Dan Walters

A final version of the new state budget is still being negotiated, but it's evident that it will include billions of dollars in new state debt.

A new resolution supported by most state assembly members could be the beginning of the end for California's much-troubled bullet train project.

Advocates of governmental transparency scored two recent wins, one of which will affect the aftermath of George Floyd demonstrations.

The George Floyd suffocation protests generate both opportunity and peril for politicians, including those in California.

The COVID-19 pandemic is altering the state's budget and has sparked a conflict between Gov. Gavin Newsom and legsislators over how to deal with a $54 billion deficit.

How will California evolve after pandemic, recession and civic unrest abate? We have a choice.

Four years ago, California voters passed a measure to increase legislative transparency. However, a newly drafted measure would undercut its safeguards.

Democrat Gavin Newsom's governorship resembles that of Republican Pete Wilson three decades earlier - setting aside his agenda to deal with a non-stop wave of crises.

Four decades of decisions on government finance created a conflict between the state and five Bay Area counties that Gov. Gavin Newsom's budget proposes to settle.

The COVID-19 recession has put the ambitious plans of Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislators in the deep freeze, probably for years.