Brown Defends Deep Cuts In California Budget
Gov. Jerry Brown is defending the cuts and restructuring proposals in his budget plan against attacks by mayors who say it will cost jobs and health care advocates who say it could cost lives.
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Gov. Jerry Brown is defending the cuts and restructuring proposals in his budget plan against attacks by mayors who say it will cost jobs and health care advocates who say it could cost lives.
Gov. Jerry Brown will deliver his State of the State address next week amid a grim financial backdrop that prompted him to propose a combination of tax increases and deep spending cuts.
State officials are pushing back against a national lawmaker's proposal to allow states to file for bankruptcy, saying California can still pay its bills.
Gov. Jerry Brown has announced more appointments to his inner circle. The Democratic governor on Monday named two aides who worked under former Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata.
The state controller's office says it will examine how well tax dollars are being used by redevelopment agencies, which have emerged at the center of a debate over California's budget.
Thousands of abortion opponents gathered for an annual demonstration on Saturday, the 38th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
State Treasurer Bill Lockyer says California could be forced to issue IOUs as early as April or May if state lawmakers don't cut state spending soon.
Graffiti threatening Gov. Jerry Brown's life was found in two places in Santa Ana Thursday, according to police.
Gov. Jerry Brown tried Wednesday to sell his budget proposal to skeptical local government officials, many of whom are concerned about his plan to eliminate the redevelopment agencies they rely on for construction projects.
R. Sargent Shriver, the former Peace Corps director and vice-presidential nominee, has died after being admitted in critical condition at a hospital in Maryland, NationalJournal.Com has confirmed.
Taxpayers may soon be paying for sex-change surgeries in Berkeley.
Gov. Jerry Brown promised plenty of pain in his budget plan for California.
A state assemblyman is seeking a constitutional amendment that would prohibit a California governor from issuing last-minute pardons and commutations.
The city redevelopment agency voted Friday to allocate $885 million for hundreds of projects before it is possibly dissolved under an austerity budget proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown.
In the wake of the Tucson, AZ shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords' shooting, a dramatic vote on the repeal of President Obama's healthcare reform law will likely move forward without her. She can't vote from the hospital and she can't vote by proxy, meaning she can't send someone to vote for her.
