Dan Walters

California voters will once again weigh in on crime and punishment next year./ A referendum sponsored by the bail bond industry seeks to overturn a new law eliminating cash bail.

Contradictory positions by local courts mean the state Supreme Court must clarify legal ambiguity about tax elections that it created.

The state has more than enough money to finance the 2020-21 budget, so the issue will be whether to save or spend a surplus. Schools will be clamoring for more aid.

The decline of California's Republican Party has been dramatic and it seems destined to remain irrelevant.

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris' run for the presidency is collapsing. She now must concentrate on winning re-election in 2022.

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants the state to stop buying cars from automakers that won't agree to the state's emission rules. But it's just symbolic huffing and puffing.

Sacramento's school system has emerged as an example of mismanagement that shows no indication of changing.

The federal government is poised to give California's huge Westlands Water District a long-sought permanent supply contract, and it's shaking up the state's water picture.

A project by journalists reveals that dozens of California cops who committed serious crimes are still on the job.

Two reports from state Auditor Elaine Howle frame the fiscal distress being felt by many school districts and cities.