Dan Walters

Democrats may dominate the California Legislature but there's plenty of political conflict, including a rivalry between its two houses.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom' is making his third major attempt to strike a balance between fighting COVID-19 and protecting the economy.

California's Legislature left much undone when it adjourned for the year, exposing the state's weaknesses.

In the midst of a pandemic, a recession and myriad other crises, California voters will decide the fate of tax increase measures that would raise billions of dollars if passed.

The blackouts that hit California this month are a warning that the state has a serious electrical power shortage.

The California Legislature's budget "trailer bills" have morphed into vehicles to make major policy decrees outside of the usual legislative process.

California's more than 3 million jobless workers depend on unemployment insurance benefits but snafus and politics put them in jeopardy.

California has a weird legislative session this year, but legislators are still using gut-and-amend tactic.

California politicians are gambling on high-risk stopgaps to relieve the impacts of COVID-19's recession.

With Kamala Harris on the Democratic presidential ticket, President Donald Trump's campaign will likely make California's shortcomings a foil.