Dan Walters

Big state battle looms on Medi-Cal

As he presented his revised 2013-14 budget to the Legislature, Gov. Jerry Brown warned against expanding spending beyond his administration's conservative revenue estimates.

Analyst gives Calif. Democrats more money, despite. Gov. Jerry Brown's pessimistic budget view

Jerry Brown -- who made "lower your expectations" a catchphrase of his first governorship -- is back in that mode during his second stint, especially on spending.

A risky tax trend picks up steam

When voters passed Proposition 30 last year, they unwittingly accelerated one of the most perilous trends in California governmental finance -- an ever-increasing reliance on income taxes from rich people to finance schools and myriad other state and loca

School funding unravels safety net

Dan Walters: Why run for mayor of L.A.?

When is debt too much to handle?

Immigration reform has big stakes

Secrecy becomes all too common

It's still too early to assess Brown 2

Politics continue to foul the delta

State Senate bills may decide medical practices

State's taxation hot issue again

Dan Walters: Teachers' CalSTRS pension gap is just ignored

State needs to take long view

Did CALPERS secrecy abet investment scheme?

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