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Weekly Walters 09/14/2018

A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.

经过 丹·沃尔特斯 • 9 月 14, 2018

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My turn: Protect small businesses from predatory lending

By Mark Herbert Mark Herbert of Concord is Small Business Majority’s California director, mherbert@smallbusinessmajority.org. He wrote this commentary for CALmatters. Loans can make an entrepreneur’s dreams come true, but they can just as easily destroy those dreams. Leila Bardales found that out the hard way. Leila and her husband, part of Small Business Majority’s network […]

经过 嘉宾评论 • 9 月 13, 2018

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Two education bills do the right things

Overcoming powerful opposition, the Legislature passed two bills that would, if signed, make it easier for adolescent students to learn and easier for older students to obtain college degrees.

经过 丹·沃尔特斯 • 9 月 13, 2018

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Proposition 10: Should California expand rent control?

By Peter Dreier Peter Dreier is E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics and founding chair of the Urban & Environmental Policy Department at Occidental College, dreier@oxy.edu. He wrote this commentary for CALmatters. Almost half of California’s population–17 million people–are renters. Many of them spend more than half of their income on rent, plunging many full-time […]

经过 嘉宾评论 • 9 月 12, 2018

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Feinstein, Harris pursue agendas in Kavanaugh hearings

California's U.S. senators, Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris both played big roles in last week's confirmation hearings on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. While Feinstein was critical of the circus-like atmosphere of the hearings, Harris contributed to it. But both were pursuing personal political goals.

经过 丹·沃尔特斯 • 9 月 12, 2018

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My turn: Regulations and taxes stifle family businesses

By Grant Deary and Carol Burger Grant Deary is executive vice president overseeing marketing and external affairs for Nor-Cal Beverage Co., grantd@ncbev.com. Carol Burger is president of Burger Rehabilitation Systems, info@burgerrehab.com. They wrote this commentary for CALmatters. Family business owners look to the next quarter-century, not just the next quarter. We treat our employees as […]

经过 嘉宾评论 • 9 月 11, 2018

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My turn: Students need the right tests, not more tests

California students need more than a test score. They need a test that opens the door to college.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 9 月 11, 2018

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My turn: How to fix broken immigration system: Vote

Marches in support of immigration does matter. But voting is our pathway to fundamentally change immigration policies and so much more.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 9 月 10, 2018

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Once again, most ‘job killer’ bills rejected

Despite the overall left-of-center tone to the Legislature's just-concluded session, the California Chamber of Commerce sidetracked all but one of the 29 liberal bills it labeled as "job killers."

经过 丹·沃尔特斯 • 9 月 10, 2018

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My turn: What the next governor should do for UC

California's next governor must safeguard the University of California and help it remain the world’s greatest public research and teaching university.

经过 嘉宾评论 • 9 月 9, 2018