Dan Walters

The defeat of a $15 billion school bond issue and other recent rejections of new taxes could signal a new attitude by voters on spending and taxes.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing a big overhaul of Medi-Cal, California's health care program for the poor, and it could be a precursor to a single-payer system.

California has been a laggard in tracing how students progress through its educational systems but Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing for a new data system that would do that.

Assembly Bill 5, which tightens up the legal definition of employee and codifies a state Supreme Court decision, is still highly controversial and the last word on its effects has yet to be spoken.

California officials want Californians to buy more zero-emission cars and use mass transit more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but so far Californians are not cooperating.

A new state report explores the effects of climate change on California's water supply and says more storage and other infrastructure is needed to cope.

California may be on the verge of adopting a tougher attitude about dealing with its ever-increasing crisis of homelessness.

President Donald Trump says he's making good on promises to deliver more water to California farmers, reigniting the state's decades-old water wars.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is staking his political career on solving California's housing and homelessness crises.

An informal alliance of opposites is forming to oppose Senate Bill 10, the 2018 legislation that eliminates cash bail for criminal defendants and creates a new risk assessment program.