Dan Walters

Commentary

Willie Brown sees protégés rise to the top

Willie Brown, former speaker of the state Assembly and former mayor of San Francisco, played key roles in the political careers of Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris and now has seen his proteges become national political figures.

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Dan Walters

• January 31, 2019

Commentary

Newsom raises the housing bar on himself

Gov. Gavin Newsom has raised the bar on himself for dealing with California's chronic lack of housing. His success or failure will be easily measured.

By

Dan Walters

• January 30, 2019

Students are joining teachers in the rain today on the picket line at Marshall High School in Los Angeles, as an LAUSD teachers strike began. Photo by David Crane/Los Angeles Daily News

Commentary

Los Angeles Unified digs a deeper hole

Los Angeles Unified School District's teacher strike has been settled, but the cost deepens the district's financial hole.

By

Dan Walters

• January 28, 2019

Commentary

Two ballot measures will test crime attitudes

Two 2020 ballot measures will test whether voters want to reverse course on criminal justice policy again.

By

Dan Walters

• January 27, 2019

Commentary

Weekly Walters 01/25/2019

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

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Dan Walters

• January 25, 2019

Commentary

California’s version of Les Misérables

California has its own version of Les Misérables in the quarter-century-long effort by California's income tax system to collect millions in taxes from high-tech inventor Gilbert Hyatt. And it looks like Hyatt will finally prevail.

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Dan Walters

• January 24, 2019

Commentary

Kamala Harris grabs for the brass ring

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris is wasting no time grabbing for the brass ring of American politics, the presidency. She's joined a large and growing field of Democrats.

By

Dan Walters

• January 23, 2019

Commentary

The high price we pay for low-rent housing

California has a severe housing crisis but it's compounded by the high price of building or even rehabbing low-cost housing.

By

Dan Walters

• January 21, 2019

Commentary

Two crises point to a larger societal ill

A strike by Los Angeles Unified School District teachers and Pacific Gas and Electric's announced intention to declare bankruptcy are symptoms of a larger malady of arrogance and irresponsibility by large institutions.

By

Dan Walters

• January 20, 2019

Commentary

Weekly Walters 01/18/2019

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

By

Dan Walters

• January 18, 2019