The Editorial Board

The editorial board and opinion section staff are independent of the news-gathering side of our organization. Through our staff-written editorials, we take positions on important issues affecting our readership, from pension reform to protecting our region’s unique natural resources to transportation. The editorials are unsigned because, while written by one or more members of our staff, they represent the point of view of our news organization’s management. In order to take informed positions, we meet frequently with government, community and business leaders on important issues affecting our cities, region and state. During elections, we meet with candidates for office and the proponents and opponents of ballot initiatives and then make recommendations to voters.

As cities struggled to deal with escalating homelessness, the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals did what it often does: made matters worse.

Editorials |
Supreme Court lets cities deal with their homeless crisis

July 3, 2024 at 1:33 p.m.

As cities struggled to deal with escalating homelessness, the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals did what it often does: made matters worse.

In the ongoing fight for a better, fairer criminal justice system, truly admirable are the victims of terrible, government-promoted unfairnesses who refuse to back mere half-measures aimed at a fix.

Opinion |
The big problems with policing by AI

July 3, 2024 at 7:50 a.m.

In the ongoing fight for a better, fairer criminal justice system, truly admirable are the victims of terrible, government-promoted unfairnesses who refuse to back mere half-measures aimed at a fix.