Dan Walters

California's prisons are supposed to be rehabilitating inmates, not merely warehousing them, but a new report from the state auditor says it's not effectively reducing recidivism among those released from the system.

The gap between the assets of the California Public Employees Retirement System and its liabilities for pension payments has widened again, and a new Federal Reserve calculation indicates that it may much wider.

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

Willie Brown, former speaker of the state Assembly and former mayor of San Francisco, played key roles in the political careers of Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris and now has seen his proteges become national political figures.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has raised the bar on himself for dealing with California's chronic lack of housing. His success or failure will be easily measured.

Los Angeles Unified School District's teacher strike has been settled, but the cost deepens the district's financial hole.

Two 2020 ballot measures will test whether voters want to reverse course on criminal justice policy again.

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

California has its own version of Les Misérables in the quarter-century-long effort by California's income tax system to collect millions in taxes from high-tech inventor Gilbert Hyatt. And it looks like Hyatt will finally prevail.

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris is wasting no time grabbing for the brass ring of American politics, the presidency. She's joined a large and growing field of Democrats.