Dan Walters

Despite very strong growth in property taxes, hundreds of local governments are asking voters to approve additional taxes. They are reluctant, however, to tell voters that rising pension costs are the major reason.

Jerry Brown has never been interested in management of the state bureaucracy and as he prepares to retire from the governorship he probably will leave behind a managerial debacle in the state Department of Motor Vehicles.

Four measures on the November ballot purport to address California's housing crisis, but they are minimalist at best, and one would make it worse.

A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.

Two ballot propositions dealing with union-management conflicts in medical services indicate that it's two easy to place measures before voters. Raising the signature threshold could discourage misuse.

The sensational confirmation battle over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will have political fallout this year, but what is still unknown.

Changing attitudes of white voters shifted California from a Republican-leaning purple state into a deeply blue bastion of resistance to Donald Trump.

California's latest academic test results show that the "achievement gap" in public education is stubborn despite large increases in school spending.

A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.

Once again, Legislature fiddles with election laws to affect the outcome of contests.