Author: Michele Hanisee

The critical feature of an op/ed is that it is opinion and commentary rather than investigative journalism.  As the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan once

Imagine the reaction if, after a loan officer told an applicant they would not receive a loan because of too much debt, the applicant asked

We extensively chronicled how the Prop 57 campaign was sold on the lie that only “non-violent” criminals would be released early from their lawfully imposed state prison

As Governor Brown enters his final years in office, legislation he has proposed, signed and vetoed in the past year make it crystal clear he

California has imposed multiple restrictions on guns in recent years, including restrictions on gun capacity, possession and even purchase of ammunition.  Yet SB 620, which

We are pleased with the Courts decision to uphold the will of the voters.  Prop. 66 preserves the death penalty for the most heinous criminals

Gov. Jerry Brown and the state Legislature steadfastly refuse to address even the most egregious flaws in their beloved soft-on-crime initiative, Proposition 47. But despite

Last month, the Association of Deputy District Attorneys exposed how a key witness told outright lies to a state Senate committee while advocating for SB 620, which

The ADDA and prosecutors throughout California have grown hoarse warning about the public safety disaster known as Prop. 57. But even we didn’t envision that