Dan Walters
LB Press-Telegram
Sacramento, CA, United States
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Will new California law curb pay-to-play in local governments?
Last year, the Legislature voted to curb campaign contributions to local government officials from those affected by official business. While the new law is very narrow, it now faces a legal challe… → Read More
Will California’s misused environmental law finally be reformed?
Words are cheap. Only actions count. → Read More
COVID-19 effects on California will linger for years
Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon lift the state of emergency he declared nearly three years ago due to COVID-19, but the negative effects will linger on for many years. → Read More
Two major California economic sectors face headwinds
Logistics and tech sectors are on the decline, writes Dan Walters. → Read More
Capitol community mourns two veterans of California politics
By happenstance, two long-serving veterans of Capitol politics died within hours of one another. Since their deaths, Allan Zaremberg and Rex Hime have been widely praised, and the plaudits are rich… → Read More
California not alone in having polarized politics
California’s politics have become highly polarized over the last quarter-century but the state is not alone, new research has found. → Read More
High-impact measures headed for 2024 California ballot
At least a half-dozen high-impact measures are likely to appear on the 2024 California ballot, generating multi-million-dollar campaigns for and against. → Read More
Transit ridership falters, posing a ‘fiscal cliff’
California wants more people to use public transit for transportation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but ridership is down and transit systems face a “fiscal cliff.” → Read More
Newsom touts freedom, but disses reporters
California Gov. Gavin Newsom bragged about California’s respect for freedom, but snubbed reporters aren’t buying it. → Read More
California’s water conundrum hinges on Delta
The most important piece of California’s water puzzle is the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the 1,100-square-mile estuary where the state’s two most important rivers meet. → Read More
What California can learn from wave of storms
The series of rain and snow storms buffeting California this month contains lessons for politicians, if they pay attention. → Read More
California’s Proposition 13 still sparking clashes
Thus the never-ending saga of Proposition 13 enters a new phase. → Read More
A new try for unionization of legislative staff
Multiple efforts to allow the California Legislature’s employees to unionize have failed, but with a big turnover of legislative membership this year, a new attempt is being made. → Read More
Which California school districts are run well?
A new on-line tool allows parents and voters to see how well their local school districts are prepared to make the reforms necessary to raise academic achievement in California. → Read More
Union conflict threatens housing legislation in California
An old California syndrome of making it easier to build vital new housing on one hand and saddling projects with higher costs on the other. → Read More
Business wants voters to overturn legislative decrees
Over the last decade, as Democrats solidified their dominance of the state Capitol, they have repeatedly attempted to change how private businesses operate in California → Read More
Tricky measure allows release of violent felons
As Attorney General Rob Bonta was campaigning for a full term this year, he said Proposition 57 went too far. → Read More
How did confidential gun permit data get leaked?
What occurred on June 27 plays like a broken record. Repeatedly — even chronically — California’s state government has attempted to use information technology with poor results. → Read More
Could the ocean slake California’s thirst?
The barriers to building dozens of desalination plants along the coast are economic, environmental and political. → Read More
2022 California campaigns: irrelevant and vapid
The intensity and relevance of the Bass-Caruso duel underscore just how vapid the other campaigns have been. → Read More