Dan Walters

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.

State and federal demographers differ on California's population and the 2020 census will settle the conflict. California could lose a congressional seat due to slow population growth.

Separating the Capitol's grain (serious legislation) from the chaff (symbolic fluff) is now always easy.