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.
California has the unenviable position of having the nation's highest level of poverty, a new calculation shows, driven by its sky-high living costs. It's not the first time and likely won't be the last.
Culminating years of debate over the environmental impacts of Southern California's massive array of warehouses, the Legislature has passed a bill regulating future construction.
California officials point fingers of blame at each other over the growing homelessness crisis, but hard data on how money has been spent and what effect it's had is lacking.
After months of political maneuvering and negotiations, California's fast food workers got a minimum wage hike. Whether that resulted in fewer jobs is still in dispute.
In his second term, Newsom still has 28 months as governor. Will he pay more attention to his governance record, or will he continue his quest for national relevance?