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...

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/ 3 days 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 ...

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/ 5 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...

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/ 1 week 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...

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/ 2 weeks 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...

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/ 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 ...

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/ 1 month 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...

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/ 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...

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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...

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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

/ 3 days ago

CA Politicians Have an Irritating Habit of Ignoring the Downsides

/ 5 days ago

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

/ 1 week ago

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

/ 2 weeks 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

/ 1 month 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

The Mystery of Melania Trump’s Wedding Dress and an eBay Sale

Heading to Sierra? Prepare for Heavy Snow

Mexican National Caught in Fresno County Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking

CA Snowpack Is Near-Average. What Does This Mean for Water Supplies?

Shohei Ohtani Adds Another No. 1 to His Resume: MLB’s Best-Selling Jersey

Tush Push Is the Hottest Topic at the NFL League Meetings

U.S. Bank Executive Terry Dolan Dies in Plane Crash Near Minneapolis

Trump Administration Will Review Billions in Funding for Harvard

What Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs Could Mean for Americans: Fareed Zakaria

A Look at Fresno City College’s New $87 Million Science Building

Dueling Protests Clash at Fresno Tesla Dealership

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

Fresno Unified Faces Teacher Uproar Over Slashing Designated Schools

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