Daniel Weintraub

editor

I am an independent journalist and editor of www.HealthyCal.org, a website and information network with initial funding from the California Endowment. The site combines policy reporting from the Capitol and elsewhere and stories from the community in a way that seeks to bridge the gap between policymakers and the rest of us. It focuses on health and other issues that affect the health of our communities, including the environment, land-use, transportation and economics.

Articles

Covering Health Reform's Rollout Locally: Ideas from California

<p><em>We have a guest post today from <a href="http://www.reportingonhealth.org/users/daniel-weintraub">Daniel Weintraub</a>, a veteran California journalist and editor of <a href="http://www.healthycal.org">HealthyCal.org</a&gt;, a nonprofit news site that is supported by The California Endowment, which also funds Center for Health Journalism Digital. Especially if you live in California, HealthyCal.org is worth checking out as a resource for health-related story ideas and background information. - Barbara Feder Ostrov, deputy editor, ReportingonHealth<br /></em></p>

The anatomy of a budget shortfall

<p><em>(Cross-posted from HealthyCal.org)</em></p><p>As the governor’s revised budget makes all too clear, California is in a world of hurt. The deepest recession since the Great Depression has reduced personal incomes, retail sales, corporate profits and property values. Those are the things the state and local governments tax to provide the revenue to support the schools, universities, health and social services and law enforcement on which most of us depend in one way or another.</p>