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Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters

Two victims of a blood sport: politics

by Dan Walters June 17, 2018
Posted inCommentary, Newsletters, Weekly Walters

Weekly Walters 06/15/2018

by Dan Walters June 15, 2018June 23, 2020
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters

Politicians give voters a double dose of sneakiness

by Dan Walters June 14, 2018
Gavin Newsom speaks into a microphone held by a reporter.
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters

How would Gavin Newsom pay for his promises?

by Dan Walters June 13, 2018
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters

One welfare boost for the poor, another for the rich

by Dan Walters June 11, 2018
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters

Top-two primary puts California in national spotlight

by Dan Walters June 10, 2018
Posted inCommentary, Newsletters, Weekly Walters

Weekly Walters 06/08/2018

by Dan Walters June 8, 2018June 23, 2020
GOP gubernatorial candidate John Cox speaks to reporters on Election Night. Photo by Samantha Young for CALmatters
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters

Newsom and Trump wanted Cox—and got their wishes

by Dan Walters June 7, 2018
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters

Local officials avoid ‘p-word’ as they push new taxes

by Dan Walters June 6, 2018
Posted inCommentary, Dan Walters, Environment

Wildfires and lead paint reignite Capitol’s ‘tort wars’

by Dan Walters June 4, 2018

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