June 8, 2008 - Parks Access Pass: A winning solution during the budget crisis

May 1, 2008 - Understanding Republican Legislators’ Budget Proposals for California’s Schools—and What is Really Still Missing

May 1, 2008 - Moth has state flying in circles

March 30, 2008 - California’s Budget–How We Got Here and Where We Should Go

March 26, 2008 - Santa Cruz County’s LBAM Slam Continues

March 7, 2008 - New chance for public radio

January 31, 2008 - Climate Change: What it means for California's water

January 14, 2008 - Governor wants education cut, parks closed and prisoners released

December 4, 2007 - Residents have earned speedy and comprehensive perchlorate cleanup order

November 28, 2007 - Easy fixes got us into this budget mess

November 21, 2007 - Oil Spill Fouls Environment and Economy

November 7, 2007 - Gov’s green building veto out of step with California

October 25, 2007 - Central Coast’s LBAM Jam

October 4, 2007 - Water policy should focus on conservation, recycling and cleanup

September 26, 2007 - The New Legislative Session

August 30, 2007 - Broken process yields a bad budget for California

August 14, 2007 - John Laird: Water conservation is answer for future

July 29, 2007 - Health care for kids needs top priority

July 18, 2007 - Governor’s resolve on global warming melting away?

July 3, 2007 - Dumping Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?

June 30, 2007 - A Balanced, Fair, and Responsible California Budget Ready for Senate and Assembly Floor Votes

June 21, 2007 - Capped, gowned and on to the next phase

June 17, 2007 - UC Santa Cruz Stevenson College Commencement Remarks

June 6, 2007 - Getting closer to a level playing field for locals

May 16, 2007 - May Revise Points Us Away from the Post-Partisan Budget We Can Still Have

May 13, 2007 - Green is going mainstream for businesses around Monterey Bay

May 9, 2007 - Fox News' Nightmare: The Queer Youth Leadership Awards

April 23, 2007 - Irrigating California’s future: to dam or not to dam?

March 28, 2007 - Sacramento Goes to Washington

March 9, 2007 - Delving deeper into UC’s planning process

March 1, 2007 - How green can we go in 2007?

February 28, 2007 - Town – Gown Relationships – A Chance to Fix Them?

January 26, 2007 - Sacramento talks about healthcare

January 16, 2007 - Kids vs. Wall St. bankers, which would you choose?

January 4, 2007 - Who is the governor really?

December 21, 2006 - New legislators climb steep learning curve

December 7, 2006 - Let's Move California Forward On Kids' Healthcare

November 9, 2006 - Perfect Antidote to Campaign Season Hangovers: "Practical Activism"

October 12, 2006 - Governor Vetoes Electoral College Reform

September 24, 2006 - Virginia Johnson and Assemblyman John Laird: Local environmental goals set for 2010

September 14, 2006 - Legislature Delivers on Key Issues

August 31, 2006 - The Big Embarrassment

August 15, 2006 - The Race to the Legislative Finish Line

July 18, 2006 - Let's continue the momentum of "An Inconvenient Truth"

July 6, 2006 - A moral imperative: stop global warming

June 16, 2006 - A Budget Worth the Wait

June 8, 2006 - Action in the State Assembly

May 18, 2006 - Making Universal Health Insurance a Reality for California' s Children

May 11, 2006 - Water Woes

April 20, 2006 - The state budget, a missed opportunity

April 6, 2006 - Invest in Culture

March 21, 2006 - Effort for bond was intense

March 10, 2006 - Fixing delta levee system is costly, but only way to protect water supply.

March 9, 2006 - More Access to Food Stamps

March 6, 2006 - Hold Olin Accountable for Perchlorate Pollution

February 23, 2006 - Knowing Bill AB 2076

February 4, 2006 - The Governor Visited the Monterey Bay Area, But What Do His Education Proposals Really Mean?

January 14, 2006 - Governor Schwarzenegger: Learning lessons

December 29, 2005 - Top 10 Moments Representing The Monterey Bay Area In The State Assembly

December 29, 2005 - The state of AIDS funding

December 29, 2005 - Take a Trip to the State Archives

November 23, 2005 - After The Special Election: What Next?

June 2, 2005 - It's Time for a State Budget That Looks to the Future

May 26, 2005 - Laird Legislation Attempts To Strengthen Centerpiece of California Non-discrimination Law

May 11, 2005 - Strong Community College Health Centers Vital to Keeping Students in College

March 23, 2005 - California Schools – What do you want for our children?

March 7, 2005 - Governor's Robocut Proposal A "Trojan Humvee" for Education