Sacramento Bee
Two weeks ago I was sitting in my office at the Capitol strategizing on how to navigate legislation through the Assembly and Senate, then onto the governor's desk and into the law books. Today I am recovering in a bed at UC Davis Medical Center after the removal of a brain tumor. People in government and politics don't always get to see firsthand the real need for legislation and the real problems that people need us to help solve. Sure, we hear testimony, and we read studies and analyses. But with the size of the state and the sheer number of different challenges we often have to function at a 30,000-foot level.
