Dan Walters

California Gov. Gavin Newsom once pledged to implement single-payer health care but later backed away. He just signed a bill that takes a tiny step toward the holy grail of those on the political left.

While many wait to see how Gov. Gavin Newsom handles hundreds of bills on his desk, others await the looming deadline for tax returns to see whether the state will face another multibillion-dollar deficit.

Santa Monica, a bastion of progressive politics, is fighting an effort to change the way it elects city council members, with allegations that the city minimizes nonwhite representation.

California has a new proposal for allocating water to enhance the environmentally fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, but the state's fundamental water conflicts remain.

The recent squabble between Gov. Gavin Newsom and union leaders over unemployment insurance for striking workers renewed attention on the insolvent system that administers benefits.

Will Gov. Gavin Newsom's selection of Laphonza Butler to fill the Senate vacancy left by the death of Dianne Feinstein be the "interim appointment" he promised, or will Butler seek a full Senate term?

This year, the California Legislature resolved a conflict over regulation of the fast food industry and its franchised outlets, but another clash over the legal status of car dealer franchises is still raging.

California's labor unions prioritize job preservation and employment enhancement, but at what point do these efforts backfire and eliminate jobs?

Dianne Feinstein, who died Thursday night, will be remembered as a trailblazing politician who always insisted on doing things her way.

For more than a quarter-century, legislative bills on the California Chamber of Commerce's "job killer" list have mostly died, but it was a bit different this year.