Dan Walters

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Walters: Is There a California Tipping Point to the Abyss?

September 22, 2019

Circa of America got its start more than a half-century ago, during San Francisco’s Hippie heyday, when Ronaldo Cianciarulo began making and selling leather belts out of his van in the city’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. During several changes of ownership ...

Walters: Newsom Bucks His Party on Water

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

September 18, 2019

It had to happen sooner or later. At some point, California’s “resistance” to President Donald Trump would move beyond flowery rhetoric, tweets and lawsuits and seriously affect Californians. Dan ...

Walters: Housing Action Just Half-a-Loaf

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

September 16, 2019

Gavin Newsom’s first legislative session as governor began with promises to vigorously confront California’s huge and ever-growing housing shortage. “If we want a California for All, we have to build housing...

Walters: California Tax Votes Clouded by Legal Confusion

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

September 12, 2019

The state Supreme Court stirred up a legal hornet’s nest two years ago when it suggested — but didn’t explicitly declare — that a two-thirds vote requirement for specific local tax increases might not apply to measures placed on the ballot via initiative petit...

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Walters: Hot Politics in the Cul-De-Sac of California

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

September 11, 2019

Spanish explorer Juan Cabrillo claimed California 477 years ago this month when his three-ship armada sailed into a bay he named “San Miguel,” which we know today as San Diego. Nearly a half-millennium later...

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Walters: Dems Ignore Voters’ Decisions

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

September 9, 2019

In politics, as in sports, rules of the game often influence, or even dictate, who wins and who loses. Just as professional sports leagues are wracked by internal conflict over playing rules, California’s po...

Walters: Tone-Deaf Insurance Czar Lara and His Critics

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

September 8, 2019

During his first months as the state’s elected insurance commissioner, Ricardo Lara was rocked by disclosures that he had accepted more than $50,000 in campaign contributions from insurance industry sources after pledging to shun such dealings during his campa...

Walters: Newsom Wheels and Deals on Big Issues

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

September 5, 2019

Gavin Newsom wasn’t born when the TV game show “Let’s Make a Deal” began its run but he’s channeling its host, Monty Hall, during the final days of his first legislative session as governor. Every few days, ...

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Walters: Charter Schools Cheat the Hangman

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

September 4, 2019

Elections have consequences – often beneficial ones for those on the winning side and detrimental to the losers. Operators of California’s charter schools – public schools that operate independently of schoo...

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Walters: California Unions Win in Politics But Lose Members

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

September 2, 2019

One of the more curious anomalies about California is that while labor unions’ political power has increased to virtual hegemony, especially in the last decade, union membership has declined just as sharply. On Labor Day 2019, one can only wonder whether bo...

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Walters: Is There a California Tipping Point to the Abyss?

Walters: Newsom Bucks His Party on Water

Walters: Housing Action Just Half-a-Loaf

Walters: California Tax Votes Clouded by Legal Confusion

Walters: Hot Politics in the Cul-De-Sac of California

Walters: Dems Ignore Voters’ Decisions

Walters: Tone-Deaf Insurance Czar Lara and His Critics

Walters: Newsom Wheels and Deals on Big Issues

Walters: Charter Schools Cheat the Hangman

Walters: California Unions Win in Politics But Lose Members