Dan Walters

Walters: Trump Doing California a Bullet Train Favor

May 23, 2019

At last count, California’s Democratic political leadership had filed four dozen lawsuits against President Donald Trump’s administration, reflecting differences on policies large and small. Dan Walters CALmatters For the most part, Californ...

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

Walters: California Gets a Hollow Victory in Tax Battle

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

May 20, 2019

California officials have pursued Gilbert Hyatt for nearly three decades, trying to force him to pay state income taxes on royalties he began receiving in the early 1990s from his groundbreaking technology inve...

Walters: Can California Crack Its Housing Nut?

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

May 19, 2019

The state Department of Finance reported this month that California, which has a stubborn and growing shortage of housing, added just 77,000 houses, apartments and condos in 2018. Opinion Dan Walt...

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Key Conflicts Roil California’s Ever-Evolving Waterscape

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

May 17, 2019

As 2018 was winding down, one of California’s leading newspapers suggested, via a front-page, banner-headlined article, that the drought that had plagued the state for much of this decade may be returning. Just weeks later, that same newspaper was reporting...

Walters: Demography Is California’s Destiny

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

May 12, 2019

Who first declared that “demography is destiny” is uncertain, but that doesn’t detract from the aphorism’s validity—and what’s happening in California right now proves it. Opinion Dan Walters CAL...

Gov. Newsom Is Shrinking Jerry Brown’s Pet Projects

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

May 8, 2019

When Jerry Brown began his first governorship in 1975, he quickly set himself apart from his father, former Gov. Pat Brown. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary The elder Brown’s lega...

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Walters: California’s Vexing Poverty Puzzle

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

May 6, 2019

California, as we all should know by now, has the nation’s highest rate of poverty as measured by the Census Bureau’s supplemental – and most accurate – methodology. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary Even more troubling is a calcu...

Walters: Some Bills Are Silly, and Some Are Just Dumb

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

April 28, 2019

Every session of the California Legislature generates some bills that can only be labeled as silly – that is, they defy common sense. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary The rational...

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Walters: School Spending Popular, Taxes Not so Much

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

April 25, 2019

For years, even decades, polling has consistently found that Californians’ highest political priority is public education. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary PPIC found that three-q...

Walters: Can We Protect Kids From Becoming Zombies?

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

April 24, 2019

We’ve all seen children, often very young children, hunched over from heavy book backpacks, shuffling along sidewalks just an hour or two after sunrise on their way to school. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary “The recommendation ...

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Key Conflicts Roil California’s Ever-Evolving Waterscape

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Walters: A Crackdown on Misuse of Taxpayer Money?

Walters: Trump Doing California a Bullet Train Favor

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Walters: California Gets a Hollow Victory in Tax Battle

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Brand to Human Traffickers: All of Fresno Is Coming After You!

A Brief History of Fresno’s Spiral Garage

Notes on Spiral Garage Appraisal

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Walters: Trump Doing California a Bullet Train Favor

Walters: California Gets a Hollow Victory in Tax Battle

Walters: Can California Crack Its Housing Nut?

Key Conflicts Roil California’s Ever-Evolving Waterscape

Walters: Demography Is California’s Destiny

Gov. Newsom Is Shrinking Jerry Brown’s Pet Projects

Walters: California’s Vexing Poverty Puzzle

Walters: Some Bills Are Silly, and Some Are Just Dumb

Walters: School Spending Popular, Taxes Not so Much

Walters: Can We Protect Kids From Becoming Zombies?