Dan Walters

The Legislative Analyst's Office ignores reality in its lukewarm report on a pilot program of allowing community colleges to offer baccalaureate degrees.

Pardons of felons by presidents and governors have a tortured history, and Gavin Newsom has an opportunity to add a chapter.

California's schools are supposed to be educating nearly 6 million kids, but have educational and financial problems galore. Will they be fixed?

Voters will decide more than 200 local government tax and bond measures on the March 3 ballot and hundreds more are likely for the November ballot.

The state's newest budget is, like others, very dependent on personal incomes taxes on the highest-income Californians and that's dangerous.

H.L Richardson championed gun rights and tough anti-crime laws and single-handedly changed the tenor of California's Capitol.

California advanced its presidential primary to March in hopes of becoming more relevant, but the complexity of the Democratic delegate process could undercut that hope.

Will California force local communities to shelter the homeless? Gov. Gavin Newsom may be leaning in that direction.

Gov. Gavin Newsom's budget presentation indicates anew that he wants to become president.

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to ramp up spending on "entitlements" but the state's economy is showing signs of slowing.