Tag: Dan Walters

Dan Walters

Veteran Journalist Explains Evolution of State’s Political Landscape

Longtime political columnist Dan Walters of CalMatters gives CalChamber Capitol Summit attendees a rundown of California’s social, demographic and political landscape, including the evolution...

California Housing Shortage Triggers Cycle of Despair

Everyone in California knows, or should know, that the state has an immense shortage of housing that persists despite efforts by its politicians to...

California May Reallocate Shrinking Water Supply

While it’s not yet formal policy, those who manage California’s vast water system are edging toward a historic reallocation of the state’s shrinking supply...
International Forum Speakers

Global Trade Issues with Touch of Politics Get Attention at CalChamber Forum

Common challenges facing the global community were the focus of an enthusiastic audience at the California Chamber of Commerce-hosted in-person International Forum last week. Speaking...

Drought Has Big Impacts on California Agriculture

This article was written by Dan Walters and first appeared in CalMatters. As California experiences a second year of drought, with no end in sight,...

It’s Time to Get Serious About Water Crisis

This article was written by Dan Walters and originally appeared in CalMatters. Talk about timing. Last Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom extended and expanded his declaration of a...

California’s Top Business Leader Retires on High Note

This article was written by Dan Walters for CalMatters. Over the last four decades, hundreds of politicians have come and gone from the Capitol and...

2021 CalChamber Capitol Summit – Dan Walters

(May 12, 2021) CalMatters journalist Dan Walters gives nearly 500 attendees of the CalChamber Virtual Capitol Summit an overview of how the dramatic change...

California ‘Job Killer’ List Reignites Old Conflict

This article was written by Dan Walters and first appeared in CalMatters. Annually, the California Chamber of Commerce chooses a relative handful of the hundreds...

After COVID-19, Drought Threat Still Looms

California is enveloped in balmy weather that’s more like spring than mid-winter — and that’s not a good thing. We have seen only scant rain...
The Workplace Podcast

Revenue Boost Calls Into Question Motivation for New Taxes; A Conversation with Dan Walters

In this episode of The Workplace, CalChamber President and CEO Allan Zaremberg discusses California’s revenue surge and continued calls for new taxes with longtime...

Once Again, Most ‘Job Killer’ Bills Rejected

The just-ended biennial session of the California Legislature was arguably the most liberal in California. Dan Walters in CALmatters.org

International Forum: California Continues to Blaze Trail in Trade

U.S. and California politics and trade priorities, global connections and the importance of exports were the topics discussed by an international trade expert, a...

Political Columnist Dan Walters Entertains Capitol Summit Audience

https://youtu.be/2XhZyJYXKs0 Longtime political columnist Dan Walters shares anecdotes on California and federal politics at the CalChamber Capitol Summit on May 31, the same day The...
CalChamber Advocacy

Business-Opposed Job Killer Bills Will Face Final Test Next Month

Dan Walters in The Sacramento  When the Legislature reconvenes next week for the final month of its biennial session, it will decide the fate of...
CalChamber Advocacy

Dan Walters: Business Does Well in Capitol

By Dan Walters in The Sacramento Bee The Capitol’s longest running conflict, as often noted in this space, pits business and employer groups against labor...