Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary, Author at GV Wire

Walters: California Employment Takes a Downturn

January 26, 2021

Another day and still another maneuver in California’s erratic management of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Monday, officials lifted California’s most recent stay-at-home order, giving businesses — small business...

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Walters: Will Reducing Criminal Penalties Reduce Crime?

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

January 24, 2021

California is conducting an immense sociological experiment, testing whether reducing prison time for criminal acts will, in the long run, mean less crime. Over the last decade, politicians and voters have l...

Walters: After COVID-19, Drought Threat Still Looms

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

January 20, 2021

California is enveloped in balmy weather that’s more like spring than mid-winter — and that’s not a good thing. We have seen only scant rain and snow this winter, indicating that the state may be experiencin...

Walters: California Still Lags Behind in Vaccinations

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

January 19, 2021

The good news is that California finally ramped up its lagging COVID-19 vaccination program last week. The bad news, at least for Gov. Gavin Newsom, is that despite the surge, the state fell well short of th...

Walters: A Big Data System for Public Education?

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

January 18, 2021

California, as we all should know by now, has an almost unblemished record of failure in efficiently implementing digital technology in state government operations. The Department of Motor Vehicles, the Empl...

Walters: Democrats Overreach on Recall, Miss Valid Point

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

January 17, 2021

Last week, the California Democratic Party attempted to link the Republican-backed drive to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom to the riotous invasion of the U.S. Capitol building by supporters of soon-to-be ex-President...

Walters: California’s Technology Woes Deepen

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

January 13, 2021

While doing his stretch in solitary confinement as lieutenant governor of California, Gavin Newsom wrote a book entitled “Citizenville: How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government.” In the bo...

Walters: Newsom’s Vaccination Plan Bogs Down

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

January 12, 2021

As a deadly surge of COVID-19 began hammering California late last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom imposed new restrictions on personal and economic activities and repeatedly promised that massive vaccinations would so...

Walters: Newsom Budget Spends Windfall on Pandemic Victims

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

January 11, 2021

While California’s overall economy is still being battered by the COVID-19 recession and unemployment remains high, its tax revenues have shown amazing resiliency. The recession’s impact has fallen largely o...

Walters: How Did California Lose Control of COVID-19?

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

January 10, 2021

With the COVID-19 pandemic surging to critical levels in California, we naturally wonder how it happened. How did California go from exemplifying success in taming the coronavirus last spring to an epicenter...

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Walters: California Employment Takes a Downturn

Walters: Will Reducing Criminal Penalties Reduce Crime?

Walters: After COVID-19, Drought Threat Still Looms

Walters: California Still Lags Behind in Vaccinations

Walters: A Big Data System for Public Education?

Walters: Democrats Overreach on Recall, Miss Valid Point

Walters: California’s Technology Woes Deepen

Walters: Newsom’s Vaccination Plan Bogs Down

Walters: Newsom Budget Spends Windfall on Pandemic Victims

Walters: How Did California Lose Control of COVID-19?