Dan Walters

California Capitol, home of the Assembly and Senate. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Commentary

How did California lose control of COVID-19?

The big question: Why has California gone from being a leader in controlling COVID-19 to an epicenter of infections and deaths?

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Dan Walters

• January 10, 2021

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Newsom budget spends windfall on pandemic victims

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants fast legislative action on emergency aid to low-income families and small business. Is it genuine concern or fear of a burgeoning recall campaign?

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Dan Walters

• January 8, 2021

Commentary

Employment Development Department another name for titanic disaster

The California Employment Development Department has been a titanic disaster of late and Gov. Gavin Newsom bears the onus of its failures.

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Dan Walters

• January 6, 2021

Commentary

Court upbraids Jerry Brown on ballot measure

California's Supreme Court has upbraided former Gov. Jerry Brown for sloppily drafting his sentencing reform ballot measure.

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Dan Walters

• January 5, 2021

Commentary

California’s population may be declining

California's 170 years of strong population growth have ended and the state may be in decline, with powerful economic and poliical effects,

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Dan Walters

• January 4, 2021

Commentary

COVID-19 may have permanent economic impacts

The latest and most severe flareup of COVID-19 is hammering the state's economy and could have permanent and life-changing impacts.

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Dan Walters

• December 27, 2020

Commentary

Changing election rules alters outcomes

In sports, when you change the rules, you affect outcomes. That's also true in politics as two new California proposals demonstrate.

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Dan Walters

• December 23, 2020

Commentary

No federal bailout for California budget

California's state and local governments won't be getting any new direct aid from latest federal pandemic relief package.

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Dan Walters

• December 22, 2020

Commentary

California’s 21 century witch hunts

Cancel culture is erasing names of historic or current figures from public places if they deviated from contemporary ideology

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Dan Walters

• December 21, 2020

Commentary

Vaccine rollout could make or break Newsom

California Gov. Gavin Newsom faces a pivotal COVID-19 vaccine rollout that could make or break his governorship.

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Dan Walters

• December 20, 2020