Dan Walters

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

Commentary

Community college report ignores reality

The Legislative Analyst's Office ignores reality in its lukewarm report on a pilot program of allowing community colleges to offer baccalaureate degrees.

By

Dan Walters

• January 29, 2020

Commentary

The pardon power, for good or ill

Pardons of felons by presidents and governors have a tortured history, and Gavin Newsom has an opportunity to add a chapter.

By

Dan Walters

• January 27, 2020

K-12 Education

California’s big educational dilemma

California's schools are supposed to be educating nearly 6 million kids, but have educational and financial problems galore. Will they be fixed?

By

Dan Walters

• January 26, 2020

Commentary

Voters face hundreds of local tax measures

Voters will decide more than 200 local government tax and bond measures on the March 3 ballot and hundreds more are likely for the November ballot.

By

Dan Walters

• January 23, 2020

Commentary

State budget depends on the rich

The state's newest budget is, like others, very dependent on personal incomes taxes on the highest-income Californians and that's dangerous.

By

Dan Walters

• January 22, 2020

Commentary

The man who changed the Capitol

H.L Richardson championed gun rights and tough anti-crime laws and single-handedly changed the tenor of California's Capitol.

By

Dan Walters

• January 20, 2020

Commentary

An uber-complex presidential primary

California advanced its presidential primary to March in hopes of becoming more relevant, but the complexity of the Democratic delegate process could undercut that hope.

By

Dan Walters

• January 19, 2020

Commentary

A legal mandate to house the homeless?

Will California force local communities to shelter the homeless? Gov. Gavin Newsom may be leaning in that direction.

By

Dan Walters

• January 16, 2020

Commentary

President Gavin Newsom?

Gov. Gavin Newsom's budget presentation indicates anew that he wants to become president.