Dan Walters

@DanCALmatters

Political columnist for http://CALmatters.org

Sacramento, CA

Joined December 2011

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Dan Walters@DanCALmatters · Jul 19

California’s high unemployment rate predates Trump by many months.

CCerritos Newspaper@cerritosnews · Jul 18

@DanCALmatters do you think your Lord and Savior swollen Trump has anything to do with this? And just like your swollen orange menace, you guys are trying to change the subject Epstein Epstein, Epstein Epstein.

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Dan Walters@DanCALmatters · Jul 18

As employment declines in California it now stands alone with highest unemployment rate of any state, 5.4%. bls.gov/news.release/l…

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Dan Walters@DanCALmatters · Jul 18

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MMassimo@Rainmaker1973 · Jul 18

If you can move two matches, what's the biggest possible number you can get?

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Dan Walters@DanCALmatters · Jul 18

A really good deep dive into CEQA’s tortured history. From green icon to housing villain: The fall of California’s landmark environmental law politi.co/4m08MeP via @politico

DanCALmatters's tweet card. Democrats pared back one of the state's preeminent policies to restore trust with voters frustrated by the high cost of living.

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Daniel J.B. Mitchell@CalPolicy · Jul 18

It's interesting to know that in China - with its non-phonetic characters - kids still learn to read initially using a phonetic system:

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Dan Walters@DanCALmatters · Jul 18

Today is the 10th anniversary of CalMatters’ debut as a nonprofit California news site. I joined two years later and have never regretted it. It’s a minor miracle that such an organization exists solely to inform Californians about politics, thanks to readers and contributors.

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Dan Walters@DanCALmatters · Jul 18

Citing security threats, California lawmakers want to shield their addresses from public calmatters.org/politics/2025/…

DanCALmatters's tweet card. A proposal would block journalists’ access to politicians’ residential addresses and phone numbers in their voter roll.

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Dan Walters@DanCALmatters · Jul 18

New column: California is finally adopting phonics, fulfilling a grandmother's dream calmatters.org/commentary/202…

DanCALmatters's tweet card. Four decades after education reformer Marian Joseph pushed phonics in schools to change the way young readers learn, California embraces it.

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Dan Walters@DanCALmatters · Jul 17

New column: New California budget papers over $20 billion deficit, ignores day of reckoning calmatters.org/commentary/202…

DanCALmatters's tweet card. Gov. Gavin Newsom is counting $7 billion drawn from a reserve account as revenue, making California's $20 billion budget deficit seem smaller.

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Dan Walters@DanCALmatters · Jul 16

Want to know what's in new state budget? Department of Finance has posted official summary. ebudget.ca.gov/budget/2025-26…

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Dan Walters@DanCALmatters · Jul 16

New column: Why California's agricultural industry is at odds over converting land to solar farms calmatters.org/commentary/202…

DanCALmatters's tweet card. A debate within California's agricultural sector simmers over what should happen as acreage devoted to crops and livestock shrinks.

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Dan Walters@DanCALmatters · Jul 15

New column: LA Times valiantly explains how Los Angeles became the epicenter of homelessness calmatters.org/commentary/202…

DanCALmatters's tweet card. The Los Angeles Times recently made a valiant attempt to explain how homelessness became a seemingly intractable crisis in L.A. County.

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Dan Walters@DanCALmatters · Jul 11

Why one California union sided with YIMBYs and developers on housing calmatters.org/politics/2025/…

DanCALmatters's tweet card. California’s new environmental reform law, backed by carpenters, eases housing construction rules but deepens divisions within the labor movement.

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Dan Walters@DanCALmatters · Jul 11

New column: Charter schools need reform. This proposal could kneecap them calmatters.org/commentary/202…

DanCALmatters's tweet card. Lawmakers are considering creating an inspector general role just to oversee charter schools. It might slow the charter school movement.

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Dan Walters@DanCALmatters · Jul 11

California, epicenter of the nation’s housing crisis, is finally getting a housing agency calmatters.org/housing/2025/0…

DanCALmatters's tweet card. California is finally getting a housing agency. Here’s why that matters.

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Dan Walters@DanCALmatters · Jul 10

New column: Holdouts in Marin County resist California rules speeding up multifamily housing calmatters.org/commentary/202…

DanCALmatters's tweet card. State pressure to allow more housing in Marin County is relentless. Some in Fairfax aren't giving up the fight.

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Dan Walters@DanCALmatters · Jul 9

This is interesting

SSoquel by the Creek@SoquelCreek · Jul 9

Let's just hope that Gavin Newsom learned some of South Carolina's "magic" while he was there. @DanCALmatters

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Dan Walters@DanCALmatters · Jul 9

New column: Newsom's South Carolina visit should remove any doubts about his political goals calmatters.org/commentary/202…

DanCALmatters's tweet card. Gavin Newsom went to South Carolina this week. The state could host the first Democratic presidential primary again in 2028.

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Dan Walters@DanCALmatters · Jul 8

New column: Valadao and other California GOP members of Congress might regret backing Trump's megabill calmatters.org/commentary/202…

DanCALmatters's tweet card. Congressional Republicans in California are under fire for their support of Donald Trump's controversial "Big Beautiful Bill."

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Dan Walters@DanCALmatters · Jul 4

New column: California's politics drifts rightward while New York's leans left calmatters.org/commentary/202…

DanCALmatters's tweet card. In contrast to New York voters favoring a "democratic socialist," Californians chose Gov. Gavin Newsom, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie and other moderate Democrats.

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