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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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Selling California Voters on Raising Local Taxes Often Involves Tricks, Manipulation

California’s Nov. 3 ballot contains 14 statewide ballot measures and five of them pertain to taxes, including the much-debated Proposition 4...
Dan Walters

/ 4 days ago

California Withholds School Funds While Blowing Money on Pet Projects, Luxury Travel

The California Teachers Association sued the state this week, asking a court to force the payment of $3.9 billion in public school support t...
Opinion

/ 2 weeks ago

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As Newsom’s Reign Nears End, His Ability to Sway Legislators Wanes

During his nearly eight years as California governor, Gavin Newsom has had a somewhat unusual approach to dealing with a Legislature dominat...
Opinion

/ 4 weeks ago

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California Battle Over Key Environmental Law Brews on Two Fronts

Business as usual in California politics always includes at least one squabble over the California Environmental Quality Act, a law signed 5...
Opinion

/ 1 month ago

Attorney General Rob Bonta addresses the media during a press conference at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento on Feb. 4, 2025. Photo by Fred Greaves, CalMatters

AG Bonta Excels at Self-Promotion but Buries Legal Losses That Cost California

Driven by either genetic impulse or vocational training, politicians habitually brag about how they are serving those who voted them into of...
Cal Matters

/ 1 month ago

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How Newsom’s Complex History With the Oil Industry Could Affect a Presidential Run

Gavin Newsom and his family have had a long and complicated relationship with the oil industry. The latest chapter in the saga, a legal and ...
Opinion

/ 3 months ago

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Tech Devices in California’s New Cars Create Thorny Political Issues

Automobiles have gradually evolved over the last two decades from mechanical devices into electronic platforms featuring computer screens an...
Opinion

/ 3 months ago

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On USA’s 250th Birthday, Californians Should Remember When We Saved the World From Tyranny

If there ever was a moment for citizens of the United States of America to contemplate and appreciate how their nation has affected humankin...
Opinion

/ 3 months ago

CA Unions Want to Unwind Landmark Pension Reform. Who Will Foot the Bill?

The 1998 election of Gray Davis as governor was something of a fluke. By Dan Walters CalMatters Davis had climbed the political ladder on...
Opinion

/ 3 months ago

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CA Voters Will Decide 14 Ballot Measures, Billionaire Tax Included

When California voters in 1978 passed Proposition 13, the iconic property tax limitation, they simultaneously rejected Proposition 8, which ...
Opinion

/ 3 months ago

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Jack Smith, the former special counsel, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. Jack Smith, who as special counsel twice charged Donald Trump after his first term as president, testified as Republicans vowed to scrutinize his every word for possible prosecution. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
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Jack Smith, Who Charged Trump, Faces Another Grilling Before Congress

Fresno police arrested a 26-year-old man after finding a stolen Glock handgun equipped with an automatic conversion device during a probation search on Friday, April 17, 2026. (Fresno PD)
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Fresno Mother Accused of Driving 3 Children While Intoxicated, Assaulting Juvenile

CNN White House correspondent Betsy Klein works at the White House after she regained access, following a judge's order calling for access to be restored immediately for the reporters of CNN, Politico and MS NOW, after US President Donald Trump banned the news outlets from the White House, in Washington, D.C., US, September 24, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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CNN, MS NOW, Politico Ask Judge to Extend Block on White House Ban

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to the media after the U.S. Senate voted to end a partial government shutdown that has snarled airports across the country, though it did not resolve a dispute over immigration enforcement that prompted the six-week standoff in the first place, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 27, 2026. (Reuters File)
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Valadao Will Host House Speaker Johnson Wednesday in Bakersfield

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Small Flying Machines Become Weapons of War in Myanmar

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel prepares to speak during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters, Sept. 24, 2026. Netanyahu visited the United Arab Emirates over the weekend to meet with the Emirati president, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the two leaders’ offices confirmed on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
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