Dan Walters

As California ramps up pressure on local governments to increase housing production, two state laws are being employed by warring factions.

California's Employment Development Department had a meltdown when facing a deluge of unemployment insurance claims and a new report explains how it happened.

The University of California is requiring candidates for faculty employment or promotion to write statements declaring their active support for diversity policies, but some see it as impinging on academic freedom.

An old conflict plagues Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposal to bore a tunnel to carry water under the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta - demands that more water flow into the Delta to protect wildlife habitat.

A $279.5 million appropriation to the Port of Oakland was inserted into the state budget last year, and it turns out the money will subsidize a new baseball park.

"Scope of practice" conflicts are common in the California Legislature and one is a bill that would forbid the State Bar from exploring alternative legal services.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is trying to succeed where his predecessors have failed, building a project to replumb the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

The state is pressuring California's cities to adopt pro-housing policies, including quotas on zoning residential land. However, some cities are trying to find ways to undermine he quotas.

A bill that California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed, supposedly exposing gun manufacturers to lawsuits, is really a political stunt to bolster Newsom's feud with Texas and Florida.

California is continuing to recover from the severe recession that COVID-19 sparked in 2020, but the rate of recovery is slowing and there may be a recession on the horizon.