Judy Patrick

On April 1st and 3rd I attended at the NCAA Women's basketball finals in Denver. What a thrill! As a lover of basketball and someone who never had the opportunity to play much more than driveway ball, I was excited to see the power and skill of the...

In these challenging economic times, with California's 12 percent unemployment rate, most of us assume that having a job and getting a raise is a good thing. But I recently learned about Cheryl, who when offered a raise, didn't celebrate, but had a difficult decision to make.

Cheryl, a...

Yesterday, I got off the plane and checked my emails. I saw that the recent article that Stella Kim and I wrote, which appeared in the San Jose Mercury News, had garnered a number of comments protesting the premise that California cannot afford an all-cuts budget. Our proposals...

We're at a crossroads. Yes, we can breathe a little easier given the news that California can look forward to $6.6 billion in unexpected tax revenues, thanks to the increased fortunes of some of our wealthiest. But just for a moment. Because we still have work to do....

I'm a political junkie. I stayed up much too late on election night watching the returns and thinking about the impact of who'd won and who'd lost. By 3:00 am I was awake worrying about the impact of the national results. And yes, while I'm relatively happy with the results...

This Friday, May 14, Governor Schwarzenegger releases his revised budget and from all projections it will contain some very tough recommendations. Last Friday, State Controller John Chiang reported that revenues fell $3.6 billion short of what was projected in April. That means that California's budget deficit may even surpass original...

By Judy Patrick and Karla Rodriguez

The stripped health care "reform" bill fails to leverage the power of those who have the greatest potential to determine and maintain good health for all of us: women. We all suffer when women -- this nation's primary health care decision-makers and consumers --...

At noon on Sunday mornings the church I attend in downtown Oakland distributes about 100 bags of food. Those who line up to receive these bags are usually elderly residents and a few homeless men who live in the neighborhood. Last Sunday as I looked at the line forming, it...

On Wednesday, President Obama signed an executive order creating the first-ever White House Council on Women and Girls. The Council will be charged with creating among all federal agencies a coordinated approach to the challenges faced by women and girls. In its first year, the Council will focus on women's...

We have mixed feelings after this historic election. We're elated at the record voter turnout that broke down such a monumental racial barrier in electing Barack Obama for President. His bottom-up campaign strategy mobilized tens of thousands who dedicated hours, days, and even weeks and months to the campaign and...

California's Prop 4, a constitutional amendment that would require doctors to notify parents 48 hours before terminating the pregnancy of a woman under 18, is a serious threat to teen safety and an erosion of California's strong protections for reproductive rights.

Parental notification initiatives have been rejected by voters...

California's Proposition 8 consists of a single sentence: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."

We disagree.

Everyone should have the choice to marry the person they love. It's a personal and fundamental freedom guaranteed by the California constitution. But this November, Californians...