652 results for "Dan Walters"
Dan Walters: Legislative analyst gives Democrats more money
Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 12:00 AMJerry Brown – who made "lower your expectations" a catchphrase of his first governorship – is back in that mode during his second stint, especially on spending.
Capitol Alert: Dan Walters Daily: Realignment raising eyebrows
Friday, May 17, 2013 at 6:08 AMA new report on recidivism rates calls into question whether Gov. Jerry Brown's sweeping prison realignment plan has really had any effect, Dan says.
Dan Walters: A perilous tax trend accelerates
Friday, May 17, 2013 at 12:00 AMWhen 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 ...
Capitol Alert: Dan Walters Daily: Muddled math in Gov. Brown's budget revision
Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 6:06 AMGov. Jerry Brown's revised 2013-2014 budget blueprint may pass political muster, but Dan's not so sure it passes an accounting test.
Capitol Alert: Brown, Legislature remain at odds on school finance overhaul
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 4:59 PMGov. Jerry Brown reiterated his resolve to remake how California finances public schools by giving districts with large numbers of poor and/or English-learner students more money when he presented a revised state budget this week.
Capitol Alert: Dan Walters Daily: California's spot bill chicanery not healthy
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 6:12 AMThe annual rite of passing a few dozen empty budget "spot bills" to be filled in later has increasingly become the way things get done in Sacramento, Dan says.
Dan Walters: California school aid, safety net programs in budget conflict
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 12:00 AMTwenty-five years ago, California voters approved – albeit very narrowly – the education community's ballot measure that engraved a complex school finance structure into the state constitution.
Dan Walters Daily: Dan Walters Daily: Serious tax reform still avoided in California
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 6:11 AMThe Legislature continues to content itself with tinkering around the edges of tax policy rather than tackle a broad overhaul, something Dan says could come back to haunt California.
Dan Walters: Why would anybody want to be L.A. mayor?
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 12:00 AMAs an 18th-century frontier village, it was named El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula, or in English, Town of Our Lady the Queen of Angels of the Little Portion.
Capitol Alert: Bill to hike taxes on commercial property stalls in Assembly
Monday, May 13, 2013 at 3:56 PMA controversial bill that would indirectly increase local taxes on commercial property was stalled - perhaps permanently - Monday in the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee.
