Dan Walters

Although 2022 was a strong year for California's economy, with impressive job growth, the state's economic future has become cloudy.

California's state government has a sorry history of botched projects and programs and long-term care insurance is another example.

Legislation to impose "wealth taxes" on the fortunes of very wealthy Californians is being proposed, but would they generate new revenue or persuade the rich to flee?

California's chronic shortage of housing manifests itself in sky-high housing costs, the nation's worst poverty and its highest level of homelessness.

California wants more people to use public transit for transportation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but ridership is down and transit systems face a "fiscal cliff."

Unemployment insurance, the California program that supports workers who lose their jobs due to layoffs, has been dysfunctional during the last two recessions. It's time to fix it.

A series of storms has dumped immense amounts of water on California, but the state needs some new plumbing to take advantage of such events and counteract the effects of drought.

Dianne Feinstein, who has been a U.S. senator from California for three decades, hasn't yet said whether she'll seek another term in 2024, but would-be successors are already standing in line.

Gov. Gavin Newsom knows that the public's patience on homelessness is wearing thin and is squabbling with local officials over what to do.

As California's state budget morphs from a $97.5 billion surplus to a multi-billion-dollar deficit, it's another reminder about the volatility of the state's revenue system.