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The chair of the Democratic Party of Sacramento County isn't asking for transparency from Republicans across the aisle but from a fellow high-profile democrat down the street - Mayor Kevin Johnson.
California's most financially troubled cities may have found a new strategy. City leaders are declaring fiscal emergencies so they can quickly get tax hike initiatives on November ballots.
More than $2 billion in California taxpayer money is apparently stashed in more than 500 special funds shielded from the Department of Finance, according to a new report.
The scrutiny is intensifying for Mayor Kevin Johnson's ex-aide Lisa Serna-Mayorga.
The Sacramento Police Department is conducting a criminal investigation into Lisa Serna-Mayorga's inappropriate use of her city-issued credit card.
The Sacramento City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to put a half-cent sales tax increase on the November ballot.
Marchers from the nation's capital to the Capital City on Tuesday called for the federal minimum wage to jump by more than $2 an hour, but some small business owners say that would put them out of work and put more people on the unemployment line.
A member of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's staff has resigned and the mayor has requested an audit into her city-issued credit card. Sacramento Police have also been asked to look into any possible criminal wrongdoing.
Hundreds of California student assistants will lose their jobs just as the school year begins as part of a deal between the state and its largest public employees union.
Oakland residents can literally dance all night to celebrate the end of a law dating back to the Great Depression.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill intended to help lower the cost of textbooks for college students.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill to allow a death-row inmate to help authorities search for the remains of his long-dead victims.
Officials in one local city may have an ace up their sleeve - a new way to bring in more money. Residents in Racho Cordova will vote on a so-called sin tax on cardrooms in November.
State Treasurer Bill Lockyer has filed for divorce from his wife, Nadia Lockyer, who resigned her seat on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors earlier this year.
A new Field Poll shows California voters firmly endorse the idea of legalizing sports betting in California to help the state balance its budget.
