Commentary

A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law requiring California-based publicly traded corporations to add women to their boards. Qualified women are available. Women should be added for their skills, not simply to increase gender diversity. The recent California legislation, however, does not address how increasing diversity impacts boardroom deliberations.

The California Department of Water Resources signed three agreements updating how the state and federal projects share  environmental and financial obligations associated with their operations. They could help define how California's water gets delivered. But significant decisions must be made in coming months.

A desire to work isn’t sufficient grounds for asylum. They needed to share their painful, personal, tragic stories, and document them if possible, in order to show a justifiable fear of returning to their country. Being married helps.

Jerry Brown's legacy as the state's longest serving governor will depend on how the policy changes he launched turn out in the long run.

Jerry Brown's political career got off to fast start, thanks to sharing his father's name, but the relationship between the two was complex.

After a long absence from politics and stint on talk radio, Jerry Brown rekindled his career by running for mayor of Oakland.

Jerry Brown made three failed bids to become president, but if he had played the game differently, he might have made it.

By John M.W. Moorlach Sen. John M.W. Moorlach is a Costa Mesa Republican representing the 37th Senate District, senator.moorlach@senate.ca.gov. He wrote this commentary for CALmatters. In his re-election statement posted on the secretary of state’s website, Secretary of State Alex Padilla boasts: “In my first term, I’ve worked to expand access to the ballot box.” […]

A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.