Dan Walters

The California Public Records Act grants the public access to government documents, with some exceptions. But using the act can sometimes be difficult.

Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon lift the state of emergency he declared nearly three years ago due to COVID-19, but the negative effects will linger on for many years.

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to close a loophole that allows wealthy Californians to escape state income taxes. It has intriguing aspects, including its potential to affect some of his closest allies.

A long-running conflict between the state and local governments over housing is entering a new and more confrontational phase. Several jurisdictions in the Bay Area failed to submit housing plans on time, prompting at least 12 lawsuits that could potentially give the state greater authority on local housing decisions.

Seven western states are playing a high-stakes game of chicken over how diversions from the crisis-ridden Colorado River will be reduced.

By happenstance, two long-serving veterans of Capitol politics died within hours of one another. Since their deaths, Allan Zaremberg and Rex Hime have been widely praised, and the plaudits are richly deserved.

While Gov. Gavin Newsom touts California as a model state, he increasingly tries to shift blame for the state's unseemly features.

California's politics have become highly polarized over the last quarter-century but the state is not alone, new research has found.

The ceaseless skirmishing among interest groups over rules governing personal injury lawsuits is known as "tort wars" and a double-barreled battle over a controversial employment law is heating up.

Three members of California's congressional delegation are running for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Dianne Feinstein, which touches off political scrambles for their congressional seats.