'Occupy Sacramento' Occupies City Hall
Forget taking on city hall, Occupy Sacramento protestors say they will now begin an occupation of Sacramento City Hall.
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Forget taking on city hall, Occupy Sacramento protestors say they will now begin an occupation of Sacramento City Hall.
The state's nonpartisan analyst is calling Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to reform the public pension system a "bold, excellent starting point" for controlling the high cost of retirement benefits.
Taxpayers shelled out $400 million for an empty lot that's been vacant for 10 years. A California congressman calls it a prime example of government waste.
Police and protesters supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement have clashed downtown following a day of peaceful protests throughout Oakland.
City Manager Bob Deis announced Tuesday that he will remain in Stockton, ending weeks of speculation about his job status after he had earlier announced plans to retire in March.
Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled details of his pension proposal Thursday that seeks to move new California state workers to a hybrid system where guaranteed benefits are combined with a 401(k)-style plan and would raise the retirement age from 55 to 67 for civil workers, as union leaders lined up to oppose his plans.
Gov. Jerry Brown is set to propose sweeping rollbacks to public employee pension benefits, including raising the retirement age to 67 for new employees who are not public safety workers and requiring employees to pay more toward their retirement and health care.
Several hundred demonstrators tried to give President Barack Obama a rowdy, San Francisco-style greeting but were corralled far away behind police barricades when his motorcade arrived at a downtown hotel for a fundraising stop.
A San Rafael man has pleaded guilty to making death threats against Sen. Barbara Boxer.
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's absence from one-in-five council meetings is starting to get attention.
Two big questions loom over the Obama administration's latest bid to help troubled homeowners: Will it work? And who would benefit?
Some two dozen cities across the country have adopted or are considering ranked-choice as a means to curb costly runoffs and widen the candidate field, including Minneapolis, Portland, Maine, Telluride, Colo., Santa Fe, N.M., and Memphis, Tenn. San Franciscans adopted it by proposition in 2002, hoping to save an estimated $15 million in runoff costs over 10 years.
Local medical marijuana dispensary owners and supporters are reaching out to California Attorney General Kamala Harris to help fight back against new federal crackdowns.
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has begun issuing 26,000 layoff-warning notices as the prison system prepares to adjust to a new law that shifts lower-level offenders to county jails.
A Tehama County judge on Friday granted a restraining order sought by Republican Assemblyman Jim Nielsen against a constituent who has been trying to show that the Northern California lawmaker does not live in the district he represents.
