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Lagging Revenue Drives California Budget Deficit as Deadline Nears

As the June 15 constitutional deadline for enacting a 2024-25 state budget approaches, the good news for Gov. Gavin Newsom is that all-impor...

Lagging Revenue Drives California Budget Deficit as Deadline Nears

As the June 15 constitutional deadline for enacting a 2024-25 state budget approaches, the good news for Gov. Gavin Newsom is that all-impor...

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New Battlegrounds Emerge in California’s Political Guerrilla War Over Housing

At least once a month a new front opens in California’s political guerrilla war between state and local officials over housing. Dan Walter...

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As California Cracks Down on Groundwater, What Happens to Fallowed Farmland?

A couple of weeks ago, the California Water Resources Control Board put five agricultural water agencies in Kings County on probation for fa...

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California Charter School Battles Intensify as Education Finances Get Squeezed

California’s public schools, with nearly 6 million students, are feeling the financial impacts of a quintuple whammy. Dan Walters CalMatte...

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Key Questions About CA Budget Deficit Unanswered as Deadlines Loom

The must-follow website this month among California’s politicians, bureaucrats, and interest group lobbyists is the “California Personal Inc...

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Newsom Criticizes Local Response to Homelessness. He Should Look in the Mirror.

Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom reiterated one of his favorite complaints — that local government officials aren’t doing enough to reduce Calif...

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Californians Worry About Crime, Setting up a Ballot Measure Showdown

Californians once supported criminal justice reforms to lighten penalties for crime but attitudes have changed. A November ballot measure co...

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Will State AG Rob Bonta Jump Into 2026 Race for CA Governor?

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has been busy lately, or so it would seem from the never-ending stream of news releases from the Depar...

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CA’s High Construction Costs Limit Housing. A Supreme Court Decision Might Help

California’s chronic inability to build enough housing – particularly for low-income families – has many causes, but a big one is its extrem...

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‘Digital Democracy’ Project Penetrates California’s Opaque Political Processes

When I began covering California politics 49 years ago, digital technology was in its infancy and the Capitol ran on paper. Dan Walters Ca...

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