Dan Walters

The San Joaquin Valley sees itself as a poor civic stepchild in California, and Gov. Gavin Newsom says he wants to be the region's champion.

A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.

While Gov. Newsom downgraded the state's troubled bullet train project, he couldn't bring himself to do what's necessary: pull the plug.

President Donald Trump often excoriates journalists when the point out his errors and falsehoods, and now California's new governor, Gavin Newsom, is becoming a gaslighter.

Last year, the Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown virtually repealed California's "felony murder" law, but a judge has ruled that the repeal is unconstitutional.

Gavin Newsom has a very ambitious agenda as governor, but ambitious governors haven't fared very well in the past.

A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.

The decades-long alliance between Democratic politicians and police unions has been eroded, as two legislative battles illustrate.

Gov. Gavin Newsom lays out ambitious agenda that sets a high mark for his political future.

Jerry Brown's unwillingness to monitor how local school districts are educating their students is giving way to successor Gavin Newsom's pledge to increase accountability.