Dan Walters

Gov. Gavin Newsom has closed the book on the Legislature's 2021 session by signing 770 bills, many of which exemplify a progressive social agenda.

California's Master Plan for Higher Education, adopted in 1960, isn't working but a new array of bills purports to fix its shortcomings.

A major oil pipeline failure in Southern California causes environmental damage and ramps up pressure on Gov. Gavin Newsom to shut down the oil industry.

California has laws that protect motorists from speed traps but legislation now on Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk would weaken them.

Gov. Gavin Newsom boasts that California is first state to require COVID-19 vaccinations of students, but there's a smarmy tinge to his declaration.

A flurry of legislation signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom is an experiment in European-style social democracy. Will it work?

California has a big stake in whether President Joe Biden's "human infrastructure" proposal is passed because it could affect how high-income Californians are taxed.

Gov. Gavin Newsom turned back a recall drive with a landslide of supportive votes. So what now?

With the recall election on Gov. Gavin Newsom nearing an end, critics say the recall system needs changes. But would they be reforms or a power grab?

The California Legislature has finally closed a loophole that protected bad cops from losing their licenses.