AlterNet, 14 Oct 2010 – WE NEED THE WHOLE ENCHILADA OF LEGALIZATION California’s Prop. 19 Would Bring Real Reform, Converting a Black Market into a Legitimate Industry With Jobs, Tax Revenue and Economic Development. Schwarzenegger’s reducing marijuana to an infraction is great, but it doesn’t go far enough. Prop. 19 would bring real reform, converting a black market into a legitimate industry with jobs, tax revenue and economic development.

The Orange County Register, 12 Oct 2010 – Reducing marijuana to an infraction is great, but it doesn’t go far enough. Prop. 19 would bring real reform, converting a black market into a legitimate industry with jobs, tax revenue and economic development. SB1449, which reclassifies present penalties for small amounts of marijuana as an infraction rather than a misdemeanor, is a signal of the true necessity of Proposition 19. It is an acknowledgment by the legislature and the governor that marijuana prohibition has failed and is not worth spending scarce law enforcement resources on.

AlterNet, 25 Sep 2010 – "As Parents, We Know That Education Is Often More Effective Than Punishment, and in Some Cases Punishment Is Not Effective at All." My son just started kindergarten. So naturally, I have been thinking a lot about the type of world and community in which I want him and our seven-year-old daughter to live. I am involved in a project to improve school lunches in our district to reinforce the nutrition lessons we teach in our home. I am a founding board member of a community group trying to improve our city’s parks.