacramento resident for the last 22 years. He is also a current candidate this fall...
Nick Pilch
Aug 18, 2022
In Newsom-DeSantis rivalry, it’ll surprise who’s better on rooftop solar
Nick Pilch is an environmentalist and from 2014-2020 was a Council Member in the Bay Area town of Albany, Calif. This included serving as...
Pat Needles
Jul 31, 2022
How ADA compliant is your website? Digital accessibility lawsuits rise in California
Pat Needles is vice president of Equidox PDF Accessibility Solutions, an Ohio-based firm that specializes in helping organizations make...
Susannah Saunders & Rebecca Elliot
Jun 24, 2022
Mission critical: CPUC can (finally) meet its mission by saving rooftop solar incentives
Revision of California’s rooftop solar program has received more guest essay submissions than any other issue in SactoPolitico.com...
Ed Millican
Jun 24, 2022
San Bernardino County Democrats unified behind pair of union issues
Ed Millican is an elected member of the central committee of the San Bernardino County Democratic Party and a California Teachers...
Elizabeth Galante
Jun 9, 2022
Rooftop solar advice for Gov. Newsom from low-income solar installer
California’s Net Energy Metering program (NEM) has encouraged about 9% of the state’s electrical ratepayers to install solar systems on...
Irene Kao & Hatzune Aguilar
May 22, 2022
Latinx Voters key to Dems flipping Central Valley seats & keeping U.S. House
Irene Kao is executive director of Courage California, a statewide progressive organization uniting communities for progressive change,...
Mary Creasman
Apr 26, 2022
Guest essay: California needs a climate courage budget
Mary Creasman is the CEO of California Environmental Voters. Formerly the California League of Conservation Voters, EnviroVoters is a...
Henry Stern & April Verrett
Apr 26, 2022
Guest essay: To fix nursing homes, listen to nursing home workers
California State Senator Henry Stern (D-Los Angeles) has made elder protection a priority in his legislative career. In 2021, he authored...
Carolee Krieger
Apr 26, 2022
Deep reservations on Sites Reservoir
Carolee Krieger is executive director of the California Water Impact Network, a state-wide organization that advocates for the equitable...
Jennifer Tanner
Mar 29, 2022
Gov. Newsom: Forget PG&E crocodile tears; save rooftop solar
Jennifer Tanner is the director of Indivisible’s Green Team, which represents hundreds of Indivisible chapters across California....
Elizabeth Chamberlain & Sander Kushen
Mar 5, 2022
Guest Essay: SB 983 will help Californians fix products faster, less expensively
Elizabeth Chamberlain is Director of Sustainability for the free repair manual website iFixit, where she heads internal sustainability...
Lee Miller
Jan 26, 2022
Gov. Newsom: Don’t let sun go down on rooftop solar
Sacramento County-resident Lee Miller is a Board Member with Solar Rights Alliance, a statewide nonprofit association of California solar...
Dave Rosenfeld
Dec 15, 2021
Rooftop Solar Storm: Newsom must reverse ‘disastrous’ anti-solar proposal
Dave Rosenfeld is the executive director of the San Diego-based Solar Rights Alliance. He has been a community organizer for more than 20...
Faye Nabhani
Nov 26, 2021
Incoming SAFE Credit Union CEO to maintain corporate responsibility focus
Last week, Faye Nabhani was named SAFE Credit Union’s incoming President/CEO. Currently Chief Credit Officer for Folsom-based bank, she...
Robert Herrell
Nov 26, 2021
California Consumers: Beware Shadowy Corporate Attacks
Robert Herrell is executive director of the Consumer Federation of California (CFC), a statewide non-profit that has been advocating for...
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