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<title><![CDATA[Dan Walters - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/19019.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Dan Walters]]></description><category domain="19019">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[What Just Happened in California?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-just-happened-in-california/ar-AA24LCgJ</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Walters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Millions of ballots are still being counted in California, where the primary results for the state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s two marquee races for governor and mayor of Los Angeles remain uncalled as of Wednesday afternoon.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is This the Best California Dems Can Come Up With?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-california-s-governor-s-race-became-such-an-unholy-mess/ar-AA22UaGI</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Walters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Is this really the best California Democrats can come up with? That question has hovered over this year'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s gubernatorial race, in which the state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s voters will choose a replacement for term-limited Gavin Newsom.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CA Can't Shed History of Persistent Government Corruption]]></title>
							<link>https://calmatters.org/commentary/2026/02/california-persistent-government-corruption/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Walters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Prosecutions, referenda, recalls and regulatory agencies have, over the years, curbed some of California's government corruption, but not all of it.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Feinstein Now Almost Certain to Retire]]></title>
							<link>https://www.dailynews.com/2022/03/01/feinstein-now-must-decide-whether-to-retire/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Walters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[California'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s senior U.S. senator, a California political fixture for more than a half-century, was facing a turning point even before her husband, financier and philanthropist Richard Blum, died on Sunday of cancer.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Newsom Put Himself in Recall Danger]]></title>
							<link>https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/09/newsom-recall-election-fault/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Walters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If he survives the recall, which seems likely, Newsom should be honest with himself about why it happened. It's time to grow up.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Will California Spend $150 Billion Windfall?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.dailynews.com/2021/03/21/how-will-california-spend-150-billion-windfall/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Walters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The political pressure to spend it on new commitments will be immense.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CA's Big Experiment: Will Reducing Penalties Reduce Crime?]]></title>
							<link>https://gvwire.com/2021/01/24/walters-will-reducing-criminal-penalties-reduce-crime/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Walters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[California is conducting an immense sociological experiment, testing whether reducing prison time for criminal acts will, in the long run, mean less crime.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Big Tax Increases Coming to California?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/03/24/walters-are-big-tax-increases-coming-to-california/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Walters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Newsom and Democrats in the Legislature may need a bigger tax bite to finance their expansionist ambitions.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[California a Model of Green Prosperity? Not Quite]]></title>
							<link>https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/09/23/walters-california-an-economic-model-for-going-green-not-quite/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Walters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Cheerleaders contend that going green has been an economic positive, but that claim is unproven.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Pension Costs Clobbered One California City]]></title>
							<link>http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/california-forum/article204988544.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Walters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Santa Cruz declared a fiscal emergency in February 2018 and is proposing a quarter-cent sales tax increase, thanks to CalPERS liabilities and retiree health costs.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Downside of CA's $15 Minimum Wage? More Automated Jobs]]></title>
							<link>http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/california-forum/article193029289.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Walters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If workers can keep their jobs, they'll enjoy higher wages. But rising labor costs are pushing employers toward robots.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Universal Coverage in California Is Doable - For a Price]]></title>
							<link>http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/california-forum/article189661334.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Walters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[California could afford universal health care. Lawmakers would just have to admit they want to insure undocumented immigrants.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is California Seeing the Onset of a Recession?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/12/03/walters-could-california-be-seeing-the-onset-of-a-recession/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Walters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Columnist Dan Walters says Gov. Jerry Brown is bracing for a potential recession in California.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CA Dems Regret Change to &quot;Top-Two&quot; Primary System]]></title>
							<link>http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_29188110/dan-walters-democrats-regret-change-top-two-primary</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Dan Walters</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Six years ago, to pass a state budget, the Legislature's Democratic leaders agreed to place a major change in primary election voting before voters.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' They've regretted it ever since.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Proposition 14, approved by voters in 2010, is a "top-two" primary system in which all candidates...]]></description>
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