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Dan Walters

Dan Walters | Cap and Trade Gets a New Name

Nineteen years ago, during actor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s governorship, he and the Legislature created a program that would, in theory, reduce California’s emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases deemed to

Byron York

Byron York | Trump’s Most Important Achievement

Experts estimate that during the Biden administration, around 9 million migrants crossed illegally into the United States and remained in the country. As illegal border crossers, they are what immigration

Dan Walters

Dan Walters | Rivas’ Low-Hanging Oversight Fruit

The California Legislature not only habitually passes legislation without considering downside risks, it also only rarely examines whether those new laws deliver promised results. The latter is called “oversight,” and

Dan Walters

Dan Walters | California Water Wars Continue

From the onset of his foray into presidential politics a decade ago, Donald Trump has been obsessed with managing California’s water, often interjecting himself into decades-long conflicts over how the

Dan Walters

Dan Walters | California’s Education Mishmash

California’s public school system, which purports to educate nearly 6 million students ranging from 4-year-olds in transitional kindergarten to near-adults preparing to graduate from high school, is in a world