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A shadow teacher contract puts Sacramento City Unified deeper in the hole | Opinion

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By Tom Philp Verified
| The Sacramento Bee Verified
Mike Fine, CEO of the state’s Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team, reviews Sacramento City Unified School District on Thursday, May 7, 2026. Fine does not expect the state retirement system to allow the district to raid a trust fund for retired teacher health care costs. The Sacramento City Unified School District is dangerously circumventing the authority of county education officials by moving forward with a borrow-and-spend strategy to delay insolvency.
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Why Richard Pan wouldn’t say “genocide” when Kevin Kiley pressed him on Israel | Opinion

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By Tom Philp Verified
| The Sacramento Bee Verified
Israel was the subtext of a fiery debate between 6th Congressional District candidates Rep. Kevin Kiley and Dr. Richard Pan on Monday night, an hour-long event hosted by The Bee that saw Kiley try multiple times to bait Pan into answering a controversial question: Has Israel committed genocide against Palestinians? Pan wouldn’t allow himself to be cornered into answering yes or no, a sign of the outsized role that Israel plays in American politics.
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Ashby has a way to manage homelessness. Sacramento County lags behind | Opinion

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By Tom Philp Verified
| The Sacramento Bee Verified
State Sen. Angelique Ashby, D-Sacramento, speaks at a news conference at the state Capitol on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, about her homeless governance bill, SB 802. Promises by local officials to come up with an alternative have resulted in nothing. In Sacramento County we have joint authorities to advance transit, libraries, sewage treatment and flood control, to name a few. But the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors has long resisted a joint powers authority to address homelessness.
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