Daniel Walters

A person kneels down to the floor to pet a small dog at surrounded by tents, bikes and other items at a homeless encampment at a parkway.

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Disorganization, city-county feuds impede California’s efforts to reduce homelessness

State officials can't tell what reduces homelessness due to program secrecy and a lack of coordination between city and county governments.

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Daniel Walters

• 18 de septiembre de 2024

An ARCO station sign on the left foreground side of the frame showing gas prices ranging from $4.09 to $4.69 per gallon near a Sinclair station across the street with prices ranging from $3.99 to $4.59 per gallon.

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Gavin Newsom can’t prove price gouging at the pump but wants new refinery law

Gov. Gavin Newsom has called the Legislature into special session to deal with gas prices but offers scant evidence to back his allegations of price-gouging.

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Daniel Walters

• 17 de septiembre de 2024

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El disfuncional 'panel' de calificaciones escolares de California finalmente recibe una merecida paliza

Years ago, California education officials adopted a "dashboard" to inform the public about what was happening in public schools, but it was never very useful and now faces withering criticism.

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Daniel Walters

• 13 de septiembre de 2024

Los estudiantes hacen fila el primer día de clases en la escuela primaria Loma Vista en Salinas el 8 de agosto de 2023. Foto de Semantha Norris, CalMatters

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California schools face twin perils: chronic absenteeism and declining enrollment

California's public schools face a one-two punch of decreasing enrollment and increasing truancy, which contribute to their financial distress.

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Daniel Walters

• 12 de septiembre de 2024

Los colchones yacían uno encima del otro en un área de juegos improvisada en Stockton Park Village en Stockton el 22 de noviembre de 2022. Bob Riley, de 87 años, vive en el área donde afirma que el propietario abandonó el parque y no se ha recogido la basura. durante meses. Foto de Rahul Lal, CalMatters

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Una vez más, California supera a todos los demás estados en materia de pobreza

California has the unenviable position of having the nation's highest level of poverty, a new calculation shows, driven by its sky-high living costs. It's not the first time and likely won't be the last.

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Daniel Walters

• 11 de septiembre de 2024

A person, wearing a light blue blouse, is led out of a building by another a law enforcement official while handcuffed.

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El violador convicto Andrew Luster recibe libertad condicional antes de que los legisladores de California cierren una laguna legal

Una propuesta de reforma penal que el entonces gobernador Jerry Brown propuso en 2016 tenía lagunas que finalmente beneficiaron a los perpetradores de delitos sexuales. La Legislatura votó recientemente para cerrar una laguna que permitió que se le otorgara la libertad condicional al conocido violador en serie Andrew Luster.

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Daniel Walters

• 10 de septiembre de 2024

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El proyecto de ley sobre regulación de almacenes atrae a extraños partidarios y opositores

Culminating years of debate over the environmental impacts of Southern California's massive array of warehouses, the Legislature has passed a bill regulating future construction.

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Daniel Walters

• 6 de septiembre de 2024

A plot of land with vehicles and various belongings staggered around while three people stand nearby a cart with items.

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California ha gastado miles de millones en la lucha contra las personas sin hogar, pero carece de datos concretos sobre los resultados

California officials point fingers of blame at each other over the growing homelessness crisis, but hard data on how money has been spent and what effect it's had is lacking.

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Daniel Walters

• 5 de septiembre de 2024