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Gov. Newsom’s Proposition 1: Complete coverage of the California mental health measure and our recommendation
To understand the proposal, read the news story, analysis, pro and con opinions, and our editorial endorsement
Editorial: I-10 inferno, Caltrans ineptness should end dangerous storage program
New agency report reveals failed fire inspections and inadequate safeguards to prevent another conflagration
Editorial: Newsom’s Prop. 1 for mental health deserves support
Measure targets homeless with severe mental illnesses with a $6.4 billion bond and new uses for 'millionaires' tax.'
Our Bay Area endorsements for Tuesday’s primary election ballot
Mercury News and East Bay Times editorial board recommendations for Contra Costa, Alameda and Santa Clara counties
Editorial: Gavin Newsom owns California’s $68 billion budget deficit
Governor should heed Republicans' call for a special legislative session to swiftly close the shortfall.
Editorial: After Interstate 10 inferno, California should stop leasing freeway land
Bay Area could be next. Caltrans, incapable of monitoring storage sites under roadways, fails to show the risks are justified.
Editorial: California Legislature must act to support local news
Google and Facebook should be expected to pay for the journalism they now pirate from publishers.
Editorial: Here’s how to break the Oakland A’s grip on the Coliseum
Even though the team is leaving, a horrible 2019 deal gives billionaire team owner John Fisher a stranglehold on the land.
Editorial: Tainted probe of Baby Phoenix fentanyl death should be halted
Let state investigators do their job. Santa Clara County inquiry lacks independence and qualified personnel.
Editorial: Effort to remove DA Price prompts smart recall rule changes
Proposed charter rewrite, with a key clarification, deserves support of Alameda County supervisors and voters.