Dan Walters

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...

Opinion

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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...

Housing

/ 3 days ago

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...

Opinion

/ 4 days ago

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...

Opinion

/ 6 days ago

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...

Opinion

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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...

Opinion

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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...

Crime

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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...

Opinion

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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...

Opinion

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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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Gov. Newsom Appoints Judges for Fresno, Merced Counties

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Assemblymember Soria Dodges Questions About Defamation Lawsuit

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At Time of Rising Antisemitism, Holocaust Survivors Take on Denial and Hate in New Digital Campaign

FUSD Trustees Name Misty Her as Interim Superintendent. National Search Yet to Start

Israel Briefs US on Evacuation Plan for Palestinians Ahead of Planned Rafah Assault

Universities Negotiate End to Protests, Open Dialogue on Investment Policies

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Google, Justice Department Make Final Arguments About Whether Search Engine is a Monopoly

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Lagging Revenue Drives California Budget Deficit as Deadline Nears

Lagging Revenue Drives California Budget Deficit as Deadline Nears

/ 2 days ago

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

/ 3 days ago

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

/ 4 days ago

California Charter School Battles Intensify as Education Finances Get Squeezed

/ 6 days ago

Key Questions About CA Budget Deficit Unanswered as Deadlines Loom

/ 1 week ago

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

/ 2 weeks ago

Californians Worry About Crime, Setting up a Ballot Measure Showdown

/ 2 weeks ago

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

/ 2 weeks ago

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

/ 3 weeks ago

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

/ 3 weeks ago

Fresno State Announces 2024 Graduate Deans’ Medalists

Yellen Says Threats to Democracy Risk US Economic Growth, an Indirect Jab at Trump

New Sea Route for Gaza Aid on Track. Treating Starving Children Is a Priority

At Time of Rising Antisemitism, Holocaust Survivors Take on Denial and Hate in New Digital Campaign

FUSD Trustees Name Misty Her as Interim Superintendent. National Search Yet to Start

Gov. Newsom Appoints Judges for Fresno, Merced Counties

Assemblymember Soria Dodges Questions About Defamation Lawsuit

Israel Briefs US on Evacuation Plan for Palestinians Ahead of Planned Rafah Assault

Assemblymember Soria Dodges Questions About Defamation Lawsuit

Police Investigating Possible Vandalism at Jewish Temple, Catholic Church

Unfiltered Clip: Insights from Dr. Trita Parsi on Navigating the Israel-Palestine Conflict

Turbo Lag, Whale Tails, Widowmakers: Celebrating 50 Years of the Legendary Porsche 930

Wired Wednesday: Digging Into Fresno’s Trash Hauling Fees

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