Op/ed: Collaboration is the key to ending hunger in the Tri-Counties
During the past five years, Ventura County FOOD Share has gone from serving 33,000 people per month to more than 74,500 today.
Read More →Op/ed: Obamacare, and where we go from here
By Jim Wisdom The early results are in for the Affordable Care Act. What are the results and who are the early winners and losers? More importantly, what should we expect in 2015 and beyond? In California, 3.1 million people enrolled in a health-insurance plan through either Covered California, the state’s new health care exchange, Read More →
Read More →Op/ed: Scholarships are investments that pay dividends for generations
Higher education remains transformative for many students and their families. It is truly an investment that will pay dividends for generations.
Read More →Op/ed: The Bob Hatch legacy, and lessons learned from a great mentor
By Gina Keough I joined the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce team in 1999. As staff, we saw President and CEO Bob Hatch’s business side, his military side, his funny side, his serious side, his angry side and his human side. Perhaps a better title than president and CEO would be “mentor.” What makes Read More →
Read More →Op/ed: Our work to prevent gun violence is just beginning
It has been just over a month since the tragedy in Isla Vista. The news camera crews are gone. The daily media coverage has waned. But we can’t let the urgent sense that more must be done to prevent gun violence leave us.
Read More →Op/ed: Providing law enforcement with the tools to fight gun violence
I am committed to working on legislation in Washington that will help us address some of the current systematic failings and provide law enforcement more tools in the toolbox to help prevent future tragedies.
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