Dan Walters

California's Democratic politicians bend over backwards to help their union allies recruit and retain dues-paying members but so far have killed efforts to allow legislative employees to join a union.

California's iconic property tax limit, Proposition 13, has survived attempts to repeal or change it for 44 years, but a new study claims that it's a racist tool and calls for changes.

California's much-troubled bullet train project has gotten a reprieve with a political deal to free up $4.2 billion in bond money but it still faces years of uncertainty over its fate.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's three-day visit to Washington last week fueled media speculation that he is laying the groundwork for a presidential campaign.

California's "sunshine laws," such as the Brown Act, require public agencies to do their business publicly, but pending legislation would punch loopholes.

Most Californians don't like the direction of their state, and a new project suggests scenarios for changing its future.

Southern California's all-important logistics industry could be crippled by new laws and regulations.

Although Democrats control California's Capitol, some Democrat-friendly groups must take their causes to the voters via initiatives.

As Los Angeles continues to deteriorate, the city's politicians are preoccupied with an internal power struggle over who will fill the seat of a city councilman under indictment for corruption.

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision striking down a New York gun control law could also erase much of California's toughest-in-the-nation array of gun laws.