Dan Walters

A battle over a 27-story high-rise residential project in downtown San Francisco could become a statewide political issue.

Federal officials are warning California and other states that use Colorado River water to sharply reduce diversions or the government will act unilaterally. California would take the biggest hit.

After consuming more than a half-billion dollars on pro and con campaigns, Propositions 26 and 27, rival sports wagering measures, appear to be doomed.

Two newspaper articles, one in the Los Angeles Times and another in the New York Times, describe how California's housing crisis developed and why it's so difficult to resolve.

Kevin de León, an extraordinarily ambitious politician, is now facing demands that he end his career due to participation in a political meeting with racist overtones.

The latest academic test results administered by federal and state governments indicate again that California has a severe and potentially disastrous crisis in public education.

In 2018, California voters passed a law barring sales of pork products from hogs not reared in prescribed humane conditions. The U.S. Supreme Court now is weighing whether the law unconstitutionally interferes with interstate commerce.

With scanty participation in voluntary water reductions, the drought is raising questions about mandatory cuts.

As California ramps up pressure on local authorities to build more housing, it also should be more specific on where that housing can and cannot be built in light of California's propensity for destructive wildfires.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has called a special legislative session to impose taxes on oil companies for what he says are price-gouging profits, but he has yet to offer proof.