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Category: Commentary

To submit an article for the Commentary section, email it to [email protected] or [email protected].

image of the Sacramento State Capitol
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters

State tax reforms or state tax increases?

Avatar by Dan Walters January 16, 2019
More apartments would go up near transit under a bill that its sponsor says is vital to helping California meet its ambitious housing goals. Photo via Creative Commons.
Posted inCommentary, Housing, My Turn

My turn: Don’t blame environmental law for California’s housing crisis

Avatar by Guest Commentary January 15, 2019
Posted inCommentary, Environment, My Turn, Water

My turn: The Delta is California’s heart. Gavin Newsom must save it

Avatar by Guest Commentary January 14, 2019
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters

We pay through the nose to live in California

Avatar by Dan Walters January 13, 2019
Posted inCommentary, Environment, Immigration, My Turn, Politics

My turn: The federal shutdown could have cost me my life

Avatar by Guest Commentary January 11, 2019
Posted inCommentary, Newsletters, Weekly Walters

Weekly Walters 01/11/2019

Avatar by Dan Walters January 11, 2019June 23, 2020
Gov. Gavin Newsom presents his proposed $209 billion budget on January 10, 2019, in Sacramento. Photo for CALmatters by Laurel Rosenhall
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters

A cautious budget with a bold housing plan

Avatar by Dan Walters January 11, 2019
Gavin Newsom holds his son Dutch, 2, after he was sworn in as the 40th Governor of California on the west steps of the State Capitol on Monday, January 7, 2019 in Sacramento, California.
Posted inCommentary, Education, My Turn, Poverty

My turn: Why we must expand California’s child care system

Avatar by Guest Commentary January 10, 2019
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters

Dr. Newsom wants to cure state’s tech disease

Avatar by Dan Walters January 10, 2019
Posted inCalifornia's Pension Crisis, Commentary, Economy, My Turn

My turn: California’s other fiscal time bomb

Avatar by Guest Commentary January 9, 2019

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