Dan Walters

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

Commentary

California educators battle over woke math

California educators are enmeshed in a debate over whether the traditional mathematics curriculum should be jettisoned in favor of a new method steeped in race and culture.

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Dan Walters

• July 26, 2021

Commentary

Could crime surge push Newsom recall?

California is seeing a surge of crime, particularly homicides, and advocates of recalling Gov. Gavin Newsom want to make it an issue.

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Dan Walters

• July 25, 2021

Commentary

Three growing crises could affect Newsom recall

Circumstances favor California Gov. Gavin Newsom as recall election looms but three crises could have an effect.

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Dan Walters

• July 21, 2021

Commentary

Great LA Times malpractice exposé has odd omission

Two Los Angeles Times articles detail how the state medical board goes easy on incompetent doctors but omit a salient political angle.

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Dan Walters

• July 20, 2021

Commentary

Will California get tough on housing quotas?

The state has imposed higher housing goals on California communities but there's pushback and a controversial bill will indicate how tough the state will be on housing.

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Dan Walters

• July 19, 2021

Commentary

‘Roaring back’ is just a campaign slogan, not reality

Gov. Gavin Newsom repeatedly chants that California is "roaring back" from pandemic, but ignores the state's stubborn socioeconomic problems.

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Dan Walters

• July 18, 2021

Commentary

Will bullet train survive budget wrangle?

California's budgetary package is slowly dribbling out of the Capitol but one big issue, the fate of the state's bullet train project, is still up in the air.

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Dan Walters

• July 14, 2021

Commentary

Who should get online sales taxes?

As online retail sales soar in California, how should taxes on those sales be allocated?

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Dan Walters

• July 13, 2021

Commentary

A union pot calls a union kettle black

A squabble between two blocs of politically influential California unions is an example of the pot calling the kettle black.

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Dan Walters

• July 12, 2021

Commentary

California has a segregation problem

A new study from UC-Berkeley reveals that California communities remain highly segregated and the redrawing of congressional and legislative districts will reinforce that phenomenon.

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Dan Walters

• July 11, 2021