Dan Walters

California has a housing crisis but another, much smaller crisis near the Capitol could demonstrate how the housing shortage could be addressed.

In his second budget, Gov. Gavin Newsom is spending more and saving less - an approach that the Legislature's budget expert says could leave the state less able to stave off a recession's impacts.

Does moving California's presidential primary election to March make the state more relevant? Not so far.

What used to be called vocational education is making a comeback as education officials recognize the needs of students and the larger society.

Although Gavin Newsom promised to jump-start housing construction in California, his first year as governor saw production decline.

Fraud is rampant in California's system of compensating workers for employment-related disabilities and its' concentrated in Southern California.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has unveiled the "framework" of a long-sought compromise on divvying up water in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Two recent critiques of the state's efforts to raise academic achievement by disadvantaged students indicate that reality is beginning to rear its ugly head.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is threatening a stake seizure of Pacific Gas & Electric if it doesn't meet his demands for change. Is it real or just a bluff.

A Senate bill to make housing more affordable by overcoming local resistance to high-density construction, dies, a victim of NIMBYism.