Dan Walters

Willie Brown, former speaker of the state Assembly and former mayor of San Francisco, played key roles in the political careers of Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris and now has seen his proteges become national political figures.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has raised the bar on himself for dealing with California's chronic lack of housing. His success or failure will be easily measured.

Los Angeles Unified School District's teacher strike has been settled, but the cost deepens the district's financial hole.

Two 2020 ballot measures will test whether voters want to reverse course on criminal justice policy again.

A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.

California has its own version of Les Misérables in the quarter-century-long effort by California's income tax system to collect millions in taxes from high-tech inventor Gilbert Hyatt. And it looks like Hyatt will finally prevail.

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris is wasting no time grabbing for the brass ring of American politics, the presidency. She's joined a large and growing field of Democrats.

California has a severe housing crisis but it's compounded by the high price of building or even rehabbing low-cost housing.

A strike by Los Angeles Unified School District teachers and Pacific Gas and Electric's announced intention to declare bankruptcy are symptoms of a larger malady of arrogance and irresponsibility by large institutions.

A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.