Dan Walters

Dan Walters has been a journalist for nearly 60 years, spending all but a few of those years working for California newspapers. He is currently a columnist at CalMatters.org.

Gig Worker Bill: A Lousy Way to Make Law

This is an independent opinion. Have one of your own? Write it! Email it to hoa@ivn.us California’s early 20th century reformers sought to thwart an obviously corrupt

By Dan Walters

September 24, 2020

Supreme Court Makes Local Tax Hikes Easier

IVN San Diego Editor's Note: This Supreme Court ruling could have a big effect on San Diego. A proposed hotel tax increase came just short of winning a

By Dan Walters

September 19, 2020

Two ballot measures will test crime attitudes

Over the last few decades, Californians have seen crime spike upwards to crisis levels and then decline just as sharply. Their attitudes about crime have been just as volatile, translating

By Dan Walters

January 28, 2019

CA Senate Debate: De Leon Had One Shot to Score Big against Feinstein, and He Failed

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. - With voting already underway and trailing in the polls, Kevin de León desperately needed to score big in Wednesday’s one-and-only quasi-debate with U.

By Dan Walters

October 18, 2018

Opinion: CA Bail Reform Bill Stretches The 72-Hour Notice Law

Sacramento, CA.- Two years ago, nearly two-thirds of California voters supported a ballot measure to crack down on legislative trickery. For decades, state lawmakers had dodged the public by

By Dan Walters

August 30, 2018

Opinion: CA Hasty Rooftop Solar Decree Could Backfire

The California Energy Commission, more or less on the fly, has decreed that beginning in 2020 all new single-family homes and low-rise multi-family residential projects must be

By Dan Walters

May 30, 2018