Dan Walters

Jerry Brown tends to shun responsibility for problems in state government and he's leaving behind a doozy for successor Gavin Newsom - a managerial mess in the Department of Motor Vehicles.

As Gavin Newson becomes governor of California, he's writing a new chapter in the saga of four intertwined San Francisco families.

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

Local governments have been blatantly using taxpayer money to campaign for tax and bond measures, but the Fair Political Practices Commission is beginning to crack down on the practice.

California's once-soaring population growth has slowed to a crawl, which could cost it a congressional seat and will have myriad economic and social impacts.

Gavin Newsom's new governorship and California's bid for relevance in presidential politics are likely to dominate California's politics in 2019.

Jerry Brown's governorship was blessed by an expanding economy, but successor Gavin Newsom may not be so lucky.

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

Jerry Brown's legacy as the state's longest serving governor will depend on how the policy changes he launched turn out in the long run.

Jerry Brown's political career got off to fast start, thanks to sharing his father's name, but the relationship between the two was complex.