Dan Walters

Speaker Robert Rivas says real legislative oversight of the effects of new laws will become regular practice starting next year.

Experts say there are too many confusing layers in state and local education governance. The governor should hire the state's schools chief.

A new law allows a state board to intercede in labor disputes involving private employers. But is the law legal, since it usurps a federal role?

Since 2019 California has spent $450 million on a new 911 system. This year the Newsom administration declared it unworkable and will start over.

How costly is it to live California? Let us count the ways with new studies comparing everything from mortgage payments to a gallon of gas.

State revenue is several billion dollars more than expected, but that cash must pay for schools and go into reserves. The deficit stays.

Historically gubernatorial candidates take two years to build their campaigns, but this time people are jumping in and out of contention much later in the race.

Newsom's former chief of staff is accused of misusing campaign money, lying to get a COVID loan and calling personal purchases, like designer goods and a luxurious vacation, business expenses.

A study Gov. Gavin Newsom commissioned describes higher margins oil refiners receive for their products, which become gasoline.

California ranks near the top in tax rates but still has structural deficits in its budget. Legislators would rather tax more than cut costs.