Byline: Dan Walters CalMatters Commentary
BLOG: After decades of historic growth, California switching to a period of chronic stagnation
From its founding 173 years ago, California’s history has been dominated by one word: growth. Its population grew from a
Read more »Twelve years ago, after weeks of public saber-rattling and secret negotiations, then-Gov. Jerry Brown announced a deal to settle a high-stakes feud
Read more »It would be difficult to overstate Silicon Valley’s financial importance to California. The San Jose-centered high technology industry exploded four
Read more »On Oct. 12, 2003, five days after California voters decided he should be ousted from the governorship, Gray Davis signed
Read more »On paper, having one state agency as the exclusive purveyor of health care for 40 million Californians would seem to
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