In summary A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week. 1872 law gives police a license to kill Shooting first and asking questions later might have been acceptable police conduct in 1872 California. It can’t be in the 21st century. State Supreme Court ducks key pension issue The California Supreme Court has ducked a fundamental issue in state’s pension crisis, leaving “California rule” up in the air. Newsom housing plan may have fatal flaw Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking a carrot-and-stick approach to California’s housing shortage, but it may have a fatal flaw. A crackdown on misusing public funds for campaigns? The state’s Fair Political Practices Commission wants the authority to prosecute local government officials who misuse public funds for campaigns. We want to hear from you Want to submit a guest commentary or reaction to an article we wrote? You can find our submission guidelines here. Please contact CalMatters with any commentary questions: commentary@calmatters.org Dan WaltersOpinion Columnist dan@calmatters.org Dan Walters has been a journalist for more than 60 years, spending all but a few of those years working for California newspapers. He began his professional career in 1960, at age 16, at the Humboldt Times... More by Dan Walters
Weekly Walters 03/08/2019
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In summary
A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.
1872 law gives police a license to kill
Shooting first and asking questions later might have been acceptable police conduct in 1872 California. It can’t be in the 21st century.
State Supreme Court ducks key pension issue
The California Supreme Court has ducked a fundamental issue in state’s pension crisis, leaving “California rule” up in the air.
Newsom housing plan may have fatal flaw
Gov. Gavin Newsom is taking a carrot-and-stick approach to California’s housing shortage, but it may have a fatal flaw.
A crackdown on misusing public funds for campaigns?
The state’s Fair Political Practices Commission wants the authority to prosecute local government officials who misuse public funds for campaigns.
We want to hear from you
Want to submit a guest commentary or reaction to an article we wrote? You can find our submission guidelines here. Please contact CalMatters with any commentary questions: commentary@calmatters.org
Dan WaltersOpinion Columnist
Dan Walters has been a journalist for more than 60 years, spending all but a few of those years working for California newspapers. He began his professional career in 1960, at age 16, at the Humboldt Times... More by Dan Walters