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Dan Walters,
CalMatters Commentary

Dan Walters has been a journalist for nearly 60 years, spending all but a few of those years working for California newspapers. He has written more than 9,000 columns about the state and its politics and is the founding editor of the “California Political Almanac.” Dan has also been a frequent guest on national television news shows, commenting on California issues and policies.

Stories by Dan Walters

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CA Population Stagnates as Immigration and Birth Rates Decline

California’s population exploded during and immediately after World War II, from 6.9 million in 1940 to 19.9 million in 1970, thanks to wave...
Opinion

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Image of a smiling Xavier Becerra dressed in a suit on stage speaking to supporters at an election watch party

What Election Night Results Mean in Race for Next California Governor

An interrogation is a staple scene in TV cop shows, with a detective often telling a suspect that “we can do this the easy way or the hard w...
Dan Walters

/ 5 days ago

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Becerra and Hilton Pull Well Ahead in CA Governor’s Race: Poll

The 2026 campaign for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s successor may be all but over after the votes from next week’s primary are counted, even wit...
Cal Matters

/ 2 weeks ago

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18 Years After CA Voters Approved Bullet Train, Progress and Finances Still Stalled

Construction of the 1,911-mile transcontinental railroad connecting California with the eastern half of the United States began in 1863, whi...
Transportation

/ 2 weeks ago

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Hilton and Becerra Lead in New CA Governor Poll. Steyer Trails but Isn’t Out

Two weeks from now we’ll probably know which of the 61 candidates for governor have finished 1-2 in the primary election and will face each ...
Polls

/ 3 weeks ago

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California Public Schools Need Better Oversight and Guidance From the State

Shortly after beginning his second stint as governor of California in 2011, Jerry Brown began promoting a two-pronged overhaul of how the st...
Opinion

/ 4 weeks ago

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California Schools Score Big Increases in Funding but Not in Academic Performance

Over the last several decades there’s been a recurring debate in political, academic and media circles over the relatively poor levels of ac...
Opinion

/ 1 month ago

Candidates trying to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom of California gather for a televised debate in Monterey Park, Calif., on Tuesday night, May 5, 2026. From left: former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles; former U.S. Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.); Tom Steyer, a former hedge fundmanager; Steve Hilton, a former Fox News host; Sheriff Chad Bianco of Riverside County, Calif.; Xavier Becerra, a former California attorney general and cabinet secretary under President Joe Biden; and Mayor Matt Mahan of San Jose, Calif. (Gabriela Bhaskar/ The New York Times)

California Governor Candidates Target Ascending Becerra on National Stage

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. By Dan Walters CalMatters Opinion As California’s ...
Opinion

/ 1 month ago

Gavin Newsom Slow-Rolled Single-Payer Healthcare, Leaving It to a Successor

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. By Dan Walters CalMatters Opinion Universal health...
Opinion

/ 1 month ago

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Another TV Debate, Another Missed Chance to Clear Up California’s Governor’s Race

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. By Dan Walters CalMatters Opinion Which came first...
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Tulare County Water Districts Kick in $67,500 More for PR Campaign

From left in the front row: Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta; Lauren Sánchez with Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon; and Sundar Pichai, the chief executive of Google, arrive for the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2025. The artificial intelligence boom has funneled trillions of dollars of capital investment into a handful of tech companies. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
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Billionaires’ Billions Are Increasing Faster Than Ever

An election sign in Lewiston, Maine, on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. Republicans have appeared to use shadowy super PACs to meddle in a series of Democratic primary contests this year, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to elevate candidates they see as weak or controversial. (John Tully/The New York Times)
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Democrats Accuse Republicans of Meddling in High-Stakes Maine Primary

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