Dan Walters

Legislation that would make it easier to build housing on church or college property has failed twice but a third chance is looming. However, it faces a conflict between two labor union interest groups.

A new article in Atlantic magazine lays bare the real reason California and other blue states have a homeless crisis while red states don't.

Multiple efforts to allow the California Legislature's employees to unionize have failed, but with a big turnover of legislative membership this year, a new attempt is being made.

A new on-line tool allows parents and voters to see how well their local school districts are prepared to make the reforms necessary to raise academic achievement in California.

As the California Legislature ramps up efforts to impose more regulation on business practices, those affected are increasingly using ballot measures to block the decrees.

California's vast coastal waters could provide limitless amounts of clean water and power but only if the state's leaders show more gumption and managerial competence.

Originally, California Gov. Gavin Newsom called for a tax on excess profits on gasoline sales, but now terms it a penalty, which would make it easier to win legislative approval.

Proposition 57, passed by California voters in 2016, allows felons that commit supposedly non-violent, crimes to earn early parole, but a loophole benefits those who have committed violent crimes not covered by the law..

California's political and legal wrangling over gun control was punctuated by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June and then a leak of confidential information about concealed weapon permit holders four days later.

California's school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic widened the state's "achievement gap" and addressing the crisis should be a major issue for the Legislature.