TOP POLITICAL STORIES After 9,000 columns, he’s still watching California – now from a new perch Fresno Bee / CALmatters Dan Walters is back! So here I am again, beginning the third incarnation of my running commentary on all things California, but particularly its politics. Having written more than 9,000 California-centric columns over the […]
TOP POLITICAL STORIES Nunes: “No Indication” Congressional Shooting Was ISIS Or Al-Qaeda Follower KMJ-AF1 Valley Congressman Devin Nunes says there’s “no indication” that the suspect behind the shooting at the Republican congressional baseball team practice was a follower of ISIS or Al-Qaeda. PolitiFact statements about The 2018 California Governor’s Race The “Tracking The […]
TOP POLITICAL STORIES UC Berkeley poll finds Gavin Newsom in the lead for California governor race SFGate Former San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, who currently serves as California’s lieutenant governor, is in the lead in the 2018 state gubernatorial race, according to a recent UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll. Political Road Map: Here’s how that gas […]
TOP POLITICAL STORIES What Awaits California’s Next Governor Fox and Hounds Daily California’s governors always look good when the economy looks good but, to quote Warren Buffett, you only find out who has been swimming naked when the tide goes out. John Chiang kicks off campaign with swipe at Newsom San Francisco Chronicle Chiang isn’t exactly a […]
Political Stories Top stories A political battle over California’s bullet train has ended with the release of money – The state finance department has cleared the way for a $713-million state grant to electrify a commuter rail system in the Bay Area, ending a political battle started earlier this year by California Republicans in […]
Political Stories Top stories State lawmakers consider Brown’s gamble on pension money — As California lawmakers kick off their yearly scramble to pass a state budget, they have yet to agree on whether one controversial provision will make the cut: an untested $6 billion scheme that the governor says could save the state billions […]
Political Stories Top stories Dan Walters: California courts do poorly in competition for funds – Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, her fellow judges and children’s advocacy groups have been trying for years to persuade Gov. Jerry Brown and legislators to provide more legal aid for 60,000 foster children. Walters column in Sacramento Bee Your […]
Political Stories Top stories John Myers: Trump’s budget presents new challenge to California’s long-suffering unemployment fund — After years of the state being deep in debt to the federal government for a loan covering the unemployment benefits of millions of Californians, state government officials have been promising the system was well on its way […]
Political Stories Top stories Cost of keeping peace at Ann Coulter’s Modesto speech? Enough to support a family — The city released the records on policing the protest Thursday afternoon. They show the Modesto Police Department spent $48,273 in compensation for officers and other employees and the Stockton Police Department — which provided riot […]
Political Stories Top stories Dan Walters: Brown right, anti-tax motorists are freeloaders — Roadways should be maintained with taxes and fees on those who use them. The user-pays principle is long established and fair, and deviating from it, as we have done by floating bond issues repaid from general revenues, is bad public policy. […]
