Dan Walters

Gov. Gavin Newsom says he wants a "California for All" that closes its economic gaps, but the reality is daunting and at the moment, the gaps are growing wider.

Which troubled institutions are too big to fail. Pacific Gas & Electric? Los Angeles Unified School District? City College of San Francisco?

The Legislative Analyst's Office ignores reality in its lukewarm report on a pilot program of allowing community colleges to offer baccalaureate degrees.

Pardons of felons by presidents and governors have a tortured history, and Gavin Newsom has an opportunity to add a chapter.

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.