Opinion: San Mateo County shows why we shouldn’t be electing sheriffs
The fatal flaw in our current elect-the-sheriff model assumes voters have the same access to information as hiring committees, supervisors.
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Opinion: What police departments can do to prevent racist cops
Fix the problem where it starts by changing the broken hiring process
Opinion: Courts lack power to speed trials of abusive elected officials
No amount of legislative cajoling will change the fact that these processes take months at a minimum.
Opinion: Why ouster of San Francisco DA Boudin is troubling
Recall elections should be a last resort against an official whose actions threaten democracy and undermine the will of the people.
Opinion: California has the tools to stop smash-and-grab robberies
Thanks to liberties taken by underzealous DAs, law enforcers and lawbreakers now perceive the system as toothless.
Opinion: America is neglecting missing indigenous women
Why do the likes of Gabby Petito receive our attention while others like Ashley Loring Heavyrunner do not?
We can’t ignore link between mass shootings, domestic abuse
Almost 60% of mass shooting incidents between 2014 and 2019 involved a perpetrator who was a domestic abuser.
Opinion: Any Prop 47 changes must be based on scientific evidence
California should take care in altering any of the voter-approved initiative on criminal reform sentencing
Opinion: DA Rosen should take holistic view and champion reform
Opinion: DA Rosen should take holistic view and champion reform