Suzanne Potter
Producer at California News ServiceSuzanne Potter is a journalist with 30 years of experience as a reporter for TV, radio and print news. She spent 15 years as a local TV news reporter in Palm Springs, CA and Providence, RI. She earned a B.A. in Mass Communications from UC Berkeley and spent a year at the Sorbonne in Paris. She lives in Palm Desert, CA, is married with four children and is a longtime leader with the Boy Scouts of America.
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Groups that fight to lower electricity costs are asking California legislators to approve a package of bills to reform the way utilities do business. -
The California Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing this morning (Tuesday) on whether to make the End of Life Option Act permanent. The law establishes the right to use medical aid in dying in California. -
El Comité Judicial del Senado de California celebra esta mañana (martes) una audiencia sobre la conveniencia de hacer permanente la Ley de Opción Final de la Vida. La ley establece el derecho a utilizar la ayuda médica para morir en California.
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A new “Dental Divide” report from the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network finds very low utilization rates for Medi-Cal dental benefits, with especially low usage by Latino, Black and Native American recipients. Comments from two spokespersons for the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN): Ruqayya Ahmad, policy manager; and Marlyn Pulido, senior research manager. -
Los federales decidirán a principios de diciembre si protegerán a la mariposa monarca bajo la Ley de Especies en Peligro de Extinción. Comentarios de los funcionarios de la National Wildlife Federation, Rebeca Quiñonez-Piñón, estratega de recuperación de la monarca y directora de hábitats resilientes al clima, y Mary Philips, quien dirige la estrategia de hábitat de plantas nativas y los programas de jardinería de la federación. -
The feds are set to decide in early December whether to protect the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act. Comments from National Wildlife Federation officials Rebeca Quiñonez-Piñón, monarch recovery strategist and climate resilient habitats director, and Mary Philips, who runs the federation's native plant habitat strategy and gardening programs.
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Los grupos que apoyan a los estudiantes universitarios indocumentados se están manifestando, incluso cuando el presidente electo Donald Trump ha nombrado en su administración a miembros de la línea dura en materia de migración. Comentarios de Jessie Ryan, directora ejecutiva de Campaign for College Opportunity, parte de California Undocumented Higher Education Coalition. -
Groups that support undocumented college students are speaking out – even as President-elect Donald Trump names immigration hardliners to staff his administration. Comments from Jessie Ryan, executive director, Campaign for College Opportunity, part of the California Undocumented Higher Education Coalition.
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A new trauma recovery center opened in Oakland on Wednesday, and criminal-justice reform groups took the opportunity to push back against Proposition 36, which is on the ballot in November. Comments from Tinisch Hollins, executive director, Californians for Safety and Justice. -
Los grupos que apoyan la reforma de la justicia penal se están pronunciando en contra de la Proposición 36, que se presentará a los votantes en Noviembre.
