Marc Joffe

LA Metro鈥檚 board is going to address its safety crisis by investigating such costly technologies as facial recognition and body imaging devices to keep known offenders and weapons away from transit vehicles and stations.

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Transit dangers are scaring away riders. Will transit authorities do anything about it?

April 30, 2024 at 9:36 a.m.

LA Metro鈥檚 board is going to address its safety crisis by investigating such costly technologies as facial recognition and body imaging devices to keep known offenders and weapons away from...

Regardless of whether climate change is an emergency or a longer-term concern, the high-speed rail project is not a cost-effective way to address it.

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New figures show that California High-Speed Rail won鈥檛 do much about climate change

February 24, 2024 at 7:15 p.m.

Regardless of whether climate change is an emergency or a longer-term concern, the high-speed rail project is not a cost-effective way to address it.

California policymakers should start looking for ways to rein in its costly Medi-Cal program.

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色情论坛om taps federal government to help fill California鈥檚 budget hole

January 11, 2024 at 6:01 a.m.

California policymakers should start looking for ways to rein in its costly Medi-Cal program.

Under the circumstances, state leaders should figure out how to wind down the project.

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New federal grant not enough to bail out California High-Speed Rail Authority

December 7, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.

Under the circumstances, state leaders should figure out how to wind down the project.

As the demand for nursing homes and other long-term care arrangements increases, there will be pressure to raise state reimbursement rates.

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Medi-Cal senior care change will pressure California鈥檚 state budget

December 3, 2023 at 8:10 p.m.

As the demand for nursing homes and other long-term care arrangements increases, there will be pressure to raise state reimbursement rates.

In their latest attempt to circumvent Proposition 13, California state legislators have voted to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot that will make it easier for local governments to raise taxes.

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Does California really need more money?

September 21, 2023 at 3:53 p.m.

In their latest attempt to circumvent Proposition 13, California state legislators have voted to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot that will make it easier for local governments to...

Open debate serves as an essential check on power that often leads to better decisions.

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Marc Joffe: A practical case against censorship

August 1, 2023 at 11:40 a.m.

Open debate serves as an essential check on power that often leads to better decisions.

The legislature should ask Authority leadership how it plans to address the heighted flood risk around Corcoran and other Central Valley locations impacted by subsidence

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Central Valley subsidence and flooding are the next threat to high-speed rail

June 21, 2023 at 4:38 p.m.

The legislature should ask Authority leadership how it plans to address the heighted flood risk around Corcoran and other Central Valley locations impacted by subsidence

Lawmakers should be throwing foster children a life-raft: one leading to the forever home that they all deserve.

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Two California foster care bills miss the mark

April 25, 2023 at 8:00 a.m.

Lawmakers should be throwing foster children a life-raft: one leading to the forever home that they all deserve.

Whether the issue is homelessness, transportation, or education, all of us critical of the Sacramento establishment should agree on greater accountability.

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California needs an alliance between good government and small government forces

April 4, 2023 at 11:33 p.m.

Whether the issue is homelessness, transportation, or education, all of us critical of the Sacramento establishment should agree on greater accountability.

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