Opinion

Walters: Another Chance to Act on Housing

February 24, 2021

When he was running for governor three years ago, Gavin Newsom promised, rather absurdly, that he would spearhead a drive to build 3.5 million new housing units by 2025. It was absurd because it would require California to escalate new construction from abo...

Walters: School Reopening Row Nears Climax

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

February 23, 2021

California’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic has been, to say the least, erratic with ever-changing state decrees on business openings and closings and personal conduct and, most recently, a chaotic rollout...

Federal tax reform will help many Californians, but it will dig deep into the pockets of the state's wealthy residents

Opinion: Tax Hike on Employers Isn’t Necessary as State Enjoys Revenue Windfall

CalMatters

February 22, 2021

California’s state government has so much money it could be constitutionally required to give taxpayers a rebate, so it’s somewhat surprising that a group of lawmakers continues to push for a multibillion-dolla...

Walters: Pandemic Relief Package Has a Downside

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

February 22, 2021

The immense drop in state revenue that Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislators anticipated last year when COVID-19 struck the state never materialized. Instead, high-income Californians who are the basic source of the state’s ongoing tax income continued to work ...

Opinion: Prosecutors Feud Over Criminal Sentencing Laws

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

February 21, 2021

The starkest aspect to California’s evolution from a relatively conservative state into a blue bastion has been an evolving attitude toward crime and punishment. In the 1980s and 1990s, California became a n...

Photo of a homeless camp in downtown Fresno

Opinion: Some Sober Advice on Homelessness

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

February 17, 2021

A year ago, before COVID-19 changed everything, Gov. Gavin Newsom dedicated almost all of his State of the State address to one issue: homelessness. “As Californians, we pride ourselves on our unwavering sen...

Opinion: California Vaccine Rollout and the Failure of Government

Opinion

February 16, 2021

A pundit could almost make a career out of pointing out how California routinely lands in last place or just a few spots from the bottom on various lists. From the state’s miserable business climate to its worst-in-the-country tax and regulation policies to po...

Walters: Data Delay Weighs on Redistricting Plans

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

February 16, 2021

The California constitution commands that by Aug. 15, the state’s independent redistricting commission “shall approve four final maps that separately set forth the district boundary lines for the congressional,...

Walters: Medi-Cal Overhaul Sounds Good on Paper

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

February 15, 2021

State officials are fond of giving their high-concept — and expensive — new programs snappy, one-word acronyms derived from much-longer and often awkward official titles. Thus, for example, the Financial Inf...

Walters: Newsom Polishes Image as Recall Drive Escalates

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

February 14, 2021

For months, Gov. Gavin Newsom communicated about the COVID-19 pandemic via frequent webcasts in which he cited the latest statistics and beseeched Californians to wear masks, wash their hands, and avoid crowds. In the last couple of weeks, however, Newsom h...

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Walters: Another Chance to Act on Housing

Walters: School Reopening Row Nears Climax

Opinion: Tax Hike on Employers Isn’t Necessary as State Enjoys Revenue Windfall

Walters: Pandemic Relief Package Has a Downside

Opinion: Prosecutors Feud Over Criminal Sentencing Laws

Opinion: Some Sober Advice on Homelessness

Opinion: California Vaccine Rollout and the Failure of Government

Walters: Data Delay Weighs on Redistricting Plans

Walters: Medi-Cal Overhaul Sounds Good on Paper

Walters: Newsom Polishes Image as Recall Drive Escalates