Sandoval Brings Trust, Integrity to PUC Work

July 7, 2016

Mercury News By Paul Goodman Sandoval brings trust, integrity to PUC work The Mercury News (“To restore trust, change PUC culture,” Editorial, July 1) claims that California Public Utilities Commissioner Catherine Sandoval is not working in the public interest. Nothing…
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Legal Pot Should Entail Racial Fairness

June 30, 2016

By Orson Aguilar Slowly but surely, marijuana prohibition is ending. Legalization can help undo the racist impact of the war on this widely used drug — but it could also help perpetuate injustice. Four states and the District of Columbia…
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How Does America Break its Obsession with Hatred and Guns?

June 16, 2016

The Huffington Post Orson Aguilar The country we live in today is divided by wealth, race, religion, party, and political ideology. Few countries are as big and as diverse as the U.S., yet we live in a nation that is…
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What’s ‘Waste’ to the Oil Lobby

June 6, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle By Alvaro Sanchez and Bill Magavern Big Oil must love income inequality and our country’s shocking racial wealth gap. The industry’s latest campaign aims to perpetuate these injustices while attacking California’s efforts against climate change. The Western…
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“Too Big to Fail” Also Applies to Health Care

June 1, 2016

Huffington Post By Orson Aguilar We hear a lot about “too-big-to-fail” banks, and rightly so. It’s time to bring that same discussion to health insurance. Most Americans first learned about too-big-to-fail when financial industry recklessness crashed our economy, causing an…
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A Welcome Focus on Racial Justice

May 11, 2016

Lancaster Online By Orson Aguilar The 2016 presidential campaign is proving historic in many ways both good and bad. Among the good: the amount of attention being paid to the issue of racial justice. This didn’t occur spontaneously, of course.…
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For Angelenos Looking for Work, Fingerprinting Can Be a Lifetime Sentence

March 30, 2016

Los Angeles Daily News By Orson Aguilar Once again, politicians are pushing for fingerprint-based background checks for anyone who wants to drive for Uber, Lyft or similar services. This approach won’t help safety, but will hurt L.A.’s communities of color.…
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Letters to the Editor on Page A8 of Saturday, March 26, 2016 Issue of San Francisco Chronicle

March 29, 2016

San Francisco Chronicle “Put the spark in EV charging” mischaracterizes PG&E’s vastly improved EV charging station pilot proposed in a settlement to the California Public Utilities Commission, an agreement developed with active participation of groups representing disadvantaged community advocates and…
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Fighting the Housing Crisis by Attacking Climate Change

March 21, 2016

Huffington Post By Orson Aguilar While the presidential candidates continue a disheartening debate about whether or not climate change is real, my home state of California has taken the discussion to a whole new level: We’re showing that smart policies…
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Affordable Housing: A Tool to Fight Smog, Traffic

March 9, 2016

Capitol Weekly By Ryan Wiggins and Alvaro Sanchez We generally think it a big success when public policy successfully fixes a serious problem. Right now, smart California policies are effectively tackling three major issues at once: housing, traffic, and climate…
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