In summary A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week. Politicians missing in action on housing Midway through the legislative session, there’s no discernible progress on solving California’s housing crisis. Vaccination, abortion debates intertwined California’s vaccination controversy has a symbiotic relationship with the nation’s abortion debate. A political deal comes full circle It was late one night 40 years ago and Gov. Interest rate limit doesn’t fix poverty Limiting interest rates on loans to the poor is a sincere effort, but it does nothing about the state’s high poverty level. 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 06/07/2019
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In summary
A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.
Politicians missing in action on housing
Midway through the legislative session, there’s no discernible progress on solving California’s housing crisis.
Vaccination, abortion debates intertwined
California’s vaccination controversy has a symbiotic relationship with the nation’s abortion debate.
A political deal comes full circle
It was late one night 40 years ago and Gov.
Interest rate limit doesn’t fix poverty
Limiting interest rates on loans to the poor is a sincere effort, but it does nothing about the state’s high poverty level.
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