Dan Walters

A bill on Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk would make it more difficult to qualify measures for the ballot, a long-sought goal of Democrats and their allies.

Is there a tipping point at which California's negative factors cause the state to decline?

Three expansionist bills flunked the smell test and two died in this year's legislative session, but the third was approved.

To protect delicate water negotiations, Gov. Newsom breaks with Democrats, labor groups and environmentalists on anti-Trump legislation.

During his campaign for governor, Newsom set a goal of building 3.5 million new units of housing by 2025. Nothing that occurred in the Capitol this year would even begin to make that happen.

Once again, California poverty ranks number one in the nation due partly to high costs for essentials like housing, gas and electricity.

Conflicting Superior Court decisions will force the state Supreme Court to clear up the uncertainty it created over the vote requirement for some local tax increases.

Politics in San Diego, California's second largest city, is turning more Democratic and is likely to see a few upcoming high-stakes competitions.

Despite a voter-approved ban on public financing of campaigns, the Legislature passed a bill three years ago to authorize it. Now a state appellate court has invalidated the legislation.

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a mea culpa for a broken campaign promise, but still get a warning.