Daniel Weintraub is a columnist and blogger .

He specializes in public affairs and health policy, creating op-eds on issues the impact the state of California.

He has formerly written for the *Sacramento Bee *.

Daniel Weintraub was born and raised in San Diego, California.

He attended San Diego State University, earning a degree in Economics .

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Daniel Weintraub has covered California politics for over 20 years.

He spent a significant amount of time in Sacramento, covering public policy.

In November 2000, Weintraub joined the *Sacramento Bee *. ^[0] During his 9-year tenure, he created a column for their online newspaper called California Insider, which was the first political blog to be published by a mainstream newspaper in California.

^[1] He also created a forum called The Conversation, which aimed to provide a platform for people to discuss California's issues.

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In February 2010, Daniel Weintraub launched HealthyCal.org, a website that combined combined health policy reporting with community stories revolving around health policy legislation.

He created it in an effort to show how decisions made by health policymakers impact the citizens of California.

Weintraub also created "The California Health Report" within the website.

It received its initial funding from the The California Endowment.

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