Dan Walters

Gov. Gavin Newsom says he wants to "step up our game" on fighting climate change, but must contend with a stark reality.

The California Supreme Court is making it easier to enact specialized local taxes, which could erode budgetary authority of elected officials.

The California Legislature continues to exempt favored projects from the California Environmental Quality Act while ducking comprehensive CEQA reform.

Many high-profile bills died on the last day of the California Legislature's 2020 session, including major police reform measures.

As wildfires raged, the California Legislature's 2020 session ended with no action on the crisis of insurance coverage in fire-prone areas.

Democrats may dominate the California Legislature but there's plenty of political conflict, including a rivalry between its two houses.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom' is making his third major attempt to strike a balance between fighting COVID-19 and protecting the economy.

California's Legislature left much undone when it adjourned for the year, exposing the state's weaknesses.

In the midst of a pandemic, a recession and myriad other crises, California voters will decide the fate of tax increase measures that would raise billions of dollars if passed.

The blackouts that hit California this month are a warning that the state has a serious electrical power shortage.