Columnists How Gavin Newsom channeled Jerry Brown 1.0 with his flip-flop on oil and gas By Dan WaltersUpdated Sep 22, 2025 Over the last half-century, California has had seven governors — counting Jerry Brown twice — who varied widely in temperament, ideology and e…
Guest Perspectives Legislators could undermine state’s public pension reform By Dan WaltersUpdated Feb 18, 2026 Thirteen years ago, a minor political miracle occurred in California’s Capitol.
State Featured California lawmakers try again to extend last call to 4 a.m. By Yue Stella Yu CalMatters Apr 14, 2025 Enjoy closing down a California bar at 2 a.m.?
Columnists California’s great debate resumes about volatile swings in tax revenue By Dan Walters Aug 10, 2024 For the last two decades, California’s governors and legislators — and lobbyists for countless groups with stakes in the state budget — have e…
State Featured Is Newsom a bona fide alternative? By Alexei Koseff and Yue Stella Yu CalMattersUpdated Aug 15, 2024 In the nearly two weeks since President Joe Biden’s catastrophic performance in a televised debate, the Democratic freakout over whether he ca…
Columnists California’s budget charade reflects a 15-year-long conflict over the process By Dan Walters Jun 15, 2024 What’s happening on the state budget this week — or, more accurately, not happening — is the latest chapter in a 15-year saga of manipulative …
Columnists Limiting line skipping is silly Jon Mays Daily Journal staff Updated Jun 21, 2024 Most of us have experienced this: You are waiting in line at the airport and people go ahead of you for various reasons but most notably becau…
Guest Perspectives California may reallocate its water supply By Dan Walters Oct 21, 2022 While it’s not yet formal policy, those who manage California’s vast water system are edging toward a historic reallocation of the state’s shr…
Guest Perspectives State’s sham budget and unintended consequences By Dan Walters CalMatters Jun 22, 2022 The “law of unintended consequences” is a tenet of classic economics — essentially a warning that an action meant to have a positive effect ca…
State Judge: California's women on boards law is unconstitutional By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press May 16, 2022 LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge has ruled that California's landmark law requiring women on corporate boards is unconstitutional.
