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Gov. Gavin Newsom and other political figures like to brag about California’s role as a national or even international leader in all things wonderful.
Dan Walters
CalMatters
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Dan Walters has been a journalist for nearly 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. CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more columns by Dan Walters, go to calmatters.org/commentary.
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