Over the last four years, we have witnessed grotesque scenes of children torn from the arms of their mothers and fathers at the border or the last breaths of the children who died while in the custody of those who caged them. Over the last four years, we have witnessed the pleas and tears of...

Almost every time I call my Dad, it is to talk about insurance. We spend so much of our free time figuring our insurance plans, finding out what health clinics take our insurance, calculating costs, and of course, planning who will pay for what medical bills. When we moved to America, we did not foresee...

Americans want government intervention with homelessness. So why hasn’t there been any? As the  COVID-19 pandemic worsens and we welcome a new administration, homelessness hasn’t seemed to be a priority, or even a concern, for many politicians. This could be because homelessness has often been treated with antipathy. Many Americans feel uncomfortable when talking about it...

What would you do if you came home and realized that one of your worst nightmares has come true – your child has committed suicide? It’s something no parent ever wants to experience. We ask ourselves, what could we have done? According to the California Healthy Kids Survey, one-third of secondary students experience chronic sadness...

Housing the houseless is our only means of salvation Before we discuss what that means, consider this. This year has been tumultuous for you. You worry for your physical and mental health. You may have been laid-off or your business is struggling. You are possibly mourning the loss of someone who died of COVID-19, and...

As a business owner of a franchise for nearly two decades, I always appreciated my community and the passion people had for supporting local family-owned businesses. Most residents understand the positive impacts of small business. Maybe working for a local burger shop or coffee shop was their first job, so the sense of appreciation for...

In Santa Clara County today, there are 14,600 families at imminent risk of homelessness when the eviction moratorium expires Jan. 31. Before COVID-19, there were 58,000 families in Silicon Valley living on $15,000 to $35,000 a year, barely making ends meet in one of the most expensive rental markets in the nation. At Healing Grove...

In recent months the debate surrounding gun control has exited the public arena, eclipsed by a host of new issues: coronavirus and Black Lives Matter have drawn our attention, and with good reason. Eager to mitigate the public health nightmare of the COVID-19 pandemic, medical officials have presented the world with an effective method of...

Important recent news stories about hospitals during the COVID-19 crisis highlight the inadequacy of our fractured health system during the pandemic and the need for a comprehensive, equitable, high quality system which is less expensive and covers all residents. San José Spotlight reported that San Jose-based Valley Medical Center Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the...

The fires that burned millions of acres across California this year, largely due to climate change, have made it clear Californians need a senator who is a constant environmental stalwart championing legislation that will save California from burning. Angered during the fire crisis in California and by lack of urgency from federal officials to take...