Tag: Dan Walters
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Should tech giants have to pay California newspapers for content?
When I began my journalism career 64 years ago, newspapers were virtual licenses to print money...
Read MoreHigh school free speech controversy jogs memories of my start in journalism
Students at Sacramento’s McClatchy High School learned last month that if officialdom feels...
Read MoreResidents worried about crime sets stage for ballot measure showdown
Democrats completely dominate California’s state government, and one aspect of that hegemony is...
Read MoreFewer students, higher absenteeism plague public school financing
California’s public schools live – or die – by the numbers. They are utterly dependent on how much...
Read MoreCalifornia spends billions on homelessness yet the crisis keeps getting worse
California not only has the nation’s largest number of homeless people, but one of its highest...
Read MoreState’s worker shortage has quickly become an existential issue
Millions of Americans watched last weekend as NFL teams played the final games of their regular...
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Feinstein always did things her way in a long political career
It won’t happen, but a fitting tribute to Dianne Feinstein, California’s longest-serving U.S....
Read MoreWater rights reformers only score minor victory in Legislature
A centerpiece of California’s perpetual political and legal wrangling over allocation of water is...
Read MoreCalifornia keeps its title as having the nation’s highest poverty rate
Congratulations California, you’ve done it again — retained your title of having the highest level...
Read MoreCalifornia’s 63-year-old higher education plan could use a reality check
As California’s population exploded in the 1950s and 1960s – surpassing New York to become the...
Read MoreAnnual crime report shows fear of increasing crime is justified
Political officeholders at all levels and of all ideological stripes habitually pursue a...
Read MoreWho benefits from Amazon’s immense sales taxes in California?
Twelve years ago, after weeks of public saber-rattling and secret negotiations, then-Gov. Jerry...
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