Dan Walters

Recalling public officials has become trendy in California, reflecting increasing polarization due to the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing crime.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is likely a shoo-in for re-election this year but his approval rating is not impressive and crime and homelessness are dragging down his popularity.

Costs keep rising for California's bullet train project, but the officials who manage it can't tell us how it will be financed.

Republican Brian Dahle's campaign for governor will probably fail, but could help the GOP to regain relevance in California.

Lately, Capitol politicians have been shrinking transparency and accountability in making policies that affect nearly 40 million Californians.

It's increasingly common for California legislators to bequeath their seats to offspring or spouses, but the phenomenon is anti-democratic and anti-American.

California's changing weather patterns have made the state's water apparatus less capable, but making much-needed change runs into byzantine procedural hurdles.

As California's officials pass laws and regulations to push cities into becoming more receptive to housing development, local officials push back with delaying tactics.

The "true believers" that philosopher Eric Hoffer defined seven decades ago threaten to undermine civic and political life.

The dream of progressives to make California more like Western Europe suffered a setback when two of their priority bills, including single-payer health care, stalled out in the state Assembly.