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Dr. Newsom wants to cure state’s tech disease
California chronically fails in using technology to improve state government operations, but Gov. Gavin Newsom is trying to fix it.
Dan Walters
Commentary
Trump, Newsom share a similar problem
Donald Trump and Gavin Newsom have similar political problems in delivering on promises they made during their campaigns.
Commentary
Brown leaves Newsom a managerial mess at DMV
Jerry Brown tends to shun responsibility for problems in state government and he's leaving behind a doozy for successor Gavin Newsom - a managerial mess in the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Commentary
Gavin Newsom’s keeping it all in the family
As Gavin Newson becomes governor of California, he's writing a new chapter in the saga of four intertwined San Francisco families.
Commentary
Weekly Walters 01/04/2019
A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.
Commentary
Finally, a crackdown on misuse of taxpayer money
Local governments have been blatantly using taxpayer money to campaign for tax and bond measures, but the Fair Political Practices Commission is beginning to crack down on the practice.
Commentary
California sees slower population growth
California's once-soaring population growth has slowed to a crawl, which could cost it a congressional seat and will have myriad economic and social impacts.
Dan Walters
2019 shapes up as another big political year
Gavin Newsom's new governorship and California's bid for relevance in presidential politics are likely to dominate California's politics in 2019.
Dan Walters
Newsom may not be so lucky on the economy
Jerry Brown's governorship was blessed by an expanding economy, but successor Gavin Newsom may not be so lucky.
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Weekly Walters 12/28/2018
A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.