Dan Walters

California Gov. Gavin Newsom had to concede defeat on trying to get the Legislature to give a very contentious water tunnel project streamlined regulatory treatment.

As a final California state budget is being negotiated, special interest goodies are being written into it and the dozens of related "trailer bills" that follow.

When the House of Representatives voted last week to censure Rep. Adam Schiff for his investigations of former President Donald Trump, it gave Schiff a big boost in his quest for a U.S. Senate seat.

A constitutional amendment pending in the Legislature would declare a "fundamental human right to housing," but its virtue signaling could backfire in the real world.

California has the nation's worst homelessness crisis. A new UCSF study revealed how so many Californians lost shelter and what should be done about it.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's feud with the Republican governors of Florida and Texas continues. Meanwhile, taxpayers from the three states are paying for their stunts.

The California Chamber of Commerce has targeted 17 bills on its annual "job killer" list. The eight survivors all relate to workplace issues.

Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom typify the pervasive syndrome of politicians saying things just to attract attention to themselves.

As California Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders work on a new state budget, they face a multibillion-dollar deficit, but don't really know how big it will become.

The California Legislature will be playing charades this week, passing a budget bill to meet the June 15 constitutional deadline even though it's not the real budget. It will, however, protect lawmakers' paychecks.