WRITINGS
He is a high-velocity work; he loves BIG ideas and will flesh out every one of them if you give him a chance.
Los Angeles Times, Hertzberg vs. Villaraigosa,
2005
Books ... Authored & Co-Authored
Workin’ Clothes: 2 Decades of Ideas, 2021
Yiddish for Legislators, 2nd Ed.
2016
Yiddish for Assemblymembers
2001
Legislative Leadership
State Legislative Leaders Foundation, 2001
Hugging the Hurricane
2001
San Fernando Valley Community Resource Guide
1997, 1998, 2000, 2014
California Lis Pendens Practice
Second Edition
University of California
Co-author Michael D. Berk, Dean J. Zipser, Craig H. Scott; Contributor: California, Continuing Education of the Bar
Editor: Craig H. Scott
1994
Lis Pendens Practice
University of California
Co-Author Thomas M. Regele; Contributor: California Continuing Education of the Bar
Editor: Craig H. Scott
1983
A Commonsense Approach to Good English
University of Redlands
1976
The Catalyst and the King: Frank E. Brown and East San Bernardino Water Development, 1871-1893
Redlands Historical Society
1976
Selected Op-Eds
Proposals would radically improve California’s referendum process
CalMatters
May 12, 2021
California high court’s historic bail ruling just a first step
Mercury News
Co-Author Nancy Skinner
May 1, 2021
California must invest in new homeownership
Southern California News Group
March 7, 2021
The bail industry defeated Prop. 25, California must continue criminal justice reforms
The Sacramento Bee
Co-Authors Nancy Skinner, Rob Bonta
January 27, 2021
Give Consumers Back Their Power Over Data Breaches: Bob Hertzberg
LA Daily News
October 28, 2020
California needs to continue to set ambitious climate change goals. But let’s do our homework, too
The Sacramento Bee
August 27, 2019
Bots can no longer perpetuate misleading messages in California - without identifying themselves first
Medium.com
July 1, 2019
Cannabis companies are forced to deal in cash. Here’s how that could change
CalMatters.org
April 3, 2019
Bank cannabis for a safer, more responsible Los Angeles
Los Angeles Daily News
Co-Author Fiona Ma
June 16, 2018
Bot or not- The public deserves to know
The Mercury News
April 19, 2018
California traffic fines prey on poor
The Sacramento Bee
Co-Author Emmett D. Carson
January 8, 2018
How to combat the Trump tax
The San Francisco Chronicle
Co-Author Laura D. Tyson
January 2, 2018
Bail system will be fairer if California passes this bill
Los Angeles Daily News
Co-Author Rob Bonta
May 30, 2017
CSUN Can’t Be Ignored in Los Angeles County Transit Plan
Los Angeles Daily News
June 20, 2016
Cal-Access Proved in Three Hours Why It Needs Immediate Upgrades
Los Angeles Daily News
Co-Author Jim Heerwagen, Kathay Feng, and Rob Lapsley
May 4, 2016
California Needs to Reinvent Its Commitment to Justice
Los Angeles Daily News
January 19, 2016
Stop Dumping Good Water Into The Ocean
Los Angeles Daily News
October 2, 2015
San Fernando Valley Business Journal
August 24, 2015
Think Big (Data) to Improve Access to Government
San Jose Mercury News
August 20, 2015
Help Young Lawyers Do The Right Thing
Los Angeles / San Francisco Daily Journal
August 19, 2015
California Needs a Comprehensive Tax System Overhaul
Los Angeles Daily News
Co-Author Laura Tyson, Edward Kleibard
January 2, 2015
Californians Want Trustworthy Solutions
California Forward
Co-Author Thomas McKernan
March 4, 2011
Key to Reforming the State is to Think Globally
Sacramento Bee
Co-Author Thomas McKernan
May 26, 2009
The Catalyst and the King: Frank E. Brown and East San Bernardino
Water Development, 1871-1893
Redlands Historical Society
1976