In his Feb. 25 CALmatters column, Dan Walters discusses the upcoming battle over rights in California’s “water war.” Walters explains that tensions over California’s complicated water...
In his Tuesday, Feb. 20 column, CALmatters’ Dan Walters sizes up California’s gubernatorial election as a two-man, “down to the wire” race. The two leading candidates...
In his Wednesday, Feb. 14 CALmatters column, Dan Walters explores the Legislature’s use of Proposition 50, a 2016 voter-approved constitutional amendment that provides guidelines for suspending...
In today’s CALmatters column, Dan Walters questions the future of Proposition 57, the criminal reform initiative passed in 2016 with support from Gov. Jerry Brown. The...
Officials in five cities and three counties have filed lawsuits alleging that companies knowingly emitted greenhouse gases that will damage those communities as oceans rise, and...
In his Feb.8 CALmatters column, Dan Walters discusses the implications of the more populist features of California’s government: the initiative, the referendum and the recall. While...
California lawmakers finally relented last week and released records of investigations into sexual harassment involving Capitol members and employees. But CALmatters columnist Dan Walters opines in...
In his Feb. 1 column, CALmatters columnist Dan Walters points out that the audit of California’s over-budget, behind-schedule high-speed rail project commissioned by state lawmakers this...
Los Angeles Unified epitomizes the difficulties that large urban school districts face in selecting a superintendent to guide them through troubled waters. Superintendent Michelle King resigned earlier...
In his Jan. 29 CALmatters column, Dan Walters describes the challenges facing Gov. Jerry Brown’s $70 billion High-Speed Rail Project and his Delta tunnels effort. Walters...
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