Governor Gavin Newsom’s signing of SB 79 represents a modest step towards addressing California’s housing crisis, but it is not enough to fix the state’s broken housing system and will not result in the necessary affordable housing being built.
President Trump’s trade policy of tariffs has had a negative impact on American soybean farmers, leading to a decrease in exports to China and a potential bailout for the agriculture industry.
The New York State DOCCS has limited family visits for incarcerated people, causing stress and disruption to their lives and the lives of their families, and exacerbating the mental health crisis in prisons.
Naomi Wolf warned us that democracies die in stages, and President Trump’s Project 2025 is a manual for turning dangerous precedents into permanent policy, as evidenced by the use of federal agents and National Guard forces in cities like Portland, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.
Rejecting Columbus Day is not about erasing history, but about refusing to perpetuate a national holiday rooted in myth, conquest, enslavement and sexual terror, and instead honoring the survival, resilience, and cultural continuity of the Indigenous Peoples who endured.
The city of Davis is considering a revised affordable housing plan that will reduce the number of units by 21, but increase the number of bedrooms, resulting in a measurable loss of project-based income to the city and an increase in municipal usage costs.
A capital defense attorney reflects on her client’s execution and the fight for dignity amid state-sanctioned death.
In a world of digital distraction and entertainment, citizens are more likely to be controlled by pleasure and distraction than by pain and surveillance, making it easier for authoritarianism to creep in and take hold.
The Davis Hate Free Together program needs to evolve beyond addressing individual prejudice and focus on fostering shared understanding and dialogue between groups, rather than using a “hate eradication” model that can be polarizing and counterproductive.
The Trump administration is arming USCIS special agents with firearms and allowing them to make arrests, in an effort to weaponize the agency and make it harder for immigrants to obtain legal status and citizenship.
Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a preemptive attack targeting dozens of locations across Iran, with the aim of disabling Iranian air defenses to enable US bomber strafing missions in the near future.
Davis voters overwhelmingly renewed Measure J in 2020, but the context of the vote and the worsening housing crisis have led to mounting pressure from the state to demonstrate progress on housing production, and the city is now exploring whether to modify Measure J to meet state mandates while preserving local control.
The City of Davis is considering modifying Measure J to allow developers to qualify for exemptions through affordable housing, climate or environmental mitigation, community benefits, or an Urban Limit Line, in response to increasing state pressure on the city’s housing policies.
The Trump administration is building out a national paramilitary policing force that could be used to intimidate people and consolidate power, but states have tools to resist this dangerous abuse of power and protect communities from intimidation.
Vera’s research reveals that ICE is detaining more than 59,000 people across the US, with 17 private facilities holding over 1,000 people per day and 2 facilities exceeding 2,000 people, and the Trump administration has allocated an unprecedented $45 billion for detention and $30 billion for additional enforcement.
Senate Bill 634 would hold cities accountable for addressing homelessness by preventing them from banning supportive services and ensuring that those services reach people experiencing homelessness.
California needs to invest in comprehensive victim services and a trauma recovery infrastructure to provide immediate support to those affected by violence, rather than relying solely on enforcement.
Families share how Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order upended their hopes, and forced them to consider early births or leaving the U.S.
The federal government should not use the National Guard to enforce law and order, as it is ineffective, potentially illegal, and risks undermining community trust and civil liberties, and instead should focus on evidence-based, tailored approaches to public safety.
The housing crisis is not a result of declining birth rates, but rather the unaffordable cost of housing, which is driving people to delay marriage and having children, and forcing workers to live further away from their jobs, leading to longer commutes, higher emissions, and a diminished quality of life.