Dan Walters

Walters: School Accountability Good for Some, Not Others?

March 21, 2019

Last year, in his final budget as governor, Jerry Brown proudly proclaimed a new policy to encourage the state’s 114 community colleges to pay more attention to how their students are faring. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary “By ...

Walters: Newsom Does It Again With Death Row Reprieve

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

March 18, 2019

Gavin Newsom is fond of making grandiloquent, headline-grabbing gestures couched in moralistic terms. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary “I had no right to do this. We didn’t have t...

Walters: Slowing Economy Could Hit State Budget

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

March 17, 2019

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first budget proposal, unveiled two months ago, took a surprisingly conservative approach, given his promises of high-dollar spending during his campaign for the governorship. Opi...

Walters: Sales Tax Bite Looms for Internet Consumers

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

March 14, 2019

There’s nothing new about ordering merchandise from the comfort of one’s home and having it delivered to the doorstep. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary One of the advantages catalog and Internet shoppers enjoyed was an implicit e...

Walters: Both Abortion Factions Try to Silence Opponents

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

March 11, 2019

Abortion is a divisive moral and political issue that generates ceaseless heated debate, as it should. However, it also entices those who feel passionately about it, one way or the other, to use politics to ...

Walters: Politicians Like to Keep Us in the Dark

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

March 10, 2019

Every year, governors and state legislators load up bills that supposedly implement the state budget with all sorts of extracurricular provisions benefiting those to whom they owe favors. Opinion ...

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Walters: 1872 Law Gives Police a License to Kill

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

March 7, 2019

Penal Code Section 196, enacted in 1872 when California was the nation’s sparsely populated westernmost frontier, declares that a police officer may lawfully kill someone while “arresting persons charged with felony, and who are fleeing from justice or resisti...

Walters: State Supreme Court Ducks Key Pension Issue

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

March 6, 2019

The state Supreme Court could have addressed a fundamental issue in California’s public employee pension crisis – whether the so-called “California rule” makes it impossible to reduce benefits. Opini...

Walters: A Crackdown on Misusing Public Funds for Campaigns?

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

March 3, 2019

When Yuba County’s Board of Supervisors asked its voters to hike sales taxes last year, it wasn’t alone. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary After Measure K was approved by a narrow ...

Walters: What Are the Limits on a ‘Gig Economy?’

Dan Walters, CALmatters Commentary

February 28, 2019

The term “gig economy” entered the popular lexicon a few years ago, referring to new industries that rely on technology and non-employee workers, such as the Uber and Lyft rides-on-call services. Opinion Dan Walters CALmatters Commentary ...

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Will Andrew Janz Run for Mayor or Try Again for Congress?

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When Will ‘All Means All’ Happen at Starr Elementary?

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After a Decade, Wallows Finally Releases Band’s First Album

Iditarod Competitor Whose Dogs Quit Says They Got Spooked

Walters: 1872 Law Gives Police a License to Kill

California Lawmakers Debate How to Prevent Another College Admissions Scandal

White Nationalism, Born in the USA, Is Now a Global Terror Threat

Wild Chase Reveals FUSD Failure to Support Troubled Student

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Walters: School Accountability Good for Some, Not Others?

Walters: Newsom Does It Again With Death Row Reprieve

Walters: Slowing Economy Could Hit State Budget

Walters: Sales Tax Bite Looms for Internet Consumers

Walters: Both Abortion Factions Try to Silence Opponents

Walters: Politicians Like to Keep Us in the Dark

Walters: 1872 Law Gives Police a License to Kill

Walters: State Supreme Court Ducks Key Pension Issue

Walters: A Crackdown on Misusing Public Funds for Campaigns?

Walters: What Are the Limits on a ‘Gig Economy?’