Dan Walters

California Capitol, home of the Assembly and Senate. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Commentary

Great LA Times malpractice exposé has odd omission

Two Los Angeles Times articles detail how the state medical board goes easy on incompetent doctors but omit a salient political angle.

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Dan Walters

• July 20, 2021

Commentary

Will California get tough on housing quotas?

The state has imposed higher housing goals on California communities but there's pushback and a controversial bill will indicate how tough the state will be on housing.

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Dan Walters

• July 19, 2021

Commentary

‘Roaring back’ is just a campaign slogan, not reality

Gov. Gavin Newsom repeatedly chants that California is "roaring back" from pandemic, but ignores the state's stubborn socioeconomic problems.

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Dan Walters

• July 18, 2021

Commentary

Will bullet train survive budget wrangle?

California's budgetary package is slowly dribbling out of the Capitol but one big issue, the fate of the state's bullet train project, is still up in the air.

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Dan Walters

• July 14, 2021

Commentary

Who should get online sales taxes?

As online retail sales soar in California, how should taxes on those sales be allocated?

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Dan Walters

• July 13, 2021

Commentary

A union pot calls a union kettle black

A squabble between two blocs of politically influential California unions is an example of the pot calling the kettle black.

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Dan Walters

• July 12, 2021

Commentary

California has a segregation problem

A new study from UC-Berkeley reveals that California communities remain highly segregated and the redrawing of congressional and legislative districts will reinforce that phenomenon.

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Dan Walters

• July 11, 2021

The California State Capitol on December 3, 2018 in Sacramento, California.

Commentary

Should – and could – Gavin Newsom be recalled?

Does Gov. Gavin Newsom deserved to be recalled three years into his first term, and does the recall have a chance of success?

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Dan Walters

• July 7, 2021

Commentary

Two decrees affect California water wars

As California water interests joust over management of the state's supply, two decrees from Washington change the game.

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Dan Walters

• July 6, 2021

Commentary

Koch brothers win legal duel with California

Industrialists David and Charles Koch won their duel with California's attorney general when the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated a regulation aimed at forcing the brothers' non-profit political group, Americans for Prosperity, to reveal its donors.

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Dan Walters

• July 5, 2021