“The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

Letter to Colonel Edward Carrington (January 16, 1787)

Since 2022, California has lost 12,000 journalism jobs, leaving communities with reduced coverage of government, schools, public safety and civic institutions. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signing of AB 2222 on Sept. 30, 2026, the Community News Act, stands up for local journalism and is a victory for all California news organizations, and the millions of Californians who depend on them.

*source: Bartlett’s Notable Quotations