In summary A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week. A dangerous conflict-of-interest loophole Public works project contracts are susceptible to insider dealing, and a pending bill in the Legislature might invite more misbehavior. Newsom must now deliver on promises Gov. Gavin Newsom has promised action on a wide range of societal ills, but now must deliver. LA Unified: A gang that can’t shoot straight Los Angeles Unified School District wants voters to approve a new tax, but it’s undermining its pitch by incompetent—or duplicitous—actions. Demography is California’s destiny Demography is destiny, and California is experiencing it right now. One consequence is a relative decline in political influence. 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 05/17/2019
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In summary
A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.
A dangerous conflict-of-interest loophole
Public works project contracts are susceptible to insider dealing, and a pending bill in the Legislature might invite more misbehavior.
Newsom must now deliver on promises
Gov. Gavin Newsom has promised action on a wide range of societal ills, but now must deliver.
LA Unified: A gang that can’t shoot straight
Los Angeles Unified School District wants voters to approve a new tax, but it’s undermining its pitch by incompetent—or duplicitous—actions.
Demography is California’s destiny
Demography is destiny, and California is experiencing it right now. One consequence is a relative decline in political influence.
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