Commentary and analysis from veteran journalist Dan Walters, who has covered the state of California for more than six decades. 报名 for his Weekly Walters newsletter.
Oakland often seems like California's municipal basket case with problems almost too numerous to list. It needs some adult supervision. How about Jerry Brown?
Inflation keeps biting Californians, and politicians at the federal and state level are scrambling to align themselves with the angst that voters feel.
A decades-old battle over taxing corporate income has been rekindled in a dispute involving Microsoft, a retroactive change in taxation law and two lawsuits.
Crime was once an issue that drove California politics before Democratic lawmakers and voters enacted reforms. Decades later, it has returned as a potent political force with a ballot measure that seems to be winning.
Major payers in California's health care industry are pushing a ballot measure that would punch a hole in the state budget, blocking it from tapping a special health care tax.
Recent wildfires are causing a shrinking home insurance market in California. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is trying to solve it but faces criticism.
Gov. Gavin Newsom says homelessness is "the biggest scar on the reputation of California" and accuses local officials of dragging their feet to resolve it.
California's politicians have argued for two decades about how to deal with volatility. Should California increase rainy day reserves, or just avoid spending surpluses?