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AI is California’s next Big One. The future governor must prepare accordingly.
OPINION — No one knows when California’s next major earthquake will hit, but the state prepares for it anyway. We are now facing something even more seismic and unpredictable in artificial intelligence, and we are woefully unprepared. The next governor will tackle a long list of problems, but an AI agenda must be top priority because it touches nearly everything else and the pace of change is too fast for individual Californians to weather on their own.
AI is California’s next Big One. The future governor must prepare accordingly.
Opinion Image by Maxiphoto, iStock Images. by TERI OLLE AND DON HOWARD posted 10.23.2026 Capitol Weekly welcomes Opinions on California public policy or politics. Please read our guidelines for opinion pieces before submitting an Op-Ed. Submissions that do not adhere to our guidelines will not be considered for publication. OPINION — No one knows when California’s next major earthquake will hit, but the state prepares for it anyway.
Philanthropy’s Role in Ensuring Renewable Power Creates Good Jobs and Community Benefits
Philanthropy is in a unique position to use its resources and bridge-building power to leverage billions of federal climate dollars to create more equitable local economies and jobs. But funders must act nimbly, and now, to do so. The federal government is pouring money into the clean energy transition, like the $27 billion recently announced under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
Philanthropy's Role in Ensuring Renewable Power Creates Good Jobs and Community Benefits
Philanthropy is in a unique position to use its resources and bridge-building power to leverage billions of federal climate dollars to create more equitable local economies and jobs. But funders must act nimbly, and now, to do so. The federal government is pouring money into the clean energy transition, like the $27 billion recently announced under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
Small businesses are key drivers for California’s economy, more equitable opportunity - Capitol Weekly
Opinion Open cafe or restaurant. Open sign board on glass door in modern cafe coffee shop by HILDA KENNEDY & DON HOWARD posted 04.23.2024 Twitter Facebook Email OPINION – California’s large, iconic companies are most often in the spotlight, but small businesses are what drive our economy. These locally owned employers are the lifeblood of community prosperity, particularly for women and people of color who often see entrepreneurship as a path to financial independence.
How philanthropy can partner with the public sector to build equitable infrastructure
Infrastructure is much more than concrete and steel beams; it’s an engine of economic growth and prosperity. It supports the daily services we rely on, powers businesses, and connects people to jobs. For too long, that engine has been neglected—especially in low-income communities and communities of color. But now an unprecedented surge of infrastructure funding across America has opened a window of opportunity that we cannot afford to miss.
Building infrastructure using inclusive planning
Billions of federal infrastructure dollars are going out to states and localities, and public officials must make crucial decisions now about where and how the money is spent. If decisions are made from the top-down, rather than with community voices at the center, we’ll fail to spend the money effectively or equitably—just as we’ve done in the past. Infrastructure projects have a long history of creating inequality and segregation.
Infrastructure investment an opportunity to build more equitable CA economy - Capitol Weekly
Twitter Facebook Email OPINION – Federal and state officials were in San Diego recently to celebrate the newly rebuilt West Mission Bay Drive Bridge and the billions in infrastructure funding flowing to projects all over California. Looking beyond the photo op, I see an opportunity to not only repair our roads and bridges but also build a new vision of shared prosperity and quality jobs for all Californians. It’s not only our infrastructure that is in disrepair.
Sacramento leaders can build climate resilience and our economy. Here’s how | Opinion
The severe storms that battered our state in recent weeks are a stark reminder that climate change isn’t a theory but an active, urgent threat. Californians who struggle the most in our economy are the hardest hit by dramatic changes in our climate. This is no accident: Decades of systemic racism and classism have led to neglected infrastructure and economic opportunity in communities of color and low-income areas.
Sacramento leaders can build climate resilience and our economy. Here’s how | Opinion
The severe storms that battered our state in recent weeks are a stark reminder that climate change isn’t a theory but an active, urgent threat. Californians who struggle the most in our economy are the hardest hit by dramatic changes in our climate. This is no accident: Decades of systemic racism and classism have led to neglected infrastructure and economic opportunity in communities of color and low-income areas.
Growing Public Support for Worker Rights Should be Matched by Increased Philanthropic Giving
When the pandemic put essential workers center stage, many doubted that the surge in gratitude for the people who power the nation’s economy would last. But more than two years later, support for workers is holding strong. A 2022 survey by Just Capital of public attitudes toward corporate America found that treatment of workers was the top priority when assessing company behavior. And support for unions is at its highest level since 1965, garnering 71 percent approval in a recent Gallup poll.
Philanthropy Needs to Ensure That Massive Infrastructure Spending Goes to Communities That Too Often Miss Out
As a huge infusion of government infrastructure dollars rolls out across the nation, philanthropy has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to do things differently. Unlike in the past, grant makers can make sure those funds are shared equitably and create economic benefits for all Americans. A chance like this hasn’t presented itself in decades.
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