OpEd

Hoover Institution | Matt Rexroad | September 10, 2021 – I’ll never forget the moment back in 2003 when I heard about the pending recall of then California governor Gray Davis. I had just gotten my cell phone back after getting off an airplane at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County. After spending six…

Fox&Hounds | By Matt Rexroad | September 16th, 2019 –  It is easy to take a strong position against NIMBYism from an ivory tower, but it becomes much harder once there are real impacts on you. The Sacramento Bee’s Editorial Board recently took a decidedly NIMBY stance of their own by asking for special treatment on a…

The Daily Democrat | By Duane Chamberlain and Matt Rexroad January 29, 2018 –  Last week, state regulators released their initial findings for potential dam and reservoir projects that could receive funds from Proposition 1, the $7.5 billion water bond passed by voters in 2014 in response to California’s record drought. The bond was approved…

The Daily Democrat | By Matt Rexroad | November 27, 2017 –  Can California still successfully take on big projects or is that part of our history already over? As high-profile infrastructure projects ranging from high speed rail to the Delta Tunnels face an uncertain future, that’s a critical question that lies before our next…

Sacramento Bee | By Matt Rexroad | July 15, 2017 – Laura Wilcox was a 19-year-old college sophomore on winter break working as a temporary receptionist at the Nevada County Department of Behavioral Health Services on Jan. 10, 2001, when a severely mentally ill man named Scott Thorpe shot and killed her. He killed two…

Guest Commentary by Matt Rexroad | Daily Democrat | July 06, 2017 –

In 1994, I trained for military school by swimming. When I did a flip turn in the pool, I felt immediate pain as I pushed off the wall. My hip and right leg felt like they were on fire.