Daniel Weintraub

Daniel Weintraub: Effect of state ruling likely short-lived

By Daniel Weintraub - Published: Sunday, May 31 2009 - 12:00 am

Last week's decision by the California Supreme Court upholding Proposition 8 was hailed and criticized around the country as an important development in the ongoing legal and political battle over the definition of marriage.

The Conversation: Where do we go from here, Californians?

By Daniel Weintraub - Updated: Sunday, May 24 2009 - 6:25 pm

Last week's resounding verdict from the voters came as little surprise to anyone in the Capitol. It was clear long before the election's votes were cast and counted that Californians were not going to pass a series of ballot measures needed to ratify a bipartisan compromise enacted in February to help stabilize the state budget.

Daniel Weintraub: Capitol has few choices, all of them ugly

By Daniel Weintraub - Updated: Thursday, May 21 2009 - 6:26 pm

With interest groups on the right and left uniting to defeat Tuesday's slate of ballot propositions, it's impossible to know whether Californians were more opposed to the tax increases that were part of the package or to the spending limit that one of the ballot measures would have placed in the constitution.

Dan Weintraub: Picture this state's fiscal reckoning, because it's close

Published: Sunday, May 17 2009 - 12:00 am

Whatever happens in Tuesday's special election, California's government will be struggling to make ends meet for years to come.

Daniel Weintraub: Radical idea: Ask what we get for the money

By Daniel Weintraub - Published: Wednesday, May 6 2009 - 12:00 am

No matter what happens in the special election May 19, California's government finances will remain a mess. It took years of mismanagement and economic misfortune for the state to dig itself into this hole, and it is going to take many years to climb out of it.

Daniel Weintraub: Anti-tax activists miss the point of Prop. 1A

By Daniel Weintraub - Updated: Sunday, May 3 2009 - 9:38 am

Roger Niello's former allies in the anti-tax movement are fighting the spending limit and it appears that opposition from Republican voters might ultimately bring that measure down, leaving in place only the tax increases that Niello refused to support without reforms.

Daniel Weintraub: Lottery deal's bad, but compared to what?

By Daniel Weintraub - Updated: Wednesday, April 29 2009 - 8:18 am

Proposition 1C, the proposal to expand the state lottery and then borrow against the proceeds, seems like bad policy on several fronts.

Daniel Weintraub: River restoration project offers a sprinkling of hope

By Daniel Weintraub - Updated: Sunday, April 26 2009 - 10:35 am

When the chinook salmon come back to the San Joaquin River, it will be a miracle. But the wonder of the river's restoration won't be in the biology involved, which is well established.

Daniel Weintraub: Prop. 1B: More of what got us into a mess

By Daniel Weintraub - Updated: Wednesday, April 22 2009 - 8:17 am

Proposition 1B would perpetuate the tangled mess of constitutional strings that tie the state budget in knots and make balancing it so difficult for the legislators we hire to do the job.

Daniel Weintraub: Make way for state's 'homegrown majority'

By Daniel Weintraub - Updated: Wednesday, April 22 2009 - 12:07 am

Children destined to be part of the first "homegrown majority" in the state's history are reaching adulthood and will soon be moving into the workplace, government and positions of influence in the state.

Daniel Weintraub: On tax day, a look at how California compares

By Daniel Weintraub - Published: Wednesday, April 15 2009 - 12:00 am

Today is tax day, and the natives are restless. Around the country and here in California, anti-tax groups are planning a series of "tea parties" to protest the rising burden of government and the services it provides.

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