Author: Dan Walters

Having declared “I own it,” Gov. Gavin Newsom is stepping up his personal involvement and political investment in the disaster-tinged bankruptcy of Pacific Gas and

Here is an indisputable fact about California taxation: More than two-thirds of state general fund revenues come from personal income taxes and about half of

As Gavin Newsom disposes of the last few bills from the 2019 legislative session, he more or less closes the book on his first year

California’s longest-running single-issue political battle, over limits on damages in medical malpractice lawsuits, is about to heat up again. Personal injury attorney Nick Rowley, who

Although the state is enjoying multibillion-dollar budget surpluses, thanks largely to a vibrant economy, California voters may face a bewildering array of tax increase proposals

Circa of America got its start more than a half-century ago, during San Francisco’s Hippie heyday, when Ronaldo Cianciarulo began making and selling leather belts

In politics, as in sports, rules of the game often influence, or even dictate, who wins and who loses. Just as professional sports leagues are

Gavin Newsom wasn’t born when the TV game show “Let’s Make a Deal” began its run but he’s channeling its host, Monty Hall, during the

A decade ago, shortly after California voters narrowly approved a $9.95 billion bond issue to finance a statewide bullet train system, an official involved in