Dan Walters

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

Commentary

California Legislature passes a self-serving sham budget

The California Legislature passed a state budget on Monday, but it was just a self-serving charade because there are still issues to be settled.

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Dan Walters

• June 16, 2021

Commentary

California Drought sharpens perpetual water conflict

California's drought intensifies its long-running conflict over allocation of water.

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Dan Walters

• June 15, 2021

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California shifts from baby boom to baby bust

California has finally achieved the zero population growth that some environmentalists had urged decades ago, but it has its own set of challenges.

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Dan Walters

• June 14, 2021

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California’s charter school war flares up again

California's perpetual conflict over charter schools flared up again this year, resulting in a temporary truce.

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Dan Walters

• June 13, 2021

Commentary

Newsom owes apology for EDD’s failings

Gov. Gavin Newsom owes an apology to those who have suffered distress from the state's inabilty to process unemployment insurance claims.

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Dan Walters

• June 9, 2021

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California gun laws headed for legal showdown

California's highly restrictive gun laws may be headed for a Supreme Court showdown after a federal judge's latest ruling against them.

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Dan Walters

• June 8, 2021

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California’s death penalty is reconsidered again

Capital punishment has been a much-debated issue in California for more than seven decades and it's boiling over again.

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Dan Walters

• June 7, 2021

Commentary

Can California shut down failed projects?

The fate of Calbright, an online community college, will reveal whether California is willing to shut down failing programs and projects.

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Dan Walters

• June 6, 2021

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California’s tribal casinos now want sports betting

California Indian tribes that already have a monopoly on casino gambling in California now want to expand into sports betting.

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Dan Walters

• June 2, 2021

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Divisive Oakland freeway may be demolished

A decades-long debate over the fate of Oakland's Interstate 980 freeway may be nearing an end as political figures call for its demolition.

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Dan Walters

• June 1, 2021