Poll: Two-Thirds Support High-Speed Rail Revote
A new Field Poll finds nearly two-thirds of registered California voters support putting the high-speed rail bonds they approved in 2008 back on the ballot now that cost projections have skyrocketed.
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A new Field Poll finds nearly two-thirds of registered California voters support putting the high-speed rail bonds they approved in 2008 back on the ballot now that cost projections have skyrocketed.
Governor Jerry Brown announced a temporary tax increase on wealthy Californians and an increase in sales tax to help generate $7 billion in dedicated funding to go to education and public safety.
California Gov. Jerry Brown is planning a ballot initiative that asks voters to increase taxes on the wealthy and raise the sales tax by half a cent.
A new survey finds Californians evenly split over the Occupy Wall Street protest movement, though a decisive majority say they agree with the reason for the protests.
Los Angeles and San Francisco are seeking long-term solutions to the entrenched encampments by anti-Wall Street protesters, hoping to end the drain on resources and the frayed nerves among police and politicians.
A relatively obscure video clip has audio evidence that students were given a dispersal order last Friday.
A group of California lawmakers spent last week at a luxury hotel, all expenses paid, while attending an issues conference – unaware that CBS political reporter Dave Bryan tagged along with a hidden camera.
The sponsors of ballot proposition sponsors can step in to defend their initiatives from legal challenges if the governor and attorney general refuse to do so, California's highest court said Thursday.
California's nonpartisan budget analyst says the state is projected to face a $13 billion budget shortfall next year.
Republican investigators say the Obama administration wanted the failing solar energy company Solyndra to delay announcing employee layoffs until after the 2010 midterm elections.
The San Francisco SPCA has warned Occupy SF protesters of a possibly fatal virus being spread among dogs who run free at the downtown encampment in Justin Herman Plaza.
In his first statement since being seriously injured during a clash between Oakland police and Occupy demonstrators, Scott Olsen says he is feeling a lot better.
A Bay Area man who pleaded guilty to making threats against Sen. Barbara Boxer has been sentenced to six months in jail.
Voters in Modesto are strongly supporting three advisory measures aimed at reforming the pensions of city employees.
California taxpayers will no longer pay for the meals of state senators.
