Dan Walters

In a Democratic poll during the last weeks of campaigning, most trending candidates for governor show support in the single digits.

A "wall of debt," a raid on reserves and AI stock gains mean California's budget temporarily balances this year and next, but structural deficits remain.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, widely expected to run for president, proposed a state budget with enough trims to eliminate deficits this year and next.

New regulations by the air resources board are better for oil refiners but the state will get less auction money to use for wildfire prevention and other projects.

A massive new study concludes the state's school performance "dashboard" and the many local improvement plans aren't enough to help schools markedly improve.

California lawmakers are spinning tall tales about the deficit — that it's Trump's fault — and that higher than expected revenues will cover it.

California schools' funding went from next-to-the-last to 13th highest while Gavin Newsom has been governor. But reading and math test scores didn't rise as high.

For more than 50 years the Coastal Commission has superseded most local and state rules affecting housing and land on the coast — until now.

As early voting begins, the leading candidates for governor targeted Xavier Becerra in a CNN debate. Nothing that happened on the debate stage was necessarily a game-changer.

Gov. Gavin Newsom edged away from his campaign pledge to adopt single-payer healthcare. He got UCLA to study it and instead expanded Medi-Cal coverage.