Dan Walters

It's a new year and a new decade, but California still faces a mélange of contradictions.

Another chapter in the California bullet train saga as the state contemplates upgrades to San Joaquin Valley section now under construction.

Gavin Newsom made bold promises to solve California's housing shortage but both construction and his promises are now shrinking.

State officials want to declare a $1 billion financial information system complete even though it's just half-baked and lacks essential features.

Gov. Gavin Newsom doesn't like Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s plan to emerge from bankruptcy, but does he want a state takeover of the utility?

A former state Assemblyman who pleaded guilty last month to charges of misleading investors was an enigmatic figure during his terms in the Capitol.

California voters and politicians tend to issue sweeping policy changes but then settle for half-a-loaf implementation.

It appeared that California voters would be deciding two multi-billion-dollar tax increases next year, but one was dropped and the second is not a slam dunk winner.

Forty years ago today, a year-long power struggle erupted in the state Assembly, one that fundamentally changed the Capitol's culture.

Walters: The mother of all medical-care battles will erupt if Gov. Gavin Newsom tries to make good on his campaign promise to install a single-payer system.