Dan Walters

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

Commentary

It may be a wasted effort

California has a goal of reducing is solid waste stream by 75 percent by 2020 but is falling short of that goal.

By

Dan Walters

• August 8, 2019

Commentary

Housing crisis looms large

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Legislature face tough decisions on legislation to speed up housing construction.

By

Dan Walters

• August 7, 2019

Commentary

Derailing the bullet train

Legislators are working on a plan to shift money from California's bedraggled bullet train project to improvements in commuter transit.

By

Dan Walters

• August 5, 2019

Commentary

California’s two-tier society

California has become a two-tier society with incomes, housing costs, education and ethnicity its markers.

By

Dan Walters

• August 4, 2019

Commentary

Ricardo Lara’s long, hot summer

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is being hammered by allegations that he took campaign contributions from insurance industry sources and favored contributors.

By

Dan Walters

• August 1, 2019

Morning commuters head westbound on route 580 toward Oakland on July 22, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff/CalMatters

Commentary

A game of political chicken

California scored a tactical win in its climate change fight with Donald Trump over auto emissions, but the game of political chicken continues.

By

Dan Walters

• July 31, 2019

Commentary

California’s other fiscal crisis

California's Unemployment Insurance Fund is the nation's least solvent. Even a tiny economic downturn would drive it into the red.

By

Dan Walters

• July 29, 2019

Commentary

UC imposes political litmus test

The University of California implicitly denies jobs or promotions to those who don't enthusiastically endorse "diversity," however that's defined.

By

Dan Walters

• July 28, 2019

Commentary

California tax revenue is soaring

State and local tax revenue is up sharply—at odds with the propaganda from those who want to tax more.

By

Dan Walters

• July 24, 2019

Dan Walters

Trump and California at it again

A bill requiring presidential candidates to reveal their tax returns is the latest conflict between Donald Trump and California Democrats.

By

Dan Walters

• July 22, 2019