Dan Walters, Cal Matters

California politicians deciding state budget without knowing the full picture

Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders are flying blind as they attempt to fashion a new state...

Posted by Dan Walters, Cal Matters | May 18, 2023 5:25 pm | Commentary

Twelve years ago, after weeks of public saber-rattling and secret negotiations, then-Gov. Jerry...

Posted by Dan Walters, Cal Matters | May 8, 2023 10:20 am | Commentary

Early explorers believed California to be an island, and while its physical attachment to the rest...

Posted by Dan Walters, Cal Matters | Apr 11, 2023 9:17 am | Commentary

Last Monday, California water officials slogged through deep snow 7,000 feet above sea level, west...

Posted by Dan Walters, Cal Matters | Mar 24, 2023 10:21 pm | Commentary

The seemingly perpetual political and legal battle over whether gig workers for Uber, Lyft,...