Dan Walters

If California Bails Out LA’s $1 Billion Budget Deficit, Beware the Slippery Slope

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As fate would have it, the very destructive and deadl...

If California Bails Out LA’s $1 Billion Budget Deficit, Beware the Slippery Slope

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As fate would have it, the very destructive and deadl...

Opinion

/ 19 hours ago

CA Politicians Have an Irritating Habit of Ignoring the Downsides

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s governors and legislators have a number ...

Opinion

/ 3 days ago

Under Pressure From Trump, UC Abandons ‘Diversity Statement’ Requirement for Faculty

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. It’s likely that most Californians have never h...

Opinion

/ 6 days ago

Newsom’s New CA Homelessness Plan Leaves Out Some Important Details

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Let’s assume that there’s a theoretical p...

Opinion

/ 1 week ago

Newsom Tacks Right to Oppose Transgender Athletes in Women’s Sports

This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. So what game is Gavin Newsom playing? Ever since Demo...

Opinion

/ 3 weeks ago

Study Tells CA Legislators to Declare War on Red Tape. Will They Do It?

Construction of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and its more famous cousin, the Golden Gate Bridge, began in 1933, and both were carryi...

Opinion

/ 3 weeks ago

Newsom’s Failed Housing and Homelessness Promises Near End of Term

With just 22 months remaining in his governorship, Gavin Newsom knows that two interrelated promises he made to voters seven years ago — to ...

Opinion

/ 4 weeks ago

Trump, Newsom Play High-Stakes Game Over Billions in Wildfire Aid

After voters shunned Kamala Harris and sent Donald Trump back to the White House, California Gov. Gavin Newsom immediately positioned himsel...

Opinion

/ 1 month ago

LA Wildfires Intensify Political Jousting Over Home Insurance Premiums

The timing could not have been better — or worse. Dan Walters CalMatters Opinion The horrendously destructive and deadly Los Angeles wild...

Opinion

/ 1 month ago

Conflicting Studies Obscure Reality of California’s Fast Food Wage Battle

California’s Capitol has seen countless conflicts between economic interests, but few match the intensity of a duel between the fast f...

Opinion

/ 1 month ago

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Elon Musk Sells X to His Own xAI for $33 Billion in All-Stock Deal

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US Naval Academy Ends Affirmative Action in Admissions

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Elon Musk Backtracks on a Legally Questionable Plan to Pay Voters

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Appeals Court Clears Way for DOGE to Keep Operating at USAID

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Trump Pledges US Aid for Asia Quake Despite Former Official Saying System in ‘Shambles’

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Is Fresno Political Consultant Alex Tavlian Behind Election Attack Mailer?

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Gronk-a-Mania Set to Run Wild Over WrestleMania Weekend

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Federal Judge Blocks Trump From Dismantling Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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Look Inside the New Madera County Foodbank, a Lifeline for Thousands

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Wired Wednesday: Clovis Sales Tax Hike Starts April 1

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Musk Slams Government Waste, Calls Treasury Payments System ‘Totally Insane’

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St. Agnes’ Newest Robot Promises Less Invasive Surgeries, Faster Recoveries

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Cal State Automatically Admitting High School Students With Good Grades

California Democratic Lawmaker Exaggerated His Record as a Police Officer

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If California Bails Out LA’s $1 Billion Budget Deficit, Beware the Slippery Slope

If California Bails Out LA’s $1 Billion Budget Deficit, Beware the Slippery Slope

/ 19 hours ago

CA Politicians Have an Irritating Habit of Ignoring the Downsides

/ 3 days ago

Under Pressure From Trump, UC Abandons ‘Diversity Statement’ Requirement for Faculty

/ 6 days ago

Newsom’s New CA Homelessness Plan Leaves Out Some Important Details

/ 1 week ago

Newsom Tacks Right to Oppose Transgender Athletes in Women’s Sports

/ 3 weeks ago

Study Tells CA Legislators to Declare War on Red Tape. Will They Do It?

/ 3 weeks ago

Newsom’s Failed Housing and Homelessness Promises Near End of Term

/ 4 weeks ago

Trump, Newsom Play High-Stakes Game Over Billions in Wildfire Aid

/ 1 month ago

LA Wildfires Intensify Political Jousting Over Home Insurance Premiums

/ 1 month ago

Conflicting Studies Obscure Reality of California’s Fast Food Wage Battle

/ 1 month ago

Elon Musk Sells X to His Own xAI for $33 Billion in All-Stock Deal

US Naval Academy Ends Affirmative Action in Admissions

Elon Musk Backtracks on a Legally Questionable Plan to Pay Voters

Appeals Court Clears Way for DOGE to Keep Operating at USAID

Trump Pledges US Aid for Asia Quake Despite Former Official Saying System in ‘Shambles’

Is Fresno Political Consultant Alex Tavlian Behind Election Attack Mailer?

Gronk-a-Mania Set to Run Wild Over WrestleMania Weekend

Federal Judge Blocks Trump From Dismantling Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

St. Agnes’ Newest Robot Promises Less Invasive Surgeries, Faster Recoveries

Fresno Unified Faces Teacher Uproar Over Slashing Designated Schools

Look Inside the New Madera County Foodbank, a Lifeline for Thousands

Wired Wednesday: Clovis Sales Tax Hike Starts April 1

Musk Slams Government Waste, Calls Treasury Payments System ‘Totally Insane’

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